New Balance 860 v10

Name: New Balance 860 v10
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 11 oz · 10mm drop · 34/24mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance Fresh Foam 860 v11 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance 860 v10 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Comfort and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Value scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 8 runner reviews and 11 other rated shoes in the 860 product line. Another 4 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Decent

74/100

Overall

Decent 74

Comfort

Decent 79

Cushioning

Decent 76

Durability

Below average 66

Appearance

Below average 66

Value

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

74/100

Moderate 74

Prefer this shoe over another

50% 2/4

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Reviewers consistently praise the comfort and cushioning on daily miles.
It is by far the best-rated 860 version we cover, the next best scoring 65.

Cons

Value is its lowest-rated dimension, at 3.6 out of 5.
Averaging 10.3 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is well above the 8.9 oz median for daily trainers on sale.

860 v10 rates 74. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 860

Each dot is one version of the 860, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

53 2014 47 2014 66 2016 52 2018 55 2018 60 2019 54 2019 74 2020 55 2020 54 2021 54 2022 50 2024

Release year

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

Fresh Foam X 860 v14

2024 · 11 reviews

50 Bottom-tier

88 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 860 v13

2022 · 5 reviews

54 Bottom-tier

81 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 860 v12

2021 · 1 review

54 Bottom-tier

64 Confidence
Fresh Foam 860 v11

2020 · 1 review

55 Bottom-tier

45 Confidence
860 v10 This shoe

2020 · 8 reviews

74 Decent

74 Confidence
860 V9

2019 · 5 reviews

54 Bottom-tier

83 Confidence
860 v8

2019 · 10 reviews

60 Bottom-tier

78 Confidence
860 v7

2018 · 4 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

66 Confidence
860 v6

2018 · 2 reviews

52 Bottom-tier

65 Confidence
860 v5

2016 · 4 reviews

66 Below average

69 Confidence
860 v4

2014 · 16 reviews

47 Bottom-tier

94 Confidence
860 v3

2014 · 2 reviews

53 Bottom-tier

68 Confidence

Reader Ratings

8 ratings

5/5 6

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: 11 oz
Release: 2020 Q1
Stack Height: 34mm heel - 24mm toe
Drop Height: 10mm

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 3, 2024

20 mpw training for a half marathon

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

Great stability shoe for a person with neutral gait

5/5

Overall

Have been wearing this shoe since v1, and never switched. Wore the predecessor before it the 920 series and also the model before that. Basically since 1998. Never felt the need to go to another brand.

Amin · Dec 4, 2023

20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the ASICS GT-2000 12