Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.9 oz (men's) · 16/16mm stack · zero-drop
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Altra Instinct 2.0 replaced it
How it ranks
The Altra Instinct 1.5 trails most daily trainers in our data. Comfort and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating is based on 12 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Instinct product line.
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 is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
83 Moderate
Based on
The bars show roughly how much each source contributes to this shoe’s rating. Their influence depends on how many reviews we’ve collected, how many earlier versions are in the product line, and the external ratings available.
“Only lasts about 8 miles before there isn't enough cushioning so joints get really sore”
“Wide toe box allows my feet to splay when they are planting”
“These shoes fixed my metatarsalgia and allowed me to run pain-free”
“Right amount of cushioning for me to go for 2 hours”
“Stopped having bad calf pain with the foot-shaped toe box”
“At 650+ miles, trying to wear a hole in the tough soles”
“The removable sole is sometimes annoying and hard to take in and out”
“Little uncomfortable at first 200 to break in”
“Originally felt heavy and awkward”
“Has a large toe box”
“Felt more normal after 800 miles”
“It gets a little smelly at times running sockless”
“Awesome for another 300 miles”
43% 3/7
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Instinct, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2018 · 3 reviews
84 Good
70 Confidence
Instinct 1.5 This shoe
2012 · 12 reviews
62 Below average
83 Confidence
2017 · 3 reviews
87 Good
69 Confidence
2015 · 7 reviews
79 Decent
84 Confidence
2014 · 13 reviews
73 Decent
87 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 27, 2014
50 mpw training for a half marathon
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 22, 2014
75 mpw training for a half marathon
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