New Balance 890 v8

Name: New Balance 890 v8
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.4 oz

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The New Balance 890 v8 trails most daily trainers in our data. Looks and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 2 runner reviews and 6 other rated shoes in the 890 product line. Another 10 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Bottom-tier

56/100

Overall

Bottom-tier 56

Appearance

Below average 67

Value

Below average 65

Cushioning

Bottom-tier 60

Durability

Bottom-tier 53

Comfort

Bottom-tier 53

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

70/100

Moderate 70

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

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Averaging 7.8 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is lighter than the 8.9 oz median for daily trainers on sale.
One of two reviewers finds the cushioning and responsiveness well judged.

Cons

That reviewer says the outsole wears quickly, and durability averages 3.5 out of 5 across the two reviews.

890 v8 rates 56. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 890

Each dot is one version of the 890, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

70 2012 63 2013 50 2014 59 2015 58 2018 88 2019 56 2020

Release year

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

890 v8 This shoe

2020 · 2 reviews

56 Bottom-tier

70 Confidence
890 v7

2019 · 9 reviews

88 Good

85 Confidence
890 v6

2018 · 8 reviews

58 Bottom-tier

84 Confidence
890 v5

2015 · 4 reviews

59 Bottom-tier

75 Confidence
890 v4

2014 · 57 reviews

50 Bottom-tier

98 Confidence
890 v3

2013 · 27 reviews

63 Below average

88 Confidence
890 v2

2012 · 5 reviews

70 Decent

67 Confidence

Reader Ratings

2 ratings

5/5 0

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: 8.4 oz
Release: 2020 Q2

Runner reviews

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New Balance 890v8

4/5

Overall

I liked the version before this, this shoe is very good though. It has a perfect amount of cushion and responsiveness. The only major problem I have is the outsole it wears quickly.

Speedyrunner · Dec 1, 2020

35 mpw training for a half marathon