Which Adidas trainers are most comfortable: Samba, Spezial or Paris?

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I’m trying to decide between three different styles of adidas trainers - samba, spezial and paris. If you’ve tried one or more, which are the most comfortable?

honestly it's really about your foot shape and size. it's a strange question.

It’s not really a strange question. The op is just looking for feedback from others who have these shoes.

I find this type too flat but I love the Gazelles bold which have a chunky sole. I have 2 pairs and they are so comfy.

I have awkward feet so it would be strange to me TBH. I would never buy footwear online as I have to try on so many shoes before I find anything comfortable - even trainers and slippers.

Life is too short to wear uncomfortable shoes.

Not a strange question but it does depend on your feet

High arches, wide feet: Handball Spezial
Medium arches, medium feet: Gazelle (or discontinued but brilliant Lacombe SPZL)
Medium arches, narrower feet: Stan Smiths
Flat arches, wider feet: Paris (I think! This is based on DH but please do not underestimate his ability to wear the wrong shoes)

I don't really like Sambas much so not sure where they fit in

Spezials. Really good arch support and comfy for wider feet.

Stan Smiths are really comfy if you are looking for a flat trainer, they're a classic, they never go out of style.

I walked 25000 steps a day, every day for 2 weeks (on holiday) in Sambas and they felt like slippers! I didnt get one blister. I hadn't even broken them in properly before we went.

Edited to add I have narrow, bony feet.

My spezials are very comfy but I think they are quite heavy, especially compared with the gazelles I walk for miles in. For eg, day out in London tomorrow with lots of walking. It'll be the gazelles.

Hey, just found this. I swear by SL72s- totally different shape & sooooooo comfortable. I bought a new pair recently & love them.

DS swears by Spezials- like others here he has very wide feet.

However, ultimate comfort & like slippers are Nike Cortez. I've worn my gold ones to death, & recently got the beige with pink tick. They're so comfortable I can wear them all day, come home & forget I have them on.

I could buy a new pair of trainers every week I love them so much.

https://www.adidas.co.uk/sl-72-og-shoes/JS0255.html

Seems to be loads of sales on! I'm sorely tempted by this colour of Cortez. What have you done OP?!😅

@Puffalicious I would never buy Nike personally!

Japan are the comfiest. Gazelles come second

Those very flat trainers are not good for you, as far as I understand.

@summerbeachescouldnt agree more about
sambas. Ive slipped several times in wet weather. Never happened to me in any other shoes. Still love em though!

Same. Adidas always.

What's the objection to Nike?

Im not a Nike fan, I always found them a bit small. But I have the Cortez in green and pink and black and white and love them. I can fit my insoles in them and they support my feet well

I’m a weirdo on this thread as I have wide, small feet (UK 4) and find Sambas the most comfy - I have black and white, plain white, brown with blue, white with red, and leopard print pairs. I have a couple of pairs of Spezials but don’t reach for them often. I do like my SL72s per pp, but find the toe-box narrow to wear for a long time.

This is very useful.

What about Tokyo?

This happened to me too! After the second time I took a woodworking file to the sole (they are designed for astroturf apparently, so you basically aquaplane) and haven't fallen over since. They still rub my heels horribly after 18mo though.

Spezials all the way. Also, SL72 are a nice retro trainer in lovely colours. Sambas are very flat and as ppl mentioned have slippy soles. Campus O0s are comfortable but very chunky.

I won’t buy Nike after the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco. I like my women’s sportswear to be modelled and marketed by women.

Just not Samba, they are really uncomfortable (nothing to do with size). They are so flat.

Had to stop wearing them.

I have sambas but I think I can feel everything through the soles like the Princess & the Pea. I am eyeing off similar from Converse atm.