My son loves the New Balance cleats but these cleats are similar to the previous ones, the outer cleats were torn in less than 3 months (received April 19th). I sent this to New Balance and they asked me to send more photos and they sent me a partial credit to buy new ones; However, this is the third couple this has happened to. I'll try the new 3000v4 as they say it has a new running board. If they fail like 4040v4 I'll try Adidas and see if they hold up better.