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Hi everybody, Sam from Road Trail Run.
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Today we're going to take a look at four
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what I would call super max cushioned
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unplated shoes. They all have stack
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heights at the heel between um 44 and 46
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mm and drops of 8 mm all of them except
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the Nike over here which is 10 mm. They
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also all share super critical foam
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midsoles which allows their weight to be
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very low for such big stacks. So, I've
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arranged them here in order of weight to
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start. The first is the uh Maverick from
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Tier, the Maverick V1 Runner. And our
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Maverick is 7.6 O, 216 g in my US8.5,
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2 g less than the uh A6 Mega Blast. And
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guess what? Uh this is the least
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expensive shoe of all four. And this is
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the most expensive with the Mega Blast
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at 225. Um, then we move over to the
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Puma, the Puma MagX 2, which gets 13 g
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lighter. Um, its midsole is Puma's uh
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nitro nitrofoam nitrogen infused uh I
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think EVA. Um, whereas over here
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6 has PEA and the Maverick has a EVA OBC
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supercritical blend. Finally, uh we have
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the Nike um Vomero uh Plus, which comes
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in at 9.6 oz, 272 gram. It's $180,
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and the Puma is the same at $180.
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So, uh the Nike, of course, has ZoomX
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foam and lots of it. So, in terms of
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their uppers, okay, at 150, our uh
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Maverick probably has the simplest,
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maybe the crudest upper, but it's still
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a fine fitting upper. It's a nonstretch,
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thin mesh. U some of our treadmill
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runners report it's actually quite
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breathable. Uh it's not the fanciest
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Um then we move over to the um it's true
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to size. Now, we move over to the Mega
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Blast. It has sort of a race shoe type
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upper. You can see here it's it's light.
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Uh it's uh quite dense but very light
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and pliable. Uh no rolled collars here.
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We have bolsters, everything to keep the
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weight down. Um I find the fit just fine
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here, but a bit baggy. Um then if you
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have a wide foot, I would go over to the
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Puma here. It definitely has the widest
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fit. It has sort of a soft, a little bit
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stretchy upper, the most plush upper. Uh
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yet it comes in at only um uh let me
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find it here. 9.03 O 256 g. Pretty darn
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light for such a plush kind of upper.
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Finally, the Nike. If you want the most
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stability, if you will in the bunch, and
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kind of the most secure upper, the most
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stability. You can see the heel counter
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here. Real stable. Um it it comes in at
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uh the Nike comes in at 9.6 6 O 272 gram
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180 bucks. So they're all similar in um
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we said in stack height there's a range
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of weights here you know from our u from
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our Maverick at 7.6 O remarkably light
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uh the the Mega Blast uh very similar
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then we go up in weight but we also go
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up in upper support and um kind of
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plushness. Now, also underfoot affects
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the uh ride uh and of course the grip.
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The Nike definitely has, I would say,
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the most robust stabilizing
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um outsole, which really helps along
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with its most stiffest, if you will,
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heel counter. This is the most stable of
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the bunch, uh with the most secure
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upper, probably the lowest volume upper.
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Very comfortable. Um, this is a
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workhorse kind of uh there's not much uh
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if you will uh overplay in either the
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ride or the or the upper. You're going
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to be secure. You're going to be stable.
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Uh then we move over to the Puma. The
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Puma I think is softer in feel, a little
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bit less stable underfoot. You can see
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how much less rubber it has. I would
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like to see it have a bit more rubber.
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It's heel counter not quite as massive
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as the Nike. This is a good shoe for uh
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slower paced uh runs. Things get a
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little kind of bouncy because it's a fun
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bouncy ride as you pick up the pace, but
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you'll certainly have lots of very
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friendly cushion here.
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The Mega Blast is kind of the speedster
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in the bunch. You can see it has a
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pretty minimal outsole. It's the
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stiffest of the bunch in terms of flex.
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Um, and it it it has kind of a a uh a
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more uptempo feel and ride to it. You
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can see there's not much flex, none at
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all. Here's our Puma.
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A little bit, but still a pretty rigid
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Some It's getting some flex, but still a
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rigid kind of approach. And surprisingly
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same stack height basically, but also a
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kind of a minimal upper, a minimal
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outsole. You can see darn minimal with a
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deep uh cavity. This is sort of the most
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agile of the bunch. And it has the most
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uh flex, the Maverick from Tier. A big
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surprise. This um this one here uh with
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a little bit of upper tuning I think
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would be the best of the bunch. Um now,
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uh what what are they best for? What
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what might you kind of consider uh in
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conclusion here um with our different uh
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shoes? Oh, here comes more shoes. FedEx
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guy is here. I'm going to take a quick
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break while he delivers. Okay, my
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friendly FedEx guy is gone. So, a few
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conclusions. If you want super light and
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kind of the most agile of the bunch with
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a a definite kind of more uptempo uh
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feel and some flex, you go with the
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Maverick. It's also the most budget
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friendly uh of the shoes by 30 bucks.
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If you want a reactive uh ride with uh
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again lots of cushioning, a bit more
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kind of rigid rocker approach and you're
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up on the front and you got the budget 2
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225, you go with the A6 Mega Blast, if
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you have a wide foot and want the most
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plush kind of comfort and a soft ride,
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maybe not the most stable, you go with
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And then if you want kind of a more
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all-around approach um with great
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traction and more stability I think than
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the others um and a really for Nike
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actually a pretty decent price 180 um
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you go with the Vimeo Plus. Uh while
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it's heavier and that's noticed it's
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kind of the most stable and kind of
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reliable all around um if a bit stiff.
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So, we have uh written reviews of all of
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these over on roadtraun.com.
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Uh, thank you very much for watching.
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The sun is back out. It was snowing
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earlier a little bit, some flurries. I'm
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going to go for a run. Have a great run.
