Sunday, April 19, 2009

Reebok Plate Shoes to Improve for Fall

Tom Wood, the baseball footwear product manager of Reebok e-mailed me recently after reading a recent blog post on Reebok plate shoes.

Here is an excerpt:
Will the Vector be toned down on the plate Shoe - YES

After listening to various comments we have toned down the large white vector making it a more subtle looking shoe although still showing the brand. Please note that in the fall we will be updating the plate shoe to this silhouette...

We have also made a few additional cosmetic and performance changes as well.
  • Weight has been reduced to 3 pounds
  • The large RBK on the metatarsal plate will be replaced with the MLB logo and Reebok will be on the heels
We're looking forward to having these available in the future.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thats awesome there changing them up a bit..but that dosnt help us for this season

Anonymous said...

Please post a picture if/when available.

Anonymous said...

I would have loved to have worn these shoes this year. However, without a removable insole, I had no choice but to go with the New Balance. Maybe next year in addition to the cosmetic appearance, they could do a removable insole. A lot of umpires wear orthotics and I think Reebok is missing a large market here.

Anonymous said...

Those of us that are tall or have size 14EEEE shoes need equipment also. Please keep us in mind when fixing size.

Anonymous said...

The shoe is comfortable and the spikes on bottom give great traction when moving out quickly. There are those of us that use these shoes for more than just baseball and the MLB logo would not fit in if doing softball only, also the white logo info needs to be toned quite a bit.

Jim Kirk said...

Thanks for all of your comments. As some of you have suggested, Reebok is making changes such as toning down the white logo. In addition, the MLB logo will continue to be on them. However, for other sports, such as football, there is a turf shoe now available called the NFL Quag Low II Field Shoes that we now have available with the NFL logo.

On sizing, I'll make sure to suggest offering shoes in some additional sizing the next opportunity I get. I understand this is a problem not only on the high end but the low as well.