HOKA Speed Instinct 1

Name: HOKA Speed Instinct 1
Brand: HOKA

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The HOKA Speed Instinct 1 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 1 runner review and 1 other rated shoe in the Speed Instinct product line. Another 11 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Below average

62/100

Overall

Below average 62

Cushioning

Decent 78

Comfort

Decent 72

Durability

Bottom-tier 59

Appearance

Bottom-tier 58

Value

Bottom-tier 53

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

6/100

Very low 6

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 1 runner rating.

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Its one review so far rates comfort and cushioning 5 out of 5, and the reviewer says the shoe felt great.

Cons

That reviewer has the upper split around the toe box creases after 60 easy miles and returns the shoe, rating durability and value 1 out of 5.

Speed Instinct 1 rates 62. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the HOKA Speed Instinct

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

62 2018 64 2017

Release year

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

Speed Instinct 2

2017 · 1 review

64 Below average

3 Confidence
Speed Instinct 1 This shoe

2018 · 1 review

62 Below average

6 Confidence

Reader Ratings

1 rating

5/5 0

4/5 0

3/5 0

2/5 1

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2018

Runner reviews

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Double Bagger

2/5

Overall

I had high hopes for this "non-elevator" Hoka trail shoe. However, after only 60 easy miles on hard-pack and gravel paths, the shoe uppers began to split around the toe box creases. The webbed overlay concept adds stress to the underlying mesh material and subsequently rips it apart -- this is a very poor design and multiple complaints have been filed with Hoka One One. I returned mine for refund. Very disappointing. Besides the poor upper design, the shoe actually felt great, but ultimately, the durability issue has caused me to never purchase Hokas again.

Brushman · Jul 5, 2018

70 mpw training for a marathon came from the Nike Zoom Terra Kiger 3