Saucony Guide 17

Name: Saucony Guide 17
Brand: Saucony

Daily trainer · Stability · Road · 8.5 oz · 6mm drop · 39/33mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Guide 18 replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Guide 17 trails most daily trainers in our data. Value and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. Looks scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 11 runner reviews and 11 other rated shoes in the Guide product line. One more review would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Bottom-tier

60/100

Overall

Bottom-tier 60

Value

Good 84

Cushioning

Good 80

Durability

Decent 78

Comfort

Decent 73

Appearance

Decent 71

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

81/100

Moderate 81

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Comfort averages 4.6 out of 5 and durability 4.5 across eleven reviews.
One reviewer calls it comfortable and bouncy without a rocker feel, and another finds it comfortable and stable with a roomy toe box.

Cons

One reviewer sizing true to a 7 finds it a little big and gets blisters from the movement at the front.

Guide 17 rates 60. This shoe has moderate certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Guide

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

55 2014 78 2014 51 2014 50 2017 63 2017 64 2019 57 2021 60 2022 55 2023 60 2024 56 2025 59 2026

Release year

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

Guide 19

2026 · 2 reviews

59 Bottom-tier

52 Confidence
Guide 18

2025 · 1 review

56 Bottom-tier

61 Confidence
Guide 17 This shoe

2024 · 11 reviews

60 Bottom-tier

81 Confidence
Guide 16

2023 · 12 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

79 Confidence
Guide 15

2022 · 17 reviews

60 Below average

87 Confidence
Guide 14

2021 · 1 review

57 Bottom-tier

52 Confidence
Guide 13

2019 · 6 reviews

64 Below average

74 Confidence
Guide 10

2017 · 13 reviews

63 Below average

89 Confidence
Guide 9

2017 · 5 reviews

50 Bottom-tier

90 Confidence
Guide 8

2014 · 12 reviews

51 Bottom-tier

92 Confidence
Guide 7

2014 · 43 reviews

78 Decent

95 Confidence
Guide 6

2014 · 27 reviews

55 Bottom-tier

90 Confidence

Reader Ratings

11 ratings

5/5 5

4/5 5

3/5 0

2/5 1

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 8.5 oz
Release: 2024 Q1
MSRP: $150
Stack Height: 39mm heel - 33mm toe
Drop Height: 6mm

Runner reviews

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Modest weight Comfortable and stable

4/5

Overall

Post knee replacement, starting back with a running shoe with guide rails. The guide is not too light but not too heavy. Prefer more support to limit having a second knee replacement. Comfortable and I'm running only on cinder trails and the tread is sufficient. Running the last two months, building up slow but shoe is still comfortable, and I like the roomy toe box. Nice looking shoe in aqua blue.

Anonymous runner · Jun 29, 2024

10 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Ghost 15

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

Fast shoe with a lot of bounce

5/5

Overall

This shoe is comfy and feels fast. Not too heavy and feels super bouncy without a rocker feeling of being too much on your toes. The only reason its not a 10/10 for me is that it was a little big for a true size 7 and I got blisters on my big toe from having too much movement at the front of the shoe.

Anonymous runner · Jun 16, 2024

25 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Brooks Ghost 16