New Balance 860 v10

Name: New Balance 860 v10
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 10.3 oz · 34/24mm stack · 10mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance Fresh Foam 860 v11 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance 860 v10 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Comfort and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Value scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating is based on 8 runner reviews and 12 other rated shoes in the 860 product line.

Decent

Overall

Decent 73

Comfort

Decent 75

Cushioning

Decent 70

Appearance

Below average 68

Durability

Below average 67

Value

Below average 64

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

82 Moderate

Moderate 82

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.

Product line track record
Our ratings
External ratings

Prefer this shoe over another

50% 2/4

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Oct 22.

Pros

Reviewers consistently praise the comfort and cushioning on daily miles.
It is by far the best-rated 860 version we cover, the next best scoring 65.

Cons

Value is its lowest-rated dimension, at 3.6 out of 5.
Averaging 10.3 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is well above the 8.9 oz median for daily trainers for sale.

860 v10 rates 73. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 860

Each dot is one version of the 860, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

54 2014 49 62 2016 55 57 2018 63 60 73 2020 61 63 69 2022 63 55 2026

Release year

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

Fresh Foam X 860 v15

2026 · 0 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

54 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 860 v14

2024 · 11 reviews

63 Below average

77 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 860 v13

2022 · 5 reviews

69 Below average

82 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 860 v12

2021 · 1 review

63 Below average

74 Confidence
Fresh Foam 860 v11

2020 · 1 review

61 Below average

77 Confidence
860 v10 This shoe

2020 · 8 reviews

73 Decent

82 Confidence
860 V9

2019 · 5 reviews

60 Below average

81 Confidence
860 v8

2019 · 10 reviews

63 Below average

87 Confidence
860 v7

2018 · 4 reviews

57 Bottom-tier

75 Confidence
860 v6

2018 · 2 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

80 Confidence
860 v5

2016 · 4 reviews

62 Below average

80 Confidence
860 v4

2014 · 16 reviews

49 Bottom-tier

89 Confidence
860 v3

2014 · 2 reviews

54 Bottom-tier

77 Confidence

Runner Ratings

8 ratings

5/5 6

4/5 2

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 10.3 oz
Men's / women's: Men's 11.0 oz · Women's 9.6 oz
Release: 2020 Q1
MSRP: $130
Stack: 34/24mm
Drop: 10mm

Runner reviews

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4/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 3, 2024

20 mpw training for a half marathon

Comfort: 4/5
Cushioning: 3/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 4/5

Great stability shoe for a person with neutral gait

5/5

Overall

Have been wearing this shoe since v1, and never switched. Wore the predecessor before it the 920 series and also the model before that. Basically since 1998. Never felt the need to go to another brand.

Amin · Dec 4, 2023

20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the ASICS GT-2000 12