Brooks Defyance 5

Name: Brooks Defyance 5
Brand: Brooks

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Brooks Defyance 7 replaced it

How it ranks

The Brooks Defyance 5’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 4 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Good

Overall

Good 81

Durability

Good 87

Value

Good 86

Comfort

Decent 75

Cushioning

Decent 72

Appearance

Below average 65

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.

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Confidence

72 Moderate

Moderate 72

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.

Brand rating
Our ratings
External ratings

What runners say

“Switched to Defyance after plantar fasciitis issues; it's been keeping me mostly healthy.”

5/5 Full review 45 mpw training for a half marathon

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Pros

All four reviewers rate durability 4 or 5 out of 5.
Two reviewers who moved over from the Brooks Adrenaline have stayed with it.
It is the highest-rated version of the Defyance line we cover.

Cons

We don't have enough reviewer information on this shoe to make a judgment of cons.

Defyance 5 rates 81. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Brooks Defyance

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

81 2014 72 2014 78 2014 70 2014 73 2017

Release year

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

Defyance 9

2017 · 1 review

73 Decent

53 Confidence
Defyance 8

2014 · 2 reviews

70 Decent

63 Confidence
Defyance 7

2014 · 7 reviews

78 Decent

74 Confidence
Defyance 6

2014 · 1 review

72 Decent

51 Confidence
Defyance 5 This shoe

2014 · 4 reviews

81 Good

72 Confidence

Runner Ratings

4 ratings

5/5 4

4/5 0

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014

Runner reviews

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5/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Apr 6, 2015

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

5/5

Overall

Great

Anonymous runner · Sep 19, 2014

75 mpw training for a half marathon

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 5/5

5/5

Overall

I used to wear the Brook Adrenaline, but got a bad case of plantar faciitis. Ended up getting orthotics and switching to the Defyance, which is just the neutral version of the adrenaline. It's been keeping me mostly healthy so I can't complain too much.

ronaciousT · Sep 12, 2014

45 mpw training for a half marathon