Hey all-
I love shoes. The running kind.
In my never-ending quest to find perfect shoes for this, or that, or whatever, I spend a lot of time reading shoe reviews on various websites. Because I live in a small town with one running store that only carries certain brands, I can't always try things on, so I depend on shoe reviews, and zappos.
Anyway, I notice that most brand websites offer separate reviews for the mens and womens models, and more often than not, there are 0-1 women's reviews and several mens reviews. I don't care to discuss why this is, I just wanted to encourage everyone to write reviews of as many shoes as possible.
I wanted to start this thread so that we can chime in about what type of information is most helpful when reading a shoe review, as well as possibly start posting reviews/share info on shoes. There are too many reviews that go like this "This shoe is so comfy! I love the color too." Now, that is not a helpful review in my book, because "comfy" is meaningless if there is no other information. I appreciate it when the reviewer compares and contrasts to other shoes they have worn/liked/not liked. It also helps me to know if the reviewer has a narrow or wide foot and what kind of drop, level of cushion and weight the reviewer prefers.
If anyone is interested in my personal research for trail shoes; I've now had experience with the following models, and written reviews. I know most people here are triathletes, not trail runners, but feel free to ask me about any of these if you wanted any opinions:
Montrail Rogue Fly
NorthFace Ultra Glide
Saucony Kinvara Trail
Saucony Peregrine
New Balance 1010
New Balance 110
New Balance 1210
La Sportiva Helios
Brooks Pure Grit 1
I'm also curious to know what people have liked/not liked and why for road shoes for marathons/ironmans. Thanks!
I love shoes. The running kind.
In my never-ending quest to find perfect shoes for this, or that, or whatever, I spend a lot of time reading shoe reviews on various websites. Because I live in a small town with one running store that only carries certain brands, I can't always try things on, so I depend on shoe reviews, and zappos.
Anyway, I notice that most brand websites offer separate reviews for the mens and womens models, and more often than not, there are 0-1 women's reviews and several mens reviews. I don't care to discuss why this is, I just wanted to encourage everyone to write reviews of as many shoes as possible.
I wanted to start this thread so that we can chime in about what type of information is most helpful when reading a shoe review, as well as possibly start posting reviews/share info on shoes. There are too many reviews that go like this "This shoe is so comfy! I love the color too." Now, that is not a helpful review in my book, because "comfy" is meaningless if there is no other information. I appreciate it when the reviewer compares and contrasts to other shoes they have worn/liked/not liked. It also helps me to know if the reviewer has a narrow or wide foot and what kind of drop, level of cushion and weight the reviewer prefers.
If anyone is interested in my personal research for trail shoes; I've now had experience with the following models, and written reviews. I know most people here are triathletes, not trail runners, but feel free to ask me about any of these if you wanted any opinions:
Montrail Rogue Fly
NorthFace Ultra Glide
Saucony Kinvara Trail
Saucony Peregrine
New Balance 1010
New Balance 110
New Balance 1210
La Sportiva Helios
Brooks Pure Grit 1
I'm also curious to know what people have liked/not liked and why for road shoes for marathons/ironmans. Thanks!