Who needs Alphaflys for €319.99? Lidl now offering Carbon plated super shoes for just €49.99

I wouldn't wear carbon platted shoes from any brand, so I don't specifically about this product. That said, many of the products from Aldi and Lidl (espresso machines, wines organic foods, etc.) perform as good, if not better, than products from other major retailers that are quadruple the price.

Is Lidl offering them or not? Weird double speak in the thread title.

As we all should know by now, just throwing a piece of carbon in a shoe doesn't really make you or the shoe faster. It's a combination of the cushion, stack height, carbon plate and engineering to make a fast shoe.

I purchase with dollars, not euros, because I’m American.

They had a pair recently at Lidl that didn't have a carbon plate, but seemed like the quality of the major brands that are sold for €70-100. These were either €15 or €20.

They are probably suitable for training for some people, allowing them to save the vaporflys or whatever for races.

My thoughts exactly - if they're good enough for recovery jogs and warm-up and cool-downs etc I'll be on them like black on rice in the Star Trek Mirror Universe. :-)

The shoes feature an EVA midsole. So no super shoes.

A carbon plate does not a super shoe make.

all of Nike, Adidas, Puma, and the other runs specialty shoes are all made in asia, or manufactured in a factory near there. It was only a matter of time until they copied the molds and just made the same shoe with a random brand logo for slightly above manufacturing costs. China could ruin these brands if they wanted in the performance running department.

America is a continent, so u better be more specific. Dropout

yes..but does a make carbon plate does not..though? That is the question

Agree. I ordered two pairs on Temu that looked good, just to try out. About $30-40 each. Not even close. Took them to Goodwill.

It's probably full of pesticides at that price.

I happen to be in Ireland when they dropped so picked up a pair today lol. Will report back. Lidl is like a grocery store so that felt weird.

I got them, did one session but they're not great. Very light and be fine for sessions to save on more expensive shoes but wouldn't race in them unless I was stuck.

where is the link to order these shoes?

Update as promised. Ran 5 miles in them this morning easy. They’re very hard, no real cushion. They do roll you forward and have that slight feel of propelling but without good cushion there is no bounce. They’re fine to run around a few miles with but my feet probably wouldn’t love more than a 10k. If you like a harder feel in your shoes maybe you’d find some use for them, but I can’t think of a place for them in my shoe rotation!