Saucony Peregrine 5

Name: Saucony Peregrine 5
Brand: Saucony
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)

Trail · Neutral · 9.5 oz · 4mm drop · 21/17mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Peregrine 6 ICE+ replaced it

How it ranks

The Saucony Peregrine 5 trails most trail shoes in our data. Looks and value are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 5 runner reviews and 12 other rated shoes in the Peregrine product line. Another 7 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Below average

64/100

Overall

Below average 64

Appearance

Very good 92

Value

Good 81

Durability

Decent 79

Cushioning

Decent 75

Comfort

Below average 70

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

55/100

Low 55

What runners say

“It has a wider toe box”

4/5 Full review 25 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Peregrine 4

“For rockier and more technical trail it holds up very well”

4/5 Full review 45 mpw

“Comfortable on sharp rocks and roads too”

4/5 Full review 25 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Peregrine 4

“The stiff heel counter has been giving me blisters”

4/5 Full review 45 mpw

“A bit unforgiving on hardpacked/groomed trails”

4/5 Full review 45 mpw training for ultramarathons came from the Nike Zoom Wildhorse 1

“A bit bulky for roads and buffed out dirt trails”

4/5 Full review 45 mpw

Prefer this shoe over another

40% 2/5

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Three reviewers say it handles rocky, technical trail and sharp rocks well.
Durability averages 4.2 out of 5 across five reviews, and one reviewer calls it very durable.
All five reviewers rate appearance 5 out of 5.

Cons

Two reviewers find it unforgiving on hardpacked or groomed trail.
Only the Peregrine 8 scores lower in the line, and nine other versions score 69 or above.
One reviewer gets blisters from the stiff heel counter.

Peregrine 5 rates 64. This shoe has low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Peregrine

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

70 2014 81 74 64 2015 80 59 88 2019 69 89 2022 83 76 2024 77 75 2025

Release year

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

Peregrine 16

2025 · 0 reviews

75 Decent

29 Confidence
Peregrine 15

2025 · 0 reviews

77 Decent

42 Confidence
Peregrine 14

2024 · 1 review

76 Decent

37 Confidence
Peregrine 13

2023 · 11 reviews

83 Good

68 Confidence
Peregrine 12

2022 · 4 reviews

89 Good

53 Confidence
Peregrine 11

2021 · 1 review

69 Below average

30 Confidence
Peregrine 10

2019 · 3 reviews

88 Good

47 Confidence
Peregrine 8

2017 · 5 reviews

59 Bottom-tier

56 Confidence
Peregrine 7

2017 · 3 reviews

80 Decent

49 Confidence
Peregrine 5 This shoe

2015 · 5 reviews

64 Below average

55 Confidence
Peregrine 4

2014 · 2 reviews

74 Decent

36 Confidence
Peregrine 2

2014 · 1 review

81 Good

37 Confidence
Peregrine 1

2014 · 2 reviews

70 Decent

42 Confidence

Reader Ratings

5 ratings

5/5 2

4/5 3

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 9.5 oz
Release: 2015
MSRP: $100
Stack Height: 21mm heel - 17mm toe
Drop Height: 4mm

Runner reviews

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Reader review

5/5

Overall

Great trail shoe. Can be used on roads also. Comfortable good fit.

antwall · Dec 13, 2015

50 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Kinvara 5

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 5/5

Reader review

5/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 13, 2015

45 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Nike Zoom Terra Kiger 2

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 4/5

Reader review

4/5

Overall

Great shoe comfortable on sharp rocks and roads too. Biggest thing for me is that it has a wider toe box.

Anonymous runner · Dec 9, 2015

25 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Saucony Peregrine 4

Comfort: 5/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 5/5
Value: 5/5

Reader review

4/5

Overall

It's just a quality shoe. Definitely a bit bulky for roads, and buffed out dirt trails, but for some of the rockier and more technical trail it holds up very well. My only complaint is that the stiff heel counter has been giving me blisters.

Mitchellmac2 · Aug 23, 2015

45 mpw