Saucony Type A

Name: Saucony Type A
Brand: Saucony

Racing shoe · Neutral · Road · 5.0 oz · 4mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Type A 8 replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Type A’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 3 runner reviews so far, with brand history also informing the score.

Current estimate: Decent

Overall

Decent 76

Appearance

Good 83

Comfort

Decent 77

Value

Decent 74

Cushioning

Below average 64

Durability

Below average 63

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

51 Low

Low 51

Based on

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Prefer this shoe over another

50% 2/4

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Oct 22.

Pros

Light and low at 5.5 oz on a 4mm drop.

Cons

Durability draws 2.7 out of 5 in the three reviews so far, the lowest mark of any dimension.
One reviewer says the material stopped holding up after the line dropped its numbering, and rips early at the toe.

Type A rates 76. This shoe has low confidence. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Type A

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

76 2017 75 2018

Release year

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

Type A 8

2018 · 7 reviews

75 Decent

70 Confidence
Type A This shoe

2017 · 3 reviews

76 Decent

51 Confidence

Runner Ratings

3 ratings

5/5 1

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: 5.0 oz
Men's / women's: Men's 5.5 oz · Women's 4.5 oz
Release: 2017 Q3
MSRP: $100
Drop: 4mm

Runner reviews

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Moby Dick

5/5

Overall

It was on sale at sports basement and relatively inexpensive anyway. I like lighter shoes. I like the fact there isn't much of a heel. They don't make me heel strike like a lot of shoes. I think this shoe is the spiritual successor to the Fast Twitch but I don't really follow running shoes anymore because I realized the level of running I did before (~90 miles a week at a DI program, hash tag humble brag) was not healthy, physically or mentally. So as you can tell I probably have a "fuck that noise" attitude towards most aspects of runner culture. But I still like Saucony after all that bullshit so this shoe must be doing something right.

Anonymous runner · Feb 13, 2018

25 mpw training for middle distance came from the Saucony Kilkenny XC7

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

Type A was great till they updated it

4/5

Overall

I started running in Type A4 and every update was great till they turned to the 7 which they dropped the number from and the shoe began to fall apart very very quickly. The material doesn't hold up the way it did and rips pretty early on in the toe area.

Anonymous runner · Feb 11, 2018

30 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 2