The Mercurial Vapor is a football boot manufactured by Nike. The boot is known for being lightweight. Because of this, the boot is favoured by many players for whom speed is a very important part of their game, notably wingersor strikers. The boot is now in its eighth version the Nike Mercurial Vapor 8, currently available in six colourways: Mango/Grey, Sail/Red Total Orange/Retro Blue, Seaweed/Green/Challenge Red, Nike Clash Edition Pink/White, Blue/Retro Orange/Challenge Red, and the fourth Cristiano Ronaldo Mercurial Boot entitled "Love to Win, Hate to Lose" Black/Obsidian Blue/Pink.
The boot is available in either Soft Ground (SG) (Now Soft Ground Pro SG-Pro) or Firm Ground (FG) versions. The SG version's sole plate is fitted with six NikeSnap removable studs,(now with molded plastic studs) which can be purchased in different lengths, for the first and second models, and traditional screw-in aluminium studs for versions 3 to 8; the FG version has seven moulded blades.