New Balance 1500 v1

Name: New Balance 1500 v1
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance 1500 v3 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance 1500 v1 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Looks and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 5 other rated shoes in the 1500 product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Decent

73/100

Overall

Decent 73

Appearance

Excellent 97

Value

Good 85

Durability

Decent 73

Comfort

Below average 69

Cushioning

Bottom-tier 56

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

41/100

Low 41

Prefer this shoe over another

50% 3/6

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Reviewers describe it as light, responsive and quick for fast running.
Value rates 4.8 out of 5 across four reviewers.
One reviewer uses this marathon racer as a normal trainer and gets about 700 miles.

Cons

Durability is its lowest-rated dimension, at 4.0 out of 5.

1500 v1 rates 73. This shoe has low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 1500

Each dot is one version of the 1500, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

73 2015 73 2017 76 2017 86 2017 83 2019 75 2019

Release year

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

1500v5

2019 · 2 reviews

75 Decent

27 Confidence
1500 V6

2019 · 1 review

83 Good

32 Confidence
1500 v4

2017 · 10 reviews

86 Good

83 Confidence
1500 v3

2017 · 2 reviews

76 Decent

29 Confidence
1500 v2

2017 · 1 review

73 Decent

33 Confidence
1500 v1 This shoe

2015 · 4 reviews

73 Decent

41 Confidence

Reader Ratings

4 ratings

5/5 2

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.

Release: 2015
MSRP: $110

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

Technically marketed as a marathon racer, however; I used it as a normal training shoe for everything from long runs to speedwork, and it lasted me about 700 miles. I am not a big guy though, 5'10" 135lbs, so I can usually get shoes to last awhile. Nice, lightweight option for runners that do not like a heavy shoe.

shb13 · Dec 1, 2015

60 mpw

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

Reader review

4/5

Overall

When I have to go fast, or need a fast turnover I choose this shoe. Lightweight, stiff and responsiveness all in one heck of a flying shoe. And THE most important fact: It is made for overpronators! thank God. I always wonder why there is so little options in racing shoes for overpronators, we are the 40% of the runners community!

Anonymous runner · Dec 1, 2015

3 mpw