New Balance Nitrel v3

Name: New Balance Nitrel v3
Brand: New Balance

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock.

How it ranks

The New Balance Nitrel v3 trails most daily trainers in our data. Value and looks are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 2 runner reviews. Another 10 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Below average

65/100

Overall

Below average 65

Value

Decent 77

Durability

Decent 73

Appearance

Decent 74

Comfort

Below average 70

Cushioning

Bottom-tier 56

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

49/100

Low 49

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 and durability 5 out of 5, one saying they work well on non-technical trails even for racing.
One reviewer bought a pair at about fifty dollars and says they last a long time.

Cons

That reviewer says grip is not good enough for really technical or mountainous terrain, where he would pick Salomon, VJ or Hoka instead.
Overall and appearance each draw 4.0 out of 5, the lowest marks of any dimension.

Nitrel v3 rates 65. This shoe has low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

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.

Release: 2019 Q4
MSRP: $70

Runner reviews

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Great non-technical easy trail shoe

4/5

Overall

New Balance doesn't do great in the trail market, but these work very well on non-technical trails, even comfortable for racing/hard efforts. When it comes to really technical/mountainous terrain they don't have excellent grip and solomons/VJs/Hokas will likely be a better choice. But I got these for about $50 on Joe's New Balance's outlet, they're comfortable, last a long time and do great both for easy and hard non-technical trail runs. Not good on wet rocks.

Matthew Walker · May 31, 2023

60 mpw training for a half marathon