New Balance 870 v2

Name: New Balance 870 v2
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Stability · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance 870 v4 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance 870 v2 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Value and looks are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 2 runner reviews and 3 other rated shoes in the 870 product line. Another 10 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Decent

78/100

Overall

Decent 78

Value

Decent 77

Appearance

Decent 77

Comfort

Decent 75

Cushioning

Below average 65

Durability

Bottom-tier 55

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

15/100

Very low 15

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 2 runner ratings.

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Both reviewers so far rate comfort 5 out of 5, one saying it minimizes his chronic shin splints.

Cons

Durability draws 3.5 out of 5 in the two reviews so far, the lowest mark of any dimension.

870 v2 rates 78. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 870

Each dot is one version of the 870, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

78 2014 82 2013 96 2016 68 2019

Release year

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

870 v5

2019 · 5 reviews

68 Below average

22 Confidence
870 v4

2016 · 3 reviews

96 Excellent

80 Confidence
870 v3

2013 · 17 reviews

82 Good

82 Confidence
870 v2 This shoe

2014 · 2 reviews

78 Decent

15 Confidence

Reader Ratings

2 ratings

5/5 1

4/5 1

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

I deal with chronic shin splints and this shoe seems to at least help minimize them. The shoes are extremely comfortable, especially in the to box and upper. My only criticism is the shoes only last about 250 miles.

cincyrunner313 · Sep 19, 2014

training for a half marathon