5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 8, 2019
15 mpw training for middle distance
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 1/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
Merrell Vapor Glove 2
Trail shoe · Neutral · Trail · 5.3 oz · 6/6mm stack · zero-drop
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Merrell Vapor Glove 3 Luna replaced it
How it ranks
The Merrell Vapor Glove 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.
Current estimate: Good
81
Overall
81
Comfort
87
Appearance
84
Value
79
Durability
74
Cushioning
51
Confidence
11
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
11 Very low
Based on
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Oct 22.
Pros
- Light at 5.9 oz men's and 5 oz women's.
- The two later Vapor Glove versions score 87 and 93.
Cons
- Its 7mm heel stack is a fraction of the 36.5mm median for trail shoes for sale, and the one reviewer so far rates cushioning 1 out of 5.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Confidence
Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Merrell Vapor Glove
Each dot is one version of the Vapor Glove, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
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81
2017
79
2017
86
2019
Release year
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2019 · 5 reviews
86 Good
65 Confidence
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2017 · 4 reviews
79 Decent
64 Confidence
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Vapor Glove 2 This shoe
2017 · 1 review
81 Good
11 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 5.3 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 5.5 oz · Women's 5.0 oz
- Release
- 2017 Q3
- MSRP
- $80
- Stack
- 6/6mm
- Drop
- 0mm
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Shoe properties
Type
Trail shoe
Daily trainer
Trail shoe
Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
5.3 oz
Lightest
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9.7 oz
Stack
6/6mm
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Drop
0mm
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8mm
Release
2017 Q3
2019 Q1
2026 Q2
Newest
MSRP
$80
Lower MSRP
$130
$155
Best price
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$93
Ratings
Overall
81 Good
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92 Very good
Best overall
Comfort
87 Good
Best comfort
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79 Decent
Cushioning
51 Bottom-tier
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77 Decent
Best cushioning
Durability
74 Decent
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85 Good
Best durability
Appearance
84 Good
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95 Excellent
Best appearance
Value
79 Decent
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84 Good
Best value rating
Merrell Vapor Glove 2 In Context
More on the Merrell Vapor Glove
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- Merrell Vapor Glove LAX
- Merrell Vapor Glove 3 Luna next version
- Merrell Vapor Glove 3 previous version