Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 11 oz · 8mm drop · 23/15mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance 890 v5 replaced it
How it ranks
The New Balance 890 v4 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 57 runner reviews and 6 other rated shoes in the 890 product line.
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
98/100
“Feels really fast; pods compact differently per foot strike.”
“Third pair torn through in less than a month.”
“Tongue is a huge monstrosity that makes the upper too tight.”
“Feels smaller, tighter, and thinner in sole than v3.”
“Feels just as good as new after 400 miles.”
“Midsole is just enough cushioning without being too soft.”
“Big gaps between sole parts pick up rocks.”
“Outsole wears extremely fast.”
“Tongue is massive; tough to cinch on narrow foot.”
“Midsole doesn't protect against rocks or small pebbles.”
40% 8/20
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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 890, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2020 · 2 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
70 Confidence
2019 · 9 reviews
88 Good
85 Confidence
2018 · 8 reviews
58 Bottom-tier
84 Confidence
2015 · 4 reviews
59 Bottom-tier
75 Confidence
890 v4 This shoe
2014 · 57 reviews
50 Bottom-tier
98 Confidence
2013 · 27 reviews
63 Below average
88 Confidence
2012 · 5 reviews
70 Decent
67 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 18, 2014
60 mpw training for a half marathon
4/5
Overall
runswithbears · Sep 18, 2014
20 mpw training for a half marathon
2/5
Overall
MBRunning · Sep 18, 2014
80 mpw training for a marathon
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Sep 15, 2014
100 mpw training for a marathon
4/5
Overall
UnterDenLinden · Sep 15, 2014
70 mpw training for a half marathon
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