#KamiReviewKan: Nike Phantom Vision Elite DF

Another round of thank you to a good friend of mine from abroad who has the chance to test out the Nike Phantom Vision Elite Dynamic Fit (DF) football boots, and wrote down what he thinks about them. Enjoy!

Straight out I humbly thought that this aesthetically looks like a basketball shoe than a football boot. To which would understand from a marketing side on how people would go closer to check them out.

Nike Phantom Vision Elite Dynamic Fit, received them during Christmas. Had the chance to play a few games in them since then. This boot marks the end of the short-lived Nike Magista line. Which had a good reception at the start with the Magista Obra 1 during the 2014 but after the Magista Obra 2 things went lukewarm. It was average at best. So Nike had to shake things up with the Nike Phantom Vision Elite Dynamic Fit.

Compare with past Nike football boots. The Nike Phantom Vision Elite Dynamic Fit has a lot of new technology, which are the Quadfit System and Ghost Lacing System.

What is Quadfit?

Quadfit performs well because it doesn’t have the stretch bias typically seen in woven materials. The four axes of fibers conform to the player’s foot and provide support in all directions. It works because of the unique fiber orientation as well as the separation between fibers; the gaps distribute the load of the foot and mitigate friction. The result is an incredible fit across a very broad spectrum of unique foot structures. - Nike Press Release

What is the Ghost Lacing System.

Another unseen item within the PhantomVSN is the appropriately named Ghost Lace system. “We’ve done tremendous amounts of research, talking with players and analyzing data in the lab,” explains Woodman, “and the results are unanimously in favor of lacing to provide that customized fit each player desires.”
To improve upon traditional lacing, the Ghost Lace touchpoints were minimized and a one-pull construction implemented for equal tension all the way down the foot. The laces can then be discretely tucked away to provide an even striking surface.

Straightforward right? So in a nutshell, Nike wants to create the most comfortable and practical football boot out there with all the new tech inserted in them.

This boot can fit medium to wide feet players. I, who has wide feet, did fear feet cramp. But the boot moulded to my feet nicely. There was little to no breaking time. So straight out from the box you can immediately wear them for a game day.

The sole plate is quite an aggressive one. So if you usually play on artificial pitches. It is imperative that you get the Artificial Ground stud configuration. Your joints will hurt after playing a game.

The bladed stud patterns is there to accommodate fast cuts when on or off the ball. Especially when you are on your toes. As you can see in the image below underneath the big toe region there is a set of rotation blades that will help ease pressure of your football and it lets you focus on physical acceleration.

A quick word about the collar. It’s ridiculously non-functional, maybe it was a late aesthetic design. I hope they improve on that.

Playing in them was fun. It gives me great flashbacks to my Nike CTR 360 1, 2, and 3. Those were pleasureful football boots. So basically. The Nike Phantom Vision Elite gets a thumbs up from me. The passes and the shooting when the ball pings sweetly.

As a new line in the Nike family, it has the potential to be a legacy boot like the CTR 360. Nike just needs to improve on a number of issues, when they do. They have a real winner with this football boot.

RM 1,145 according to Nike.com/my