Brooks PureGrit 5

Name: Brooks PureGrit 5
Brand: Brooks

Trail · Neutral · 9.8 oz · 4mm drop

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

How it ranks

The Brooks PureGrit 5 is one of the strongest trail shoes in our data. Durability and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 6 other rated shoes in the PureGrit product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Excellent

97/100

Overall

Excellent 97

Durability

Excellent 96

Value

Excellent 94

Comfort

Very good 93

Cushioning

Good 86

Appearance

Good 81

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

79/100

Moderate 79

What runners say

“Just enough midfoot cushioning to make rough rocks comfortable”

5/5 Full review 30 mpw training for a half marathon

“No complaints on the trails, but did not feel great on track or pavement”

5/5 Full review 60 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Zoom Terra Kiger 4

“Sewn upper with enough give/sponginess to fit firmly round your foot”

5/5 Full review 30 mpw training for a half marathon

“I've never had a blister with this shoe”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Pearl Izumi EM Road M3

“After about 100km I realised they really were even better”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw came from the Brooks PureGrit 4

“This is a fairly minimalist shoe with adequate padding”

5/5 Full review 20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Pearl Izumi EM Road M3

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

All four reviewers so far rate it 5 out of 5 overall, for comfort and for value.
Reviewers run it on moorland, beach and hill trails, and one calls it an amazing trail shoe.
One reviewer has never had a blister in it, after daily blisters in the shoes they came from.

Cons

One reviewer says it does not feel great on track or pavement.
Another avoids jagged terrain in them, finding the shoe soft.

PureGrit 5 rates 97. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Brooks PureGrit

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

68 2014 73 2013 86 2014 97 2017 73 2017 72 2018 84 2019

Release year

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

PureGrit 8

2019 · 1 review

84 Good

40 Confidence
PureGrit 7

2018 · 1 review

72 Decent

14 Confidence
PureGrit 6

2017 · 2 reviews

73 Decent

27 Confidence
PureGrit 5 This shoe

2017 · 4 reviews

97 Excellent

79 Confidence
Pure Grit 3

2014 · 3 reviews

86 Good

41 Confidence
Pure Grit 2

2013 · 3 reviews

73 Decent

37 Confidence
Pure Grit 1

2014 · 5 reviews

68 Below average

34 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.

Weight: 9.8 oz
Release: 2017 Q3
MSRP: $120
Drop Height: 4mm

Runner reviews

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Favourite trail shoe, ever Pure Grit 6

5/5

Overall

Not available now but written to remind me what a great shoe is, now that they're all machine-moulded thin walls which slide around your foot. Brooks' Pure Grit 6 was the last trail shoe I really enjoyed. Just enough midfoot cushioning to make rough rocks comfortable, sewn upper with enough give/sponginess to fit firmly round your foot rather. Wish I'd bought 10 pairs.

Greg Waite · Jul 29, 2023

30 mpw training for a half marathon

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

Even better than PureGrit 4?

5/5

Overall

Brooks PureGrit 4 were my first off road running shoes. We did around 1000km together - the last 300/400 of those were spent looking everywhere for a replacement as the PureGrit 4 had been discontinued and the new 5s were quite different and didn’t feel right. But I had to give up in the end - my 4s were just too old. So I got the 5s and after about 100km I realised they really were even better. I wear them on open moorland, sandy and rocky sections of my local beach and for hill trails too (although they’re quite soft so would avoid any terrain that is too jagged). I would highly recommend.

Anonymous runner · Jul 25, 2019

20 mpw came from the Brooks PureGrit 4

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 5/5

Finally found my optimal shoe for daily use

5/5

Overall

This is a fairly minimalist shoe with adequate padding. I've never had a blister with this shoe, though blisters are a daily occurrence in my Pearl Izumi synchro frames and hoka neutrals that I was gifted.

Anonymous runner · Jul 20, 2019

20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Pearl Izumi EM Road M3

Comfort: 5/5
Cushioning: 3/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 5/5

Great Trail Shoe

5/5

Overall

Amazing trail shoe. no complaints on the trails, but did not feel great on track or pavement

Anonymous runner · Feb 18, 2018

60 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Zoom Terra Kiger 4

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

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