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Saucony Echelon 9

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9.9 oz · 35/27mm stack · 8mm drop

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Echelon 10 replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Echelon 9’s rating is an early estimate. We haven’t collected runner reviews of this shoe yet, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.

Saucony Echelon 9

of 5

Current estimate: Good

82
Overall
82
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 is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.

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Confidence

43 Low

43

External retailer ratings

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Based on

The bars show roughly how much each source contributes to this shoe’s rating. Their influence depends on how many reviews we’ve collected, how many earlier versions are in the product line, and the external ratings available.

  1. Product line track record
  2. External ratings
  3. Our ratings

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Oct 22.


We don't have much data on this shoe

No one has reviewed it here yet, so we can't tell you how it runs. Its rating comes from how the rest of its product line has been rated and from outside retailer ratings.

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Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Echelon

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

Rating

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.
  • Echelon 10

    2025 · 0 reviews

    84 Good

    35 Confidence

  • Echelon 9 This shoe

    2022 · 0 reviews

    82 Good

    43 Confidence

  • Echelon 8

    2022 · 0 reviews

    77 Decent

    54 Confidence

  • Echelon 3

    2014 · 1 review

    70 Decent

    64 Confidence

Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight
9.9 oz
Men's / women's
Men's 10.3 oz · Women's 9.5 oz
Release
2022 Q4
Stack
35/27mm
Drop
8mm

Compared to other shoes

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Shoe properties
Type
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Pronation
Neutral
Stability
Neutral
Weight
9.9 oz
10.2 oz
9.9 oz
Stack
35/27mm
35/27mm
40/35mm
Drop
8mm
8mm
4mm
Release
2022 Q4
2025 Q1 Newest
2022 Q3
MSRP
—
$155
$165
Best price
—
$87 Lowest price
$95
Ratings
Overall
82 Good
84 Good
99 Exceptional Best overall
Comfort
75 Decent
75 Decent
99 Exceptional Best comfort
Cushioning
76 Decent
76 Decent
99 Exceptional Best cushioning
Durability
73 Decent
73 Decent
97 Exceptional Best durability
Appearance
74 Decent
74 Decent
75 Decent Best appearance
Value
77 Decent
78 Decent Best value rating
77 Decent
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