Reader review
4/5
Overall
mghruns · Aug 28, 2014
60 mpw 521 miles in this shoe training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
New Balance 1080 v3
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.8 oz · 8mm drop · 30/22mm stack · Medium
How it ranks
The New Balance 1080 v3 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. Value scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 10 runner reviews and 12 other rated shoes in the 1080 product line. Another 2 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Bottom-tier
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
84/100
What runners say
“Have to replace shoes every 2-3 months”
“Provides the cushion and support needed to run on concrete all day”
“After only a few hundred miles the first thing to go is the front of the shoe”
“The canvas part rips almost immediately”
“Really lacks in the front of the shoe”
Prefer this shoe over another
0% 0/8
Where to buy
White / Satsuma Orange
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Buy at Running Warehouse for $170
BuyPros
- Comfort averages 4.5 out of 5 across ten reviews, and one reviewer cites the cushioning for daily miles on concrete.
- One reviewer prefers it to the version that followed.
Cons
- Durability averages 3.6 out of 5, the lowest of its dimensions, and two reviewers report the forefoot wearing out or the mesh tearing early.
- Four of the ten reviewers who answered report an injury while running in it.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 1080
Each dot is one version of the 1080, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2026 · 6 reviews
68 Below average
70 Confidence
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2024 · 29 reviews
96 Excellent
94 Confidence
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2023 · 27 reviews
89 Good
88 Confidence
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2022 · 25 reviews
97 Excellent
93 Confidence
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2021 · 4 reviews
83 Good
81 Confidence
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2019 · 8 reviews
58 Bottom-tier
85 Confidence
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2019 · 24 reviews
98 Exceptional
96 Confidence
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2018 · 22 reviews
68 Below average
91 Confidence
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2018 · 13 reviews
89 Good
89 Confidence
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2016 · 1 review
75 Decent
46 Confidence
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2015 · 6 reviews
68 Below average
77 Confidence
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2014 · 11 reviews
70 Decent
84 Confidence
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1080 v3 This shoe
2013 · 10 reviews
58 Bottom-tier
84 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 8.8 oz
- Release
- 2013
- MSRP
- $115
- Widths
- Medium
- Stack Height
- 30mm heel - 22mm toe
- Drop Height
- 8mm
Available sizes
Men's sizes
8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13
Runner reviews
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 28, 2014
60 mpw training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
4/5
Overall
ddnbb · Aug 28, 2014
60 mpw training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 27, 2014
25 mpw training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 22, 2014
55 mpw training for a half marathon
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 5/5
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New Balance 1080 v3 In Context
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