Brooks Launch 12 Review: Lightweight, Responsive and Affordable
The Brooks Launch 12 is a lightweight neutral trainer for everyday and faster runs, with an 8 mm drop, DNA FLASH cushioning and a $120 launch price.
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The Brooks Launch 12 is a lightweight neutral trainer for everyday and faster runs, with an 8 mm drop, DNA FLASH cushioning and a $120 launch price.
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The Salomon Aero Glide 4 is a high-cushion neutral road trainer for easy miles and long runs, with an 8 mm drop and optiFOAM² cushioning.
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The Saucony Kinvara 16 is a lightweight 4 mm-drop running shoe for runners who prefer flexibility and road feel over maximum cushioning.
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The Hoka Kawana 3 is a versatile hybrid for walking, easy running and light gym work. We cover fit, cushioning, gym use, specs, price and alternatives.
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The Saucony Echelon 10 is a broad, stable running and walking shoe for orthotics, wide feet and everyday comfort. We explain fit, support, specs and alternatives.
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Saucony's cheapest trainer gets a new foam and holds on to the tall heel that heel strikers like. It is hard-wearing, steady and available in wide. What you give up is any sense of spring, and forefoot strikers will find it a firm ride.
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Brooks built this one to be steady and cheap rather than exciting, and it shows. It is a genuinely good walking and gym shoe with a wide, planted base. Ask more of it than a short, easy run and the thin, firm foam starts to tell.
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At $65 this is one of the cheapest current shoes any big brand sells, and it still manages soft foam, a wide fitting and a sensible amount of height underfoot. It suits walking and short runs. Adidas keeps the details thin, and the cushioning fades fast.
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Nike's cheapest road shoe is softer than it used to be and cut with more room across the toes, which makes it an easy everyday pick at $85. It handles walking and short runs comfortably. Nike keeps the details vague, and there is no wide fitting to fall back on.
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Nike has put a visible air unit back under the forefoot of its springiest Pegasus, and the result is a light, snappy shoe for the days you want to move. The tall heel makes it kind to sore calves. It is a specialist, not an all-rounder, and it is priced like one.
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Asics has made its plated super trainer lighter and considerably more fun, adding a springy pod under the forefoot without giving up the planted feel that sets it apart from rivals. It handles easy days and fast ones. The price went up sharply to pay for it.
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Puma's support shoe now gets its steadiness from the shape of the foam rather than from anything hard pressing on your arch, which makes it a comfortable option for feet that roll inward. It is a tall, secure platform. The weight is what you notice as the miles add up.
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