Brooks Beast 12

Name: Brooks Beast 12
Brand: Brooks
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)

Daily trainer · Stability · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Beast 14 replaced it

How it ranks

The Brooks Beast 12 ranks below most daily trainers in our data. Durability and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 12 runner reviews and 5 other rated shoes in the Beast product line.

Decent

71/100

Overall

Decent 71

Durability

Excellent 93

Cushioning

Good 90

Comfort

Below average 62

Value

Bottom-tier 55

Appearance

Bottom-tier 50

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.

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Confidence

50/100

Low 50

What runners say

“This was the only shoe I could wear and not be in pain when walking or running”

4/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a half marathon

“I started experiencing calf soreness and cramps with a few weeks on running with this shoes”

3/5 Full review 14 mpw training for a half marathon

“Wide fitting has plenty of space in the toe box”

4/5 Full review 60 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Stabil CS 3

“They are about a pound each, which I expect when I get ultimate support”

4/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a half marathon

“Can be worn straight out the box, without any need for much running in”

4/5 Full review 60 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Stabil CS 3

“Heavy, reliable”

4/5 Full review 65 mpw training for a half marathon

“Great shoe for high mileage training”

4/5 Full review 60 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Stabil CS 3

“A non-Newtonian fluid in the sole, but upon running on it I don't really notice it at all”

4/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a half marathon

“Podiatrist recommended shoe”

4/5 Full review 65 mpw training for a half marathon

“The toe box is pretty snug as well”

3/5 Full review 14 mpw training for a half marathon

Prefer this shoe over another

25% 1/4

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Reviewers report it holding up over years of regular running, one running in it for twelve years.
Several reviewers came to it from injury or foot pain, including plantar fasciitis and ankle surgery, and stayed.
Reviewers say it needs no breaking in and has plenty of room in the toe box for high mileage training.

Cons

Appearance draws 2.9 out of 5 across twelve reviewers, far below every other dimension, and one reviewer simply calls it an ugly shoe.
Reviewers call it heavy, one estimating about a pound per shoe and taking a month to get used to them.
One reviewer developed calf soreness and cramps within a few weeks and finds the toe box snug.

Beast 12 rates 71. This shoe has low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Brooks Beast

Each dot is one version of the Beast, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

71 2014 83 2014 76 2017 85 2018 78 2020 85 2016

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.

Beast

2016 · 6 reviews

85 Good

56 Confidence
Beast 20

2020 · 1 review

78 Decent

34 Confidence
Beast 18

2018 · 3 reviews

85 Good

43 Confidence
Beast 16

2017 · 4 reviews

76 Decent

50 Confidence
Beast 14

2014 · 1 review

83 Good

18 Confidence
Beast 12 This shoe

2014 · 12 reviews

71 Decent

50 Confidence

Reader Ratings

12 ratings

5/5 6

4/5 3

3/5 3

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014
MSRP: $95

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

I bought this shoe when I was having issues with what I think was early plantar faciitis. Including my everyday shoes that I wear to work, this was the only shoe I could wear and not be in pain when walking or running. That being said, it took me a month or so to get comfortable with them because they are about a pound each, which I expect when I get ultimate support. A selling point they made for me was a non-Newtonian fluid in the sole, but upon running on it I don't really notice it at all.

Anonymous runner · Aug 28, 2014

20 mpw training for a half marathon