New Balance 870 v2

Name: New Balance 870 v2
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Stability · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance 870 v4 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance 870 v2’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Current estimate: Decent

Overall

Decent 73

Appearance

Decent 76

Value

Decent 76

Comfort

Decent 72

Cushioning

Below average 60

Durability

Bottom-tier 59

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

69 Moderate

Moderate 69

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Pros

Both reviewers so far rate comfort 5 out of 5, one saying it minimizes his chronic shin splints.

Cons

Durability draws 3.5 out of 5 in the two reviews so far, the lowest mark of any dimension.

870 v2 rates 73. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 870

Each dot is one version of the 870, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

73 2014 74 2013 88 2016 74 2019

Release year

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

870 v5

2019 · 5 reviews

74 Decent

67 Confidence
870 v4

2016 · 3 reviews

88 Good

75 Confidence
870 v3

2013 · 17 reviews

74 Decent

87 Confidence
870 v2 This shoe

2014 · 2 reviews

73 Decent

69 Confidence

Runner Ratings

2 ratings

5/5 1

4/5 1

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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4/5

Overall

I deal with chronic shin splints and this shoe seems to at least help minimize them. The shoes are extremely comfortable, especially in the to box and upper. My only criticism is the shoes only last about 250 miles.

cincyrunner313 · Sep 19, 2014

training for a half marathon