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Adidas Essence 12

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The Adidas Essence 12, from the 2015 Adidas squash shoes lineup. They replace last year’s Adidas Essence 11 and are priced at around £45 / $60. I do like what Adidas did with the design this year.

Versions: Men | Women

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Here’s my full review of these shoes:

In the Adidas range of indoor court shoes, the Adidas Adipower Stabil is at the top (most cushioning, most expensive), the Adidas Court Stabil is in the middle (medium cushioning, medium price), and the Essence is at the bottom (least cushioning, least expensive). Several pros play with the Essence, possibly because while the shoes have less cushioning, they are also lighter.

I weighed one of the shoes and it came in at 362 grams (I’m a US size 11.5).

Men

Red, silver and black, spotted Jan 2016:

Adidas Essence 12 Men

Image via spartoo.co.uk

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Black and silver:

adidas-essence-12-men-black-silver
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White / black / orange:

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Blue / white:

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Women

The Adidas Essence 12 Women.

Here’s one in black, white and blue:

Adidas Essence 12 Women

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White and some sort of metallic color:

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Here’s another color, the blue gal:

Adidas Essence 12 Women

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Comments

  1. massi_life says

    (March 10, 2016)

    If you’re looking for a low budget solution, these are tremendous shoes. I bought these because I was tired of my asics gel rocket 6 (stabil shoe but poor cushoning). The Essence 12 are very light and the adiprene technology helps you a lot giving extra cushoning. I’m not sure for the durability but for 50-60 euros…you know..
    I’m an heavy and club player and I need cushioning and a light shoe.

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  2. Owen Rodwell says

    (October 21, 2015)

    Not the right shoes for a serious squash player. I was hoping to use these as a shoe to coach in and play the occasional match in but these aren’t going to cut it. Little cushioning or lateral support, I’m sending these back.

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