paintball cleats worth the money?

[AutomagRT1483]

Dye cleats definately. They dont make your feet feel like their loosing circulation like football cleats do. They are nice and wide.

[Rather]

Football cleats is what I would get soccer cleats aren't really right for paintball.

Nope especially with those ugly overhanging tounges on them

That and they can and will give you blisteres if you don't wear thick enough socks....

[FSU_Paintball]

Just get some Nike football cleats when they go on sale. Less expensive and at least just as good.

(not the metal ones)

[Empyreal Rogue]

Woot! Go old Etnies!

That's what I wear.

[Enemy]

i wear tennis shoes but i wouldnt mind having cleats on some days.. the thing i notice everyone is saying get football go football cleats! dont that would be a mistake i would rather go with baseball for one reason alot of football cleats have spikes on the sides and back for more traction or cuz it looks cool..anyways those can dig into the ground and stick while the rest of your body is still moving and that is how one breaks a leg... its happened out at the feild guy wore football cleats for the longest time went to slide his cleat dug in and then snap there goes his ankle in a spiral fractor..now baseball there is a lot of sliding so baseball cleats have flat sides so they would work really well and would lessen the likleyhood of you snapping your ankle!!!

[Thordic]

Soccer cleats are great for tournaments so long as it isn't rocky. I've used them in the woods too. I had a nice pair of Diadora's I used for lacrosse and paintball for years.

Nice and lightweight, your feet don't feel tired at the end of the day.

What does the tongue have to do with anything? As for thick socks, I wear normal socks with soccer cleats and I never had a problem.

I didn't buy them for paintball though, they were for lacrosse. I think they were around $80.

Now I have a pair of real cheap football cleats that I think cost $20. They are for paintball, and they work fine.

[TheTramp]

Now I have a pair of real cheap football cleats that I think cost $20. They are for paintball, and they work fine.

I wore soccer cleats for years (I played soccer, go figure) but I switched to football cleats for paintball for the ankle support.

Like Thordic, I got a pair Really cheap at a big sporting goods store and they've lasted two seasons so far. Not a bad investment IMHO

[tony3]

Personally, I'd suggest baseball cleats over foootball.Better for sprinting imo. I buy all the cleats I have at play it again sports, I think that might only be a chicago land store. They sell used cleats. 10 bucks can get you a nice pair of cleats.

[C_22]

Go for American Football Blitz cleats. Less than $30 bux and will outlast any PB cleat out there (not that there are that many).

[thump]

well ive been looking for football cleats here in Canada since reading all your posts.the cheapest football cleat i have found has been like $80!

[ghideon]

I use an old pair of mid top Mizuno Softball cleats. Couldn't tell you what I paid for em 4 years ago.

[Battlewear]

Hi there..

In the past when I used to play tourney ball I had 3 different pairs of cleats..

The first pair was my Standard Football cleat. It had large thick cleats, was great for bush ball, got good traction and helped me move a little faster because the bottoms where not bogged down with mud and such.

The second pair of cleats I had was Artifical Turf Cleats, they worked awesome for playing indoors on floors that are slippery or on hard packed surfaces where it was hard to get grip. The artifical turf cleats have tons and tons of tiny little cleats that are very soft (at least mine where) so I was able to get amazing starts because of the extra grip. The only bad part was that some times when turning they seemed like they wanted to stick to the floor.. LOL..

My third pair of cleats where a custom done football cleat. I say custom done because I modified the cleats to suit my needs. Basically it was in between the Standard cleat and the Artifical cleat. The shoe started out as a standard but I modified it to have shorter stubbier cleats but because it was a standard cleat to start with there was only a few of them..

Over all I would suggest checking around, your best friend is the phone.. Jump on the phone and start calling around like crazy.. Call every shoe store, find out who has what and for what price.

Another avenue to take is if you have a local pro football team or soccer team or baseball team then call the PR department.. I only suggest this because this is what I have had to do in the past due to large size of shoe I require ( I take a 15 1/2 EEEE, yes, that is 4 E's!!)..
One good thing about calling them at the end of the season, some times they have shoes they brought in for the players that never used them, they go up for sale.. Or at least they do here, and the prices are AWESOME! A friend of mine got 3 pairs of turf cleats for 50$ Canadian.. Now please understand, a standard Artifical Turf cleat is normally around 100 to 150.00 for the pair!! So 3 pairs for 50 was amazing!!


That is my suggestions for shoes.. But last is look at where you will be playing the most, if it is outdoors on a rocky surface get a smaller cleat, a muddy surface is a bigger cleat, indoors is a turf shoe..

Just my 2 cents worth

[logamus]

a guy last saturday night was wearing old man house slippers. it made me giggle.

[thecavemankevin]

i use reebok baseball cleats. picked em up for like...20 bucks. work fine.

ditto sorta, i have been using the same pair of reebok turf shoes (sorta like cleats only better) for several different sports since 99...??? They are looking pretty shabby now, and i will probably pick up another pair sooner or later, but they work excellent.

[Trina]

I kinda like my white girly football cleates. Not only are they cute (haha) but they work great and I only paid $20. BUT....if I wear them too long I almost always get blisters.

Because of this, I don't like them for scenerio games....that's when I love a light hiker (about $80, by Merrell)--great tread, and they're made to be comfortable for running OR walking for LONG periods of time.

Just remember cheaper is not always better