New Balance Fresh Foam 1080 v1

Name: New Balance Fresh Foam 1080 v1
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance 1080 v6 replaced it

How it ranks

The New Balance Fresh Foam 1080 v1 sits about average for daily trainers in our data. Comfort and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 1 runner review and 12 other rated shoes in the 1080 product line. Another 11 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Decent

75/100

Overall

Decent 75

Comfort

Excellent 95

Cushioning

Excellent 95

Appearance

Good 80

Durability

Decent 78

Value

Bottom-tier 58

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

46/100

Low 46

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 1 runner rating.

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Pros

One reviewer calls it comfortable out of the box, with an elastic mesh upper that gives extra toe room.
That reviewer trained for and raced a marathon in two pairs.

Cons

One reviewer found the tread wearing fast next to the 880 or the Brooks Glycerin.
That reviewer can feel pebbles through the sole and does not recommend it for trails.

Fresh Foam 1080 v1 rates 75. This shoe has low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance 1080

Each dot is one version of the 1080, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

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58 2013 70 68 75 2016 89 68 98 2019 58 83 2021 97 89 2023 96 68 2026

Release year

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

1080v15

2026 · 6 reviews

68 Below average

70 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 1080 v14

2024 · 29 reviews

96 Excellent

94 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 1080v13

2023 · 27 reviews

89 Good

88 Confidence
Fresh Foam X 1080v12

2022 · 25 reviews

97 Excellent

93 Confidence
Fresh Foam 1080 v11

2021 · 4 reviews

83 Good

81 Confidence
Fresh Foam1080 v7

2019 · 8 reviews

58 Bottom-tier

85 Confidence
1080 v10

2019 · 24 reviews

98 Exceptional

96 Confidence
1080 v9

2018 · 22 reviews

68 Below average

91 Confidence
1080 v8

2018 · 13 reviews

89 Good

89 Confidence
Fresh Foam 1080 v1 This shoe

2016 · 1 review

75 Decent

46 Confidence
1080 v5

2015 · 6 reviews

68 Below average

77 Confidence
1080 v4

2014 · 11 reviews

70 Decent

84 Confidence
1080 v3

2013 · 10 reviews

58 Bottom-tier

84 Confidence

Reader Ratings

1 rating

5/5 1

4/5 0

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2016

Runner reviews

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Reader review

5/5

Overall

Fresh Foam 1080 is such a comfortable shoe right out of the box! The mesh upper is actually has an elastic quality which gives you extra toe room without a larger/wider shoe. I am a huge fan of having more space in the toe box and these fit the bill! These really felt like a slipper when I first put them on. The cushion is was fantastic for flat road surfaces. You can feel pebbles/rocks through them so i do not recommend them for trails. I ran a full marathon training program and raced a marathon in them (actually 2 pairs). I was disappointed to see that the tread wear was quite fast compared to say the NB 880 or the Brooks Glycerin which has a more robust sole/tread. These shoes were $150.00, but well worth it! They are now a staple in my running shoe and lounging shoe rotation!

Anonymous runner · Jun 16, 2016

40 mpw training for a marathon came from the New Balance 880 v4