Altra Vanish Carbon 2
Racing shoe · Neutral · Road · 6.9 oz · 36/36mm stack · zero-drop
How it ranks
The Altra Vanish Carbon 2’s rating is an early estimate. We haven’t collected runner reviews of this shoe yet, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Below average
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
57 Low
External retailer ratings
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- Product line track record
- External ratings
- Our ratings
Where to buy
White / Coral (and 1 other)
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Buy at Running Warehouse for $60 · 77% off
BuyCons
- A newer Vanish Carbon 3 is for sale alongside it.
- It costs more than the Vanish Carbon before it.
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
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Altra Vanish Carbon
Each dot is one version of the Vanish Carbon, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2026 · 0 reviews
79 Decent
54 Confidence
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Vanish Carbon 2 This shoe
2024 · 0 reviews
67 Below average
57 Confidence
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2022 · 3 reviews
67 Below average
35 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 6.9 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 8.1 oz · Women's 5.8 oz
- Release
- 2024 Q1
- MSRP
- $260
- Widths
- Medium
- Stack
- 36/36mm
- Drop
- 0mm
Available sizes
Women's
6, 7.5
4, 5.5
37, 38.5
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Altra Vanish Carbon 2 In Context
More on the Altra Vanish Carbon
- Altra Vanish Carbon 3 next version
- Altra Vanish Carbon previous version