New Balance fresh foam more
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jan 1, 2020
45 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 5/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 3/5
New Balance Fresh Foam More
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9.9 oz · 4mm drop · 34/30mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The New Balance Fresh Foam More v2 replaced it
How it ranks
The New Balance Fresh Foam More trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 5 runner reviews and 1 other rated shoe in the Fresh Foam More product line. Another 7 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Bottom-tier
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
41/100
What runners say
“I struggle to run faster than about 6:30mins/mile in them, just because they've got so much cushioning—they're not the most responsive shoe on the market”
“More durable than a Hoka shoe. Very happy with wear (100 miles in at this point and looking good overall)”
“In these shoes I can actively feel my legs aren't as beat up after runs”
“The rocker bottom lacks the toe-off feel and is empty when trying to get onto your toes”
“It lacks tread on the bottom which makes it a bit hard to gain traction on certain surfaces (like rain on roads)”
“Rocker bottom design is great for runners and walkers that have arthritis issues or lack mobility in their foot”
“Tons of cushioning which saves your legs and helps recovery from harder efforts”
“Very cushioned (though less than the Hoka Bondi, this shoe's main competitor)”
“The shoe is a little heavy/clunky so I would not recommend wearing this shoe for workouts”
“This shoe is ugly as sin”
Prefer this shoe over another
33% 1/3
Where to buy
No offers available
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
Pros
- Cushioning averages 5 out of 5 across five reviews and comfort 4.8, and three reviewers use it for easy and recovery miles.
- Two reviewers say their legs feel less beaten up after runs in it.
Cons
- Appearance averages 2.8 out of 5, the lowest of its dimensions, and two reviewers call it ugly.
- It lists at $160, above the $150 median for daily trainers on sale, and durability averages 3.6 out of 5, with one reviewer saying the outsole wears out too soon.
- Three reviewers find it heavy or hard to push at faster paces, and one finds the traction poor on wet roads.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance Fresh Foam More
Each dot is one version of the Fresh Foam More, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2021 · 3 reviews
54 Bottom-tier
55 Confidence
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Fresh Foam More This shoe
2019 · 5 reviews
57 Bottom-tier
41 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 9.9 oz
- Release
- 2019 Q1
- MSRP
- $160
- Stack Height
- 34mm heel - 30mm toe
- Drop Height
- 4mm
Runner reviews
Review
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 11, 2019
80 mpw training for a marathon came from the New Balance 880 v7
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Cushioning
- 5/5
- Durability
- 3/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 4/5
NB does Hoka
2/5
Overall
Riccochet32 · Jul 16, 2019
20 mpw training for a marathon came from the Brooks Levitate 2
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 5/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 1/5
- Value
- 3/5
short life
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 3, 2019
50 mpw training for a half marathon came from the New Balance 1080 v9
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 5/5
- Durability
- 1/5
- Appearance
- 4/5
- Value
- 3/5
Great Shoe - Helps Avoid Injury
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 3, 2019
30 mpw training for a half marathon came from the adidas Ultra Boost 2018 - 4.0
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 5/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 4/5
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New Balance Fresh Foam More In Context
More on the New Balance Fresh Foam More
- New Balance Fresh Foam More v4
- New Balance Fresh Foam More v3
- New Balance Fresh Foam More v2 next version
Reviewers Also Ran In
- Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 36 1 runner
- adidas Ultra Boost 2018 - 4.0 1 runner
- New Balance 880 v7 1 runner