The Deviate Nitro 4 is PUMA's plated trainer for the whole week's quality: a new dual-layer NITROFOAM midsole around the carbon-composite PWRPLATE, 15 g down from the 3 at 250 g in a UK 8, standing 38 mm at the heel on an 8 mm drop.
It suits you if you want one plated shoe covering tempo runs, long runs at pace, and the odd race — the Deviate has quietly been one of the best value plated trainers for three generations, and the 4 keeps the $170 tag under a market drifting past $200.
It is not the racer; the Elite 4 sits above it with the lighter everything. And a carbon plate is still a carbon plate on recovery days — keep something plain for those.