Brooks Defyance 5

Name: Brooks Defyance 5
Brand: Brooks

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Defyance 7 replaced it

How it ranks

The Brooks Defyance 5 ranks among the stronger daily trainers in our data. Durability and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Defyance product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Very good

91/100

Overall

Very good 91

Durability

Excellent 95

Value

Very good 92

Cushioning

Decent 79

Comfort

Decent 80

Appearance

Below average 64

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

73/100

Moderate 73

What runners say

“Switched to Defyance after plantar fasciitis issues; it's been keeping me mostly healthy.”

5/5 Full review 45 mpw training for a half marathon

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

All four reviewers rate durability 4 or 5 out of 5.
Two reviewers who moved over from the Brooks Adrenaline have stayed with it.
It is the highest-rated version of the Defyance line we cover.

Cons

We don't have enough reviewer information on this shoe to make a judgment of cons.

Defyance 5 rates 91. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Brooks Defyance

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

91 2014 74 2014 88 2014 70 2014 71 2017

Release year

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

Defyance 9

2017 · 1 review

71 Decent

13 Confidence
Defyance 8

2014 · 2 reviews

70 Below average

28 Confidence
Defyance 7

2014 · 7 reviews

88 Good

69 Confidence
Defyance 6

2014 · 1 review

74 Decent

15 Confidence
Defyance 5 This shoe

2014 · 4 reviews

91 Very good

73 Confidence

Reader Ratings

4 ratings

5/5 4

4/5 0

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014

Runner reviews

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Reader review

5/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Apr 6, 2015

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

Reader review

5/5

Overall

Great

Anonymous runner · Sep 19, 2014

75 mpw training for a half marathon

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

Reader review

5/5

Overall

I used to wear the Brook Adrenaline, but got a bad case of plantar faciitis. Ended up getting orthotics and switching to the Defyance, which is just the neutral version of the adrenaline. It's been keeping me mostly healthy so I can't complain too much.

ronaciousT · Sep 12, 2014

45 mpw training for a half marathon