Brooks Ghost 8

Name: Brooks Ghost 8
Brand: Brooks
Rating: 4.5 (11 reviews)

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 10.3 oz · 12mm drop · 28/16mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Ghost 9 replaced it

How it ranks

The Brooks Ghost 8 ranks above most daily trainers in our data. Durability and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 11 runner reviews and 13 other rated shoes in the Ghost product line. One more review would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Good

80/100

Overall

Good 80

Durability

Excellent 95

Comfort

Very good 93

Cushioning

Good 89

Value

Decent 76

Appearance

Decent 71

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

88/100

High 88

What runners say

“Downhills in the rain can be positively bloodcurdling”

4/5 Full review 50 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 6

“Had the front cushioning separating after about 600 miles”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Fastwitch 5

“The traction is truly scarily dangerous”

4/5 Full review 50 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 6

“Too tight of a fit, narrow in the toe box”

3/5 Full review 25 mpw came from the Brooks Ghost 7

“My feet sometimes slip on flat roads if the roads are wet”

4/5 Full review 50 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 6

“The bottom of the shoe is wearing out very quickly”

4/5 Full review 60 mpw training for middle distance came from the ASICS GEL-Cumulus 14

“Wider toe box than most other shoes”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Fastwitch 5

“Grip is not the greatest especially in the rain”

4/5 Full review 50 mpw came from the ASICS GT-2000 3

“I used to get 1000 miles in shoes of similar structure”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a marathon came from the Saucony Fastwitch 5

“A bit of cushion and higher heel-toe drop seem to work well”

5/5 Full review 55 mpw 956 miles in this shoe training for a marathon came from the Nike Zoom Terra Kiger 3

Prefer this shoe over another

47% 9/19

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Pros

Reviewers repeatedly call it comfortable and easy to forget on daily runs.
One reviewer with a wide forefoot says the toe box is wider than most.
It scores 79 against 76 for the Ghost 7 before it.

Cons

Three reviewers report slipping on wet roads, one calling the traction scarily dangerous.
Two reviewers saw the outsole wear down early.
Appearance draws the lowest ratings of any dimension, at 4.0 out of 5.