Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 11 oz · 9mm drop · 29/20mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Defyance 8 replaced it
How it ranks
The Brooks Defyance 7 ranks among the stronger daily trainers in our data. Value and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 7 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Defyance product line. Another 5 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
69/100
“Can get up to 500 miles with legs still feeling fine.”
“The shoe feels a lot less bulky and significantly lighter than its listed weight may otherwise suggest.”
“It has enough structure built into it that it actually prevents me from overpronating.”
“I like a cushioned, but not too cushioned shoe that has some responsiveness to it.”
“I like a shoe that is not too cushioned and is responsive.”
“They seem to last forever.”
“I have a narrow rearfoot, but a wider forefoot.”
50% 4/8
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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 Defyance, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2017 · 1 review
71 Decent
13 Confidence
2014 · 2 reviews
70 Below average
28 Confidence
Defyance 7 This shoe
2014 · 7 reviews
88 Good
69 Confidence
2014 · 1 review
74 Decent
15 Confidence
2014 · 4 reviews
91 Very good
73 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
BilltownRunner · Mar 23, 2015
85 mpw came from the Nike Zoom Vomero+ 7
4/5
Overall
rivabanks · Mar 22, 2015
55 mpw 956 miles in this shoe training for a half marathon came from the Brooks Glycerin 11
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Mar 21, 2015
50 mpw came from the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 14
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 10, 2014
85 mpw training for a marathon
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 1, 2014
60 mpw training for a half marathon
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