Adidas Adios Pro 4 Review: Is this Adidas' best carbon racer yet?

The Adidas Adios Pro 3 was a serious contender for the best carbon plate running shoe. Yet while the lively ride happily propelled some runners towards PBs, a fussy fit left others less impressed. Now we’ve waited patiently for an update and seen the Evo Pro 1 land in the meantime. But now it’s finally here, the new Adidas Adios Pro 4 addresses those criticisms head on. There are brand new uppers to boost the comfort, a new midsole foam, a rocker that riffs off the Adios Pro Evo 1, plus carbon Energy Rods 2.0 – all in a lighter package. It all adds up to a potentially worthy successor, built for bossing your fastest training efforts and smashing race-day goals. But do the changes stack up to the best carbon race shoe going? Run Tester Kieran has logged the miles to find out. Hit play for his verdict in our Adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 review.

NOTE: In the vid we mention the outsole is Continental. But it's just the pad in the key toe-off piint that's Continental rubber. The rest is Lighttraxion.

JUMP STRAIGHT IN:
0:00 – Intro
0:22 – Details: Stack height & drop, weight, price
1:12 – Shoe Whip Round: What’s new with the Adios Pro 4
3:36 – How’s the fit?
4:43 – The Run Test
7:51 – Verdict
9:54 – Now watch this