Mizuno Wave Paradox 2

Name: Mizuno Wave Paradox 2
Brand: Mizuno

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 10.9 oz

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Paradox 3 replaced it

How it ranks

The Mizuno Wave Paradox 2 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 1 runner review and 1 other rated shoe in the Wave Paradox product line. Another 11 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Decent

74/100

Overall

Decent 74

Cushioning

Decent 77

Durability

Decent 77

Value

Decent 75

Appearance

Decent 74

Comfort

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 will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

11/100

Very low 11

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 1 runner rating.

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

The one reviewer so far rates every dimension 5 out of 5, using it on the treadmill in winter and a bike path the rest of the year.
It scores 72 against 68 for the original Wave Paradox on ten reviews.

Cons

At 10.9 oz in the men's build and 9.4 oz in the women's it sits in the heavy weight band.

Wave Paradox 2 rates 74. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Mizuno Wave Paradox

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

68 2014 74 2015

Release year

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

Wave Paradox 2 This shoe

2015 · 1 review

74 Decent

11 Confidence
Wave Paradox

2014 · 10 reviews

68 Below average

71 Confidence

Reader Ratings

1 rating

5/5 1

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: 10.9 oz
Release: 2015
MSRP: $135

Runner reviews

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Reader review

5/5

Overall

I really like this shoe. I do a lot of running on the treadmill in the winter months d/t living out in the country on a very unsafe running road. During the nicer months I head to a local bike path to do most of my running.

oldog94 · Dec 6, 2015

15 mpw came from the Saucony Hurricane ISO