Puma's popular power boot returns for its second colourway of the year with the all-new Metallic Blue/Black Iris/White/Orange Puma PowerCat 1.12 football boots. The brand's latest arrival is the third major colourway to hit the PowerCat 1.12 – a boot that has been widely adopted by Puma professionals including Arsenal duo Bacary Sagna & Tomas Rosicky.
Puma utilize an effective colour-scheme to create one of the best looking PowerCat boots to date. There has never been a set colour-palette for the PowerCat, with combinations of bright and dark designs making up its back catalogue of colourways. However this is the first time Puma have splashed a blue paint-job onto the boot!
Puma have tightened up their colourways for the 11/12 season, with such designs as the Metallic Blue/Black Iris/White/Orange Puma PowerCat 1.12 football boots being right on the money! The multi-shaded PowerCat is a real eye-pleaser that is sure to compliment such kits as the Barcelona home and Arsenal away jerseys.
For Cesc Fabregas – Puma's lead face of the PowerCat range – Barcelona's upcoming game with Racing Santander may provide the stage for the boots debut. The Spanish midfielder has been in good form wearing his Puma PowerCat football boots, having only made the switch to the current Black/Shadow/White/Lime colourway during Barcelona's first-leg Champions League tie with Bayer Leverkusen last month.
As a performance power boots, the Puma PowerCat 1.12 features advanced Puma technologies. The boot is a combination of engineering and comfort and with a significant design overhaul, looks and feels completely different to the previous incarnation. The versatility of the boot remains one of its strongest assets, with a variety of players including Gianluigi Buffon, Nigel de Jong and Giorgio Chiellini all wearing the boot.
The stand-out feature of the new PowerCat 1.12 is the 3D DUO Power Shooting Technology, applied to the kicking area on the inside of the boot. Made from an innovative thermoplastic material with two different degrees of hardness, the boot has the advantage of being both highly responsive with extremely high rebound properties.
The newly created Puma 3D PST DUO technology enables improved grip on the ball through its exposed elements, and instead of absorbing the energy it increases the kicking power of the player. The kicking area employs a soft K-Leather while the lightweight microfiber material in the lateral quarter supports the midfoot and helps to keep the weight of the boot to a minimum.
The Metallic Blue/Black Iris/White/Orange Puma PowerCat 1.12 boots are available to pre-order today ahead of a March 25th launch. If you want to bag a pair of the new PowerCat boots, they will retail for around $180.00 USD / £135.00 GBP / €155 EURO.
Once again, Puma have delivered a fresh colour-update to the PowerCat range. Let us know what you think of the new Metallic Blue/Black Iris/White/OrangePuma PowerCat 1.12 football boots. Share your thoughts and join the conversation online, on Twitter and on Facebook.
