Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9.3 oz · 12mm drop · 29/17mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Cohesion 15 replaced it
How it ranks
The Saucony Cohesion 12 trails most daily trainers in our data. Value and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. Comfort scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 8 runner reviews and 7 other rated shoes in the Cohesion product line. Another 4 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
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
73/100
“Always been lower-tiered priced and always given upper-tier performance.”
“Has proven surprisingly durable despite not having a ton of outsole.”
“Great cushioning, great spring, very good durability.”
“A solid enough shoe when you consider how cheap it is.”
“They felt comfortable and really supported my feet during the run.”
“They could be a little tighter.”
“For the first few times wearing, it was uncomfortable as you had to break them in first.”
“Very comfortable for road racing shoes.”
50% 3/6
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Cohesion, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2014 · 1 review
58 Bottom-tier
5 Confidence
2025 · 0 reviews
66 Below average
6 Confidence
2024 · 1 review
68 Below average
12 Confidence
Cohesion 12 This shoe
2019 · 8 reviews
54 Bottom-tier
73 Confidence
2018 · 4 reviews
76 Decent
12 Confidence
2014 · 5 reviews
70 Decent
41 Confidence
2014 · 1 review
55 Bottom-tier
31 Confidence
2014 · 1 review
68 Below average
14 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
3/5
Overall
The shoe's main selling point was its competitive affordability. It's a solid enough shoe when you consider how cheap it is, and has proven surprisingly durable despite not having a ton of outsole.
choccymilklife · Jun 1, 2023
35 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Launch 7
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jan 11, 2020
20 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Grid Cohesion 11
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Aug 13, 2019
50 mpw training for a half marathon came from the ASICS GEL-Quantum Lyte
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jul 4, 2019
50 mpw training for a half marathon
4/5
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Anonymous runner · Jul 4, 2019
25 mpw came from the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 19
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