My favourite shoes I’ve tried this year are (and my current rotation): Tempo/daily - SB2 Daily/recovery - Brooks GM Intervals/short races - Takumi10 Race - AF3 Trail - Ultrafly
Great list Alex, how about the mizuno neo vista? It really deserves a place here no?Very fun and original, bouncy and comfy, I'd compare it to the Superblast 2 with a bit less top-end speed maybe, but great for steady/MP long run. But definitely a hit that stands out this year.
My favorite shoes of this year and my current rotation: Daily run: SB2 Long run: SB2 Tempo: SB2 Intervals: SB2 Easy/recovery: SB2 Race day: not really a racer (SB2 for a parkrun) 😂
Appreciate the videos. I work in a store that sells a lot of these, and I use your videos to give info out to potential buyers, as I don’t get the chance to test them all out. Keep up the good work
I wanted the SB2 cause my boston 12 was at a high mileage. But the SB2 was not available in my country. I even wanted to try the SC trainer V3 but it didnt have my size. So i ended getting another boston 12 and i still loved it. Still to this day, its the most enjoyable and fun running shoe i ever had.
Mach 6, Rebel V4, Pegasus plus are 100% daily trainers and yes, Mach 6 is God tier daily trainer. Saucony Speed 4 is a home run if not God tier. It’s more versatile than the Superblast since the foam in SB isn’t soft at all with only moderate energy return. Puma Deviate Nitro 3 wasn’t mentioned as it is the most underrated shoe of the year. Tom from believe in her run would agree with me. A home run for me. Kinvara Pro is the most misunderstood performance trainer for two reasons: weight and the outsole. If Saucony fixes these two issues it can be the performance or super trainers of the decade.
One can still find Puma Deviate 2 for 100e. For me, beats the Superblast. That firmer heel, soft forefoot and semi flexible plate feels GREAT at steady runs. Treshold or slow is good too. A very satisfying, characterful, wired shoe. And ahh, that outsole can do even snow, man! It is my only God Tier. Upper a bit tight and warm, tough. I rarely go up ½ size, here i do.
Thanks for your precious reviews. IMO you should add longevity of the shoes as we'll. As mere mortals we pay!. It's an important issue for lots of us. My first boston12 is at 1100km and still very very runnable. Non plated zoomx shoes only stand 250km for me.
Nice to see the KD900 included. I use it along with the Boston 12 and love them both. Would rather do long runs in the Boston, but for everything else, the KD is up there with the Boston. One thing people need to know is that the KD needs quite a few km (probably around 200) to soften up. I have close to 300km in mine and the outsole looks brand new. I suspect that Kiprun will have released the KD900.3 by the time my OG KD900 have worn out.
There is a shoe that is supposed to be a race day, but is to heavy, a shoe that costs to much to be in trainer category. But i would like to try the Superblast 2 against the the Ceilo X1 as a super trainer. Which tier do you think that would fit into?
I believe that the meaning of super trainers is something else. Most of the shoes of this video are fast or tempo shoes. Super trainers is the democratization of racing technology. Super foams, stiffing element (or not) 45mm at least in the heel and a little bit of comfort. For me, the real super trainers are: Asics Superblast 2, Hoka Skyward X, New Balance SC Trainer (the first edition, now is just a trainer), Mizuno Neo Vista.
@@RowOfMushyTiT where will you put them? I agree it's a bit different than a Superblast but you can do nearly everything with them like the Superblast do. Also if you put them in a daily trainer tier list you will compare them with shoes that are also so different (e.g. Brooks Ghost 16, Nike Pegasus, NB 1080 v14)
@@timalvado-brette7281 most of the shoes are fast/uptempo shoes, is a category that always exist. Also the categorization of the shoes is made for the average runner. Someone more experienced runner can have as daily trainer a Endorphin Speed or a Rebel or a Mach, but for the average runner most of those shoes are speed shoes. I believe that the title of the video is clickbait. If you remove from the list, the Superblast, the Strung X 2, the Kinvara Pro and the Zoom Fly 5 is just a uptempo tier list.
@@timalvado-brette7281 The key thing with Supertrainer is that it looks after your legs and you can have a max stack with a plate like a race shoe, but heavier, cheaper and more durable. Mach 6, Rebel v4, Pegasus Plus are all tempo shoes.
@@RowOfMushyTiT Alex explained at the beginning his definition of a super trainer. For him it's a shoe designed to 'maintain a faster pace" which would also be the definition of a fast/uptempo shoe. Nevertheless, for most of the shoes of this list I tried (Mach 6 / Boston 12 / Prime X / Deviate 3 / Rebel v4 / CM Hyper), I feel comfortable doing endurance or easy runs in them, and find it reductive to categorize them solely as fast/uptempo shoes.
@@AlexFilitti Adios Pro 3 is the fastest trail running shoe I have. It definitely isn't just a race day shoe, it is super versatile. I'd just not race in it.
Not my expression but something people has started to use more and more. But I take your point. You don’t say « super shoes » then I suppose when it comes to race day shoes?
Not a bad list, but putting two Hokas at the top? Hokas are known for their terrible durability... I can only put around 600 k on a pair of Hokas, but can put like 1200k on my pair of Bostons. Bostons are maybe not as flashy, but if can use them twice as long and the performance is still great, maybe keep that in mind as well?
Shoe reviewers don't really know anything about durability as they are not running high mileage in all the shoes. So they basically can't tell you that. And I fully agree it's a big factor for people actually buying the shoes instead of getting many of them for free!
@ I believe both! It’s good content for entertainment, and even though the full review has more detail this is a lot of comparison info and that’s also very helpful when planning shoe purchases.
I don’t get why would u rank the superblast 2 godtier. That shoe is stiff as a board and will get ur feet feeling sore after a run. Overhyped shoe if u ask me. Second of all the hoka mach 6 is not worthy of being godtier, it’s too narrow for that. Putting the Nike peg plus in the boring category must be a joke. If it doesn’t have the high enough stack height, then why even call it a super daily trainer in the first place🧐? Then it’s just a daily trainer. Compared to ur 2 goodtier shoes, the peg plus offers a much softer and bouncy ride. The peg plus is a faster ride compared to the mach 6. Hope ur not smokin dat good stuf😬
