Saucony Guide 18
Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 9.1 oz · 35/29mm stack · 6mm drop
How it ranks
The Saucony Guide 18’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 1 runner review so far, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Decent
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
82 Moderate
External retailer ratings
We break apart ratings from mass-market retailers and specialty running shops since they serve different audiences.
The middle of the bar marks the typical shoe at each type of retailer. The dot shows where this shoe ranks in comparison.
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
- External ratings
- Our ratings
Where to buy
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BuyRating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
Better Shoes Rating
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.
Release year
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2026 · 2 reviews
80 Good
76 Confidence
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Guide 18 This shoe
2025 · 1 review
79 Decent
82 Confidence
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2024 · 11 reviews
72 Decent
83 Confidence
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2023 · 12 reviews
70 Decent
84 Confidence
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2022 · 17 reviews
71 Decent
91 Confidence
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2021 · 1 review
73 Decent
76 Confidence
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2019 · 6 reviews
70 Decent
79 Confidence
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2017 · 13 reviews
65 Below average
92 Confidence
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2017 · 5 reviews
57 Bottom-tier
91 Confidence
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2014 · 12 reviews
55 Bottom-tier
93 Confidence
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2014 · 43 reviews
74 Decent
98 Confidence
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2014 · 27 reviews
58 Bottom-tier
91 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 9.1 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 9.6 oz · Women's 8.6 oz
- Release
- 2025 Q1
- MSRP
- $150
- Widths
- Medium
- Stack
- 35/29mm
- Drop
- 6mm
Available sizes
Men's
8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13
7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5
41, 42, 42.5, 43, 44, 44.5, 45, 45.5, 46, 47, 47.5
Women's
7, 7.5
5, 5.5
38, 38.5
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Saucony Guide 18 In Context
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