Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 11.5 oz · 10mm drop
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Sky 5 replaced it
How it ranks
The Mizuno Wave Sky 2 trails most daily trainers in our data. Durability and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 3 runner reviews and 4 other rated shoes in the Wave Sky product line. Another 9 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
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.
Confidence
30/100
Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 3 runner ratings.
“It has the least breathable upper of any shoe I have ever worn, including dress shoes”
“The ultra-thick heel cushion hugs my very narrow heels”
“After wearing them during a run or just walking around the cushioning compresses and feels like it's bottoming out”
“The collar, shell and sole still show very little wear”
“These things are bricks. Very heavy and not very flexible”
“It's very bouncy and feels good under my feet on the road”
“Even when the shoe is tied loosely it creates pressure points on the top of my foot”
“Runs large—typically size 8.5 needed size 9”
“It has a terrible lacing system”
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Wave Sky, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2025 · 1 review
72 Decent
21 Confidence
2024 · 1 review
82 Good
29 Confidence
2023 · 1 review
69 Below average
9 Confidence
2022 · 2 reviews
67 Below average
5 Confidence
Wave Sky 2 This shoe
2018 · 3 reviews
59 Bottom-tier
30 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
4/5
Overall
This shoe dates to Spring 2019 but I can still run it in. It shows minimal wear but is a bit much for hot weather, both the collar, shell and sole still show very little wear. I wore it on a sandy trail and in the rain on the same day and once it dried out , it still showed no wear (April 2023).
Wayne Johnson · Jun 6, 2023
5 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the HOKA Stinson 3 ATR
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Oct 2, 2018
12 mpw training for a half marathon came from the ASICS GT-2000 4
2/5
Overall
ReadingRunner · Jul 13, 2018
45 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Ride ISO
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