Saucony Guide 17

Name: Saucony Guide 17
Brand: Saucony

Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 8.8 oz · Men's 39/33mm · women's 35/29mm stack · 6mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Guide 18 replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Guide 17 ranks below most daily trainers in our data. Value and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating is based on 11 runner reviews and 11 other rated shoes in the Guide product line.

Decent

Overall

Decent 72

Value

Decent 79

Cushioning

Decent 75

Durability

Decent 74

Comfort

Decent 71

Appearance

Decent 71

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

83 Moderate

Moderate 83

External retailer ratings

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Based on

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Pros

Comfort averages 4.6 out of 5 and durability 4.5 across eleven reviews.
One reviewer calls it comfortable and bouncy without a rocker feel, and another finds it comfortable and stable with a roomy toe box.

Cons

One reviewer sizing true to a 7 finds it a little big and gets blisters from the movement at the front.

Guide 17 rates 72. This shoe has moderate confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Guide

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

58 2014 74 2014 55 2014 57 2017 65 2017 70 2019 73 2021 71 2022 70 2023 72 2024 79 2025 80 2026

Release year

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

Guide 19

2026 · 2 reviews

80 Good

76 Confidence
Guide 18

2025 · 1 review

79 Decent

82 Confidence
Guide 17 This shoe

2024 · 11 reviews

72 Decent

83 Confidence
Guide 16

2023 · 12 reviews

70 Decent

84 Confidence
Guide 15

2022 · 17 reviews

71 Decent

91 Confidence
Guide 14

2021 · 1 review

73 Decent

76 Confidence
Guide 13

2019 · 6 reviews

70 Decent

79 Confidence
Guide 10

2017 · 13 reviews

65 Below average

92 Confidence
Guide 9

2017 · 5 reviews

57 Bottom-tier

91 Confidence
Guide 8

2014 · 12 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

93 Confidence
Guide 7

2014 · 43 reviews

74 Decent

98 Confidence
Guide 6

2014 · 27 reviews

58 Bottom-tier

91 Confidence

Runner Ratings

11 ratings

5/5 5

4/5 5

3/5 0

2/5 1

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 8.8 oz
Men's / women's: Men's 9.4 oz · Women's 8.1 oz
Release: 2024 Q1
MSRP: $150
Stack: Men's 39/33mm · women's 35/29mm
Drop: 6mm

Runner reviews

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Modest weight Comfortable and stable

4/5

Overall

Post knee replacement, starting back with a running shoe with guide rails. The guide is not too light but not too heavy. Prefer more support to limit having a second knee replacement. Comfortable and I'm running only on cinder trails and the tread is sufficient. Running the last two months, building up slow but shoe is still comfortable, and I like the roomy toe box. Nice looking shoe in aqua blue.

Anonymous runner · Jun 29, 2024

10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Ghost 15

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

Fast shoe with a lot of bounce

5/5

Overall

This shoe is comfy and feels fast. Not too heavy and feels super bouncy without a rocker feeling of being too much on your toes. The only reason its not a 10/10 for me is that it was a little big for a true size 7 and I got blisters on my big toe from having too much movement at the front of the shoe.

Anonymous runner · Jun 16, 2024

25 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Ghost 16