HOKA Arahi 5

Name: HOKA Arahi 5
Brand: HOKA

Daily trainer · Stability · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The HOKA Arahi 6 replaced it

How it ranks

The HOKA Arahi 5 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 3 runner reviews and 7 other rated shoes in the Arahi product line. Another 9 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Bottom-tier

55/100

Overall

Bottom-tier 55

Cushioning

Excellent 94

Durability

Decent 79

Value

Decent 77

Comfort

Decent 74

Appearance

Below average 63

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

74/100

Moderate 74

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 3 runner ratings.

Prefer this shoe over another

25% 1/4

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Cushioning, durability and value all average 4.7 out of 5 across its three reviews.
One reviewer has 800 miles on a pair and says they are still in reasonable condition.

Cons

That reviewer treats it as a training shoe rather than a fast one, and reports foot pain after seven miles when they started in it.

Arahi 5 rates 55. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the HOKA Arahi

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

53 2017 51 2017 68 2019 57 2019 55 2021 91 2022 71 2024 67 2025

Release year

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

Arahi 8

2025 · 1 review

67 Below average

27 Confidence
Arahi 7

2024 · 1 review

71 Decent

53 Confidence
Arahi 6

2022 · 38 reviews

91 Very good

93 Confidence
Arahi 5 This shoe

2021 · 3 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

74 Confidence
Arahi 4

2019 · 2 reviews

57 Bottom-tier

61 Confidence
Arahi 3

2019 · 8 reviews

68 Below average

82 Confidence
Arahi 2

2017 · 13 reviews

51 Bottom-tier

90 Confidence
Arahi v1

2017 · 9 reviews

53 Bottom-tier

85 Confidence

Reader Ratings

3 ratings

5/5 1

4/5 2

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2021 Q1

Runner reviews

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800 Miles

4/5

Overall

I have 800 miles on my ahari’s. They are one of my favorites maybe the favorite, they are super durable as they are still in reasonable condition. They aren’t super fast like carbon shoes they are more for training. They helped stop my knee pain and I wasn’t trained as much at the time but I did have foot pain often after 7 miles but that went away eventually.

Preston · Dec 2, 2023

45 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Under Armour HOVR Machina