Topo Athletic Magnifly 4

Name: Topo Athletic Magnifly 4
Brand: Topo Athletic

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.8 oz · 25/25mm stack

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Topo Athletic Magnifly 5 replaced it

How it ranks

The Topo Athletic Magnifly 4 ranks above most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 5 other rated shoes in the Magnifly product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Good

85/100

Overall

Good 85

Value

Good 86

Cushioning

Good 86

Durability

Good 86

Comfort

Good 83

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

40/100

Low 40

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Pros

Reviewers rate comfort and cushioning 4.8 out of 5, and two praise the wide toe box with a snug midfoot.
It stacks 25mm front and back at zero drop, and weighs 8.8 oz in the men's version.
One of four reviewers so far reports over 1000km with no complaints.

Cons

One of four reviewers so far says it loses its pop by about 300 miles and moves it to trail-only use.

Magnifly 4 rates 85. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Topo Athletic Magnifly

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

87 2017 85 2019 85 2022 77 2024 82 2026 91 2018

Release year

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

Magnifly

2018 · 1 review

91 Very good

44 Confidence
Magnifly 6

2026 · 0 reviews

82 Good

14 Confidence
Magnifly 5

2024 · 0 reviews

77 Decent

24 Confidence
Magnifly 4 This shoe

2022 · 4 reviews

85 Good

40 Confidence
Magnifly 3

2019 · 1 review

85 Good

21 Confidence
Magnifly 2

2017 · 1 review

87 Good

41 Confidence

Reader Ratings

4 ratings

5/5 2

4/5 2

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Weight: 8.8 oz
Release: 2022 Q1
Stack Height: 25mm heel - 25mm toe

Runner reviews

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Simple but so comfortable and perfect fit

4/5

Overall

Topo's wide toe box but snug midfoot and heel it perfect for the shape of my foot (and many other female feet). There's nothing flashy or fancy about this shoe, including the appearance. It is simple but the perfect fit and responsive feel make it one of my favorite daily trainers. I use this shoe for easy days and often for non-technical trail runs. The one downside to this shoe is that I do feel like it loses its "pop" before most other shoes I run in. I don't track my mileage, but I would estimate after about 300 miles, this shoe starts to feel a little dead and I will use it only for trail runs because it doesn't feel as good on the road anymore.

Anonymous runner · Oct 30, 2024

15 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Saucony Kinvara 14