Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 9.4 oz · Men's 23/13mm · women's 25/12mm stack · Men's 10mm · women's 13mm drop
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The ASICS GEL-Kayano Lite 3 replaced it
How it ranks
The ASICS GEL-Kayano Lite 2’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 1 runner review so far, with brand history and external ratings also informing the score.
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
19 Very low
External retailer ratings
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the GEL-Kayano Lite, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2022 · 0 reviews
78 Decent
5 Confidence
GEL-Kayano Lite 2 This shoe
2021 · 1 review
78 Decent
19 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
Really happy with this shoe, very comfortable and held up well to the rigors of various training styles. Perhaps less stabilization support than the vanilla kayano, but all in all a very good shoe indeed.
Dan Mazur · Jul 31, 2023
21 mpw training for a half marathon came from the HOKA Arahi 6
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