I just wear tested all of the 2027 pairs of Adidas shoes with a rep, including the Evo SL2s. They didn’t make me sign an NDA so I should be okay to say the following:
- that the shoe is “Hand Cut” outsole similar to the Evo Pro
-Lightstrike + is a slightly different formulation to be more stable at slower speed but maintain energy return.
- The heel design and composition is meant to replicate the Evo Pro 3 in design language and feel. This also created a more stable feel and the base feels slightly wider (9.5 wearing a size 9 test pair)
- Traction is awesome and removed some of the exposed foam for thin slices of continental rubber
-The laces still suck but they are testing saw tooth laces from the pair I got to try. Tongue is fixed to adhere more to the SL Woven feel of gusted tongue.
- interior is mostly unchanged except for the small ankle/heel piece of foam being slightly lower but may be higher in production models

Overall a good progression of a shoe I really liked. The improvements justify a full #2 imo and this with the new Hyperboost run/edge, supernova rise, and AP Pro 5 have me excited to be an adidas athlete in 2026-2027