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Nike Dragonfly 2 Elite

Spikes · Neutral · Road · Medium

How it ranks

The Nike Dragonfly 2 Elite ranks among the stronger track spikes in our data. Looks and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 6 runner reviews and 5 other rated shoes in the Dragonfly product line. Another 6 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Very good

92/100
Overall
92
Appearance
98
Durability
96
Value
93
Comfort
89
Cushioning
86
Confidence

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

69/100

69

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Pros

  • Durability is the highest-rated dimension across six reviewers, at 4.7 out of 5.
  • One of six reviewers calls it the best shoe they have run in.
  • Every one of the six Dragonfly versions reviewed here scores 92 or better.

Cons

  • Value draws the lowest ratings of any dimension at 4.2 out of 5, and one reviewer calls the $200 spike expensive.
  • The two Elite versions score 92 and 94, the lowest in the Dragonfly line.

Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale

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Better Shoes Rating

Dragonfly 2 Elite rates 92. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Nike Dragonfly

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

Rating

Release year

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Reader Ratings

6 ratings
5/5 3
4/5 2
3/5 1
2/5 0
1/5 0

Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release
2025
MSRP
$200
Widths
Medium

Available sizes

Men's sizes

8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13

Runner reviews

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Best Shoe I've ever run in, But Expensive

5/5

Overall

It was all good, means the comfort and the quality relevate with each others, will recommend to shoe lovers specially for runners.

Anonymous runner · Sep 28, 2025

training for 5K and 10K

Comfort
5/5
Cushioning
5/5
Durability
5/5
Appearance
5/5
Value
5/5

not sure

3/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 7, 2024

65 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Beast GTS 24

Comfort
3/5
Cushioning
3/5
Durability
3/5
Appearance
3/5
Value
2/5

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Shoe properties
Type
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Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
Stack
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Release
2025 Newest
2024 Q3
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MSRP
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Ratings
Overall
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Comfort
Good (89)
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Excellent (96) Best comfort
Cushioning
Good (86)
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Durability
Excellent (96) Best durability
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Appearance
Exceptional (98)
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Value
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