Saucony Grid Type A4

Name: Saucony Grid Type A4
Brand: Saucony

Racing shoe · Neutral · Road · 6.3 oz (men's) · 13/9mm stack · 4mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Grid Type A5 replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Grid Type A4’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Current estimate: Good

Overall

Good 88

Value

Very good 90

Comfort

Good 87

Appearance

Good 81

Cushioning

Decent 76

Durability

Decent 74

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

52 Low

Low 52

Based on

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Pros

At 6.3 oz, and one of two reviewers so far uses it for fast repeats and tempos.
Both reviewers so far rate it 5 out of 5 overall, for comfort and for durability.
The Grid Type A5 and A6 that follow score 96 and 99, on nine reviews and eighteen reviews.

Cons

Appearance is the only dimension not rated 5 out of 5 by both reviewers, averaging 4.0 out of 5.

Grid Type A4 rates 88. This shoe has low confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Grid Type

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

88 2011 89 2014 98 2014

Release year

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

Grid Type A6

2014 · 18 reviews

98 Exceptional

91 Confidence
Grid Type A5

2014 · 9 reviews

89 Good

75 Confidence
Grid Type A4 This shoe

2011 · 2 reviews

88 Good

52 Confidence

Runner Ratings

2 ratings

5/5 2

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.

Weight: 6.3 oz (men's)
Release: 2011
Stack: 13/9mm
Drop: 4mm

Runner reviews

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5/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Sep 9, 2014

120 mpw training for a marathon

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

5/5

Overall

FANTASTIC racing flat. Fantastic for fast repeats, tempos, etc. EXTREMELY comfortable. Hugs the foot, lots of flexibility and extremely responsive. Great grip on the road. A5s are a bit lighter with the same design, but I'm not sure if they're as durable. A6s are completely redesigned and are a lot lighter than both the a4-5s, but I haven't run in them yet. I hear the EVA is a lot firmer.

Anonymous runner · Aug 22, 2014

20 mpw training for middle distance