Posted on

Unboxing & Closed Look: ASICS GELBURST 25 LOW

ASICS has started to develop the basketball shoes. Today we want to share ASICS GELBURST 25 LOW with you.

ASICS GELBURST 25 LOW

The shoebox is concise. The front side of shoebox is printed with ASICS logo.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox

It uses adaptive fit vamp. The air permeability and fitness of vamp is good. It’s covered thick hot pressed film which improves the supporting performance and protection.

The shoe-tongue has big mesh. It has good air permeability.  The middle part uses dynamic shoelace holes which run through the vamp. After fastening the shoelaces, it can offer good protection and lateral support.

The side vamp is decorated with bright silver tiger claw logo.

The lining uses anti-skid design to avoid being loosen when exercising.

The shoe heel has surrounding TPU plate which extends to the outboard of shoe collar improves the overall fitness and supporting performance.

The shoe head position uses stitching design. The actual durability is great.

The outboard forefoot insole has widened design which improves the lateral supporting performance.

The PROPULSION TPU TRUSSTIC TPU stabilizing plate extends from forefoot sole to shoe heel. The big area of TPU stabilizing plate reduces the bending of metatarsophalangeal joints to avoid the unnecessary waste of energy and flank ahead.

The arch position also has TPU stabilizing plate which offers more strength to the insole.

The stabilizing plate also has a lot of ventilated holes which keeps the good air permeability.

The FLYTEFOAM lightweight insole technology keeps good cushion performance and lightweight. It’s said that the insole has a piece of GEL cushion. I expected the shape and size of the GEL cushion.

The outsole has flex grooves. The center vortex pattern can help the athletes to speed up.

The pattern of rear sole can offer more stability. With non-marking rubber, it can offer better traction performance.

The position of shoe-pad arch is upturning which can fit the foot well. The ventilated holes can improve the air permeability effectively.

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 275mm.

The width of EUR42.5 forefoot shoe-pad is about 95.64mm.

The thickness of  EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 5mm.

The EVA material insole fabric has a lot of ventilated holes on the arch part.

The ventilated holes on the arch position are not decoration. It offers good air permeability.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 ASICS GELBURST 25 LOW is only about 365.6g.

Overall

The ASICS GELBURST 25 LOW continues the style of GELBURST series. The appearance is simple and useful. It doesn’t have extra decoration. The weight is light and size is standard. The opening of shoe tongue is big, it’s convenient for putting on and taking off. The flat type shoelaces are not easy to loosen. It is comfortable. The insole is a little stiff in the beginning. After a period, you will feel the cushioning feedback obviously. The cushion performance maybe not good enough for heavy weight athletes. The insole is quite stable. The good air permeability can keep the foot dry.