Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 11.4 oz · 10mm drop · 29/19mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The ASICS GEL-Nimbus 12 replaced it
How it ranks
The ASICS GEL-Nimbus 18 ranks above most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 13 other rated shoes in the GEL-Nimbus product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Confidence
How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
80/100
“Excellent for neutral/high arches feet”
“I have worn 8 pairs of these shoes”
“I ran one of my fastest times in it”
“Not the lightest shoe on the market”
“I won't run in anything else”
“The comfort, durability, support are great”
20% 2/10
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the GEL-Nimbus, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2026 · 5 reviews
78 Decent
59 Confidence
2024 · 2 reviews
76 Decent
74 Confidence
2024 · 24 reviews
90 Good
90 Confidence
2023 · 88 reviews
98 Exceptional
98 Confidence
2022 · 18 reviews
92 Very good
91 Confidence
2020 · 4 reviews
76 Decent
73 Confidence
2019 · 1 review
81 Good
54 Confidence
2018 · 9 reviews
84 Good
82 Confidence
2017 · 7 reviews
78 Decent
83 Confidence
2017 · 11 reviews
66 Below average
87 Confidence
GEL-Nimbus 18 This shoe
2016 · 4 reviews
82 Good
80 Confidence
2015 · 3 reviews
79 Decent
74 Confidence
2014 · 38 reviews
69 Below average
93 Confidence
2013 · 53 reviews
73 Decent
96 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 30, 2019
6 mpw training for a half marathon
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 17, 2018
30 mpw training for a half marathon
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 12, 2018
30 mpw training for a marathon
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Feb 8, 2018
20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34
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