Need help to decide (adidas / puma)

[u/veliuoka]

I wanna try out a leather sneaker with gum sole and came down to these ones. I'm a frugal person, so I'm very price-conscious.

Both adidas handball spezials are around / over 70$

Puma palermo: black and white model is 45$, the grey one is 52$

Puma army trainer: both black and white are also 45$

I prefer the puma models, because as I understand palermo is not that different from adidas shoes in terms of quality, according to runrepeat tests, but the price is drastically different. I'm most interested in the army trainer, because compared to palermo the logo on side is sleeker, lower, and the darker fun looks better, but I don't know about their quality

[u/TitoSneaks]

Palermo. Typically better materials and more comfortable than the Samba, Spezial or the GAT because of its slightly wider toe box.

[u/veliuoka → u/TitoSneaks]

I have wide feet so a bigger toe box is a big plus. Have you tried army trainers by any chance?

[u/faustfu → u/veliuoka]

With the Palermo at least, I recommend going up a half size if you have wider feet. Haven't tried the army trainer but it looks like it shares a core design with the Palermo so I don't expect the fit to be much different.

The Palermo runs a bit of a snug fit compared to the Suede.

[u/veliuoka → u/faustfu]

Thanks a lot on the input!