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Mount to Coast H1 Review with Comparisons: Super Versatile and Fast on Trail & Road!!
Oct 9, 2025
In the video, Sam reviews the Mount to Coast H1 from beautiful Park City Utah trails 00:00 Introduction and Details, 05:10 on the Run Fit and Ride Impressions, 09:00 Comparisons including MTC T1, Craft Nordlite Ultra Pro, and Salomon S/Lab Pulsar 4, 12:07 Conclusions
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In the video, we're going to take a look
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at the Mount Coast H1. $160 available
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now. It's a door to trail or gravel type
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shoe and it's a really good one. I have
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about 80 uh kilometers, 50 miles on my
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pair today. I took them up for a final
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run up in Round Valley Park City and
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share my impressions and then we'll do
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comparisons and some conclusions. Stay
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tuned. Okay, let's take a look at the
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Mount Coast H1. First, you'll notice
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they're pretty dusty and dirty. I've
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gotten 80 kilometers, about 50 miles in
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the shoe. Uh, and I've done just about
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everything in it. Of course, I've run
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trails. I've tked with a 20 lb pack.
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I've gone hiking on uh quite technical
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trails. This is a very versatile and
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very light shoe. Um, we have a stack
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height of 35 mm at the heel, 29 at the
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forefoot, and we weigh, and this is a US
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8 to 8 1/2, we weigh 8.2 2 232 gram. So,
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this is a very light shoe. Really not uh
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it's actually the same weight as say a
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Pegasus Plus uh road shoe. Yet, we have
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a trail outsole. Not a super super deep
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one. 2 mm lugs. Uh here, uh they've
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proven very sticky on all, but very
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smooth wet rock. Um, this is what uh
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nowadays is called a gravel shoe or a I
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guess doortotrail shoe. But this special
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rubber, I'm going to uh talk about it a
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bit uh later, really gives it a smooth
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smooth ride. It's a relatively soft
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rubber, but it's actually a cast
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polyurethane.
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And you can see I have nowhere to speak
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of in 50 miles almost all on either
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rocky terrain or pavement. Really
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remarkable. There is also in the midsole
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a single stack. It's called circle cell.
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And actually this amazing shoe has a
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strong sustainability story as the
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circle cell foam is actually made from
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biomass and organic waste 20 pounds or 9
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kilos per midsole. Um and Mount Coast
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says it it it's as reactive or more
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reactive than pea. They don't say what
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it is exactly but it sure feels like a
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pebba an organic pebba. um the feel and
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then I'm going to give you some
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commentary from the run here in Park
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City. Just took them out this morning.
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Uh so it'll be uh this is after. But um
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this is a very very fast, smooth shoe on
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all terrain. It's a superb road shoe,
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too. And you can see, and I'll see if I
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can get down low enough that it has
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quite a rocker up front. Uh quite a
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rocker. So, that really helps you roll
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forward. Um, in terms of flexibility,
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you can see there's some flex, but
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there's a nice stable 4ft uh platform.
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Um, it's a relatively wide uh platform,
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90 mm at the heel, 85 uh midfoot, and I
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think it's 115 up front. Um, the upper,
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oh, it is special. Uh as as we uh as
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many of you know, Mount Coast started as
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a company focused on ultra road running.
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The uh I guess it was called the H1, the
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S1, very stable kind of shoes. I didn't
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particularly like them. Uh but they've
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always had really nice uppers and they
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use what's called tune fit. So this the
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first three eyelets are held by a pull
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cord and then you lace. Now, what I like
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is I can just uh leave this as is and
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slip them on and tie them up. Um the
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tongue is moderately padded with a
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gusset. Uh the heel area is well padded
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as well, and we've got a very solid heel
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counter. Um, what I think makes this
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shoe work on on um on trail is uh that
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we have a a combination of kind of a
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leatherrett, very wide but flexible
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eye for holding the laces and then the
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mesh is very soft, nonstretch. You can
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see it's very it's thin. It's very
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debris proof and it may have a few
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Kevlar fibers
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uh in it. Uh not sure about that, but
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the the grayer maybe. There's a a decent
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toe bumper. Um I think this upper works
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better for me than their T1, which is
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kind of baggy. This one holds the foot
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really well. And I'll show you in the
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video, you know, how it kind of um how
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it kind of fits. This is an allarounder.
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Um, it's one of my favorite shoes of the
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year. Um, and it is very versatile. Now,
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here's some commentary from the run.
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Okay, we're in Round Valley
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with our Mount the Coast H1 on the
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single tracks.
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A little bit sandy here. 2 mm lugs are
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doing fine. Could be a bit deeper for
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this, but on gravel, they're fantastic.
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It's a beautiful day.
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up here. We're at about 6,800 ft, 2100
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meters. So, our H1 is
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very reactive and quick off the ground.
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I've run these on road. I've trek with
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them. They can do just about anything.
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Given the lugs, they're not a heavy duty
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trailing just fine. Going to keep going.
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Look at the beautiful scenery here in
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Park City.
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So, we're really, really light here at
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8.2 oz, 232 g, and US8.5. And that is
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sure felt with the quick turnover here.
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And the tune fit lacing system.
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Brilliant. I've adjusted it the way it
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is there. All I have to do is slip in
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every time. I don't have to ever adjust
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it. It also is kind of good that you
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don't have to play around with the front
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laces. Uh heel hold is really good. I'm
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going to keep going.
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In terms of the fit, true true to size
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here. This is a US um 88,
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but they've actually marked U41. So,
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this was an early sample I got at uh
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UTMBB.
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Okay. At the top of the ridge here,
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we're looking uh more or less towards
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the Canyon Ski Resort over there. And
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look, a little bit of snow. We had some
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snow, but a bit of it melted. So, uh and
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then this way, we're looking down into
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Round Valley where I'm going to go. So,
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I just came 126 foot uh climb and oh my,
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I set a Straa Segment PR and I'd done it
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a bunch of times. The grip was good.
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Actually, it was much better uh on that
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firm,
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hard dirt than it was when there was
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kind of a sheen of dust over it before.
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That was a bit slippery with the 2mm
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lugs. Uh in deeper gravel, uh such as
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we're going to go on over here.
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absolutely no grip problems. And this is
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a very lively, quick feeling shoe. Uh
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that front rocker really propels you
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forward and up really really nicely. The
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hold is excellent. You know, it's not
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full fullblown
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trail shoe because of the lugs, but for
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this kind of running, given the light
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weight, 8.2 2 oz. 232 g. Very
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reasonable.
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3529
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stack height. You've got a light, agile,
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quick feeling shoe. Clearly one of my
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favorites of the year. So for road and
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trail because it's really not much
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heavier than say a Rebel from New
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Balance or even the Nike Pegasus Plus
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which also has good traction. Uh, and
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the foam, this um, circle cell foam is
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really reactive. It's not a soft and
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bouncy kind of foam. It's a quick
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reacting. It has enough stability to it
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for trail and for tempo on the road. It
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just really kind of responds as opposed
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to bounces. Well, I'm going to keep
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going. First obvious comparison is the
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Mount Co T1, which is 36 32. So, a
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little higher stack height and a weight
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of 9 oz, 255 gram. The biggest
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difference is in the outsole as the T1
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has a V-B mega grip with traction lug.
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Um, it has a somewhat softer pebba based
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foam that's a bit bouncier and it
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although I found its upper not nearly as
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smooth fitting with its ride clearly
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more trail focused, it's also a very
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fine shoe. Also in the gravel category,
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the Nordite Ultra Pro, um, which has a
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40 millimeter heel to our 35 millimeter.
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Uh, the foam is a combination of EVA and
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25% PEA. Feels quite similar to our um,
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Mount Coast. Um, however, this is a
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considerably heavier shoe. 9.4 ounces
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versus 8.2.
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Um, but it does have a higher 40 35
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stack height to our 35 uh 29. And it
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also the weight is also explained by a
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somewhat uh deeper uh lug pattern. I
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think it's three or 3 1/2 here. Uh this
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is kind of a longer distance gravel
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shoe. Um it's not as stable on um on
10:20
more technical terrain than the uh Mount
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Coast. Uh, but it has a little bit
10:25
better uh, grip. Um, I didn't find it
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quite as dynamic upper. Very secure,
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very nice. It's not the sort of smooth
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soft comfort hold that you have here.
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It's more kind of trail focused.
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Actually, look at that stout um, heel
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um, uh, toe bumper area and heel
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counter. a really nice shoe that
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probably is a better distance shoe on
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gravel or very easy trails in the mount
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to coast if you're really going ultra
10:56
and not exactly in the same category but
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exactly the same stack height pretty
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much 3529 the Solomon Slab uh Pulsar 4
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um it has a combination of a super
11:10
critical pea up front and Solomon's EVA
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blend um this is a shoe clearly ally
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designed for more technical trails. Uh
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it's a firmer ride. It's somewhat more
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stable. It's not as much fun when things
11:25
get kind of firm and smooth. Um again, a
11:28
beautiful upper. Uh very secure yet a
11:32
bit more secure than our Mount Coast.
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But here we're at 160 and the Slab
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Pulsar is 220. So a really quite a bit
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more expensive shoe. This is the shoe
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you want if your shorter distance races
11:48
are more technical. And this is the shoe
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that you want if you want to go
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versatile, you you your trails are
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smoother, you want to take them on the
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road, you may want to take uh one shoe
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for a long trip. So, in conclusion,
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after our comparisons, the Mount Coast
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H1 for me is their best shoe yet. It's
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one of the most versatile shoes of the
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year for me. I've run road, I've run
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trail, I've hiked with it with a pack.
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Uh, it is super light at that 8.2
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ounces, 232 g. It's got plenty of
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cushion cushioning. It's very reactive.
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Uh, so far the durability of this CPU
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cast polyurethane
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outsole is simply outstanding. We've got
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80 kilometers, no wear. Uh, it plays
12:38
very well in the sense that it's
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actually even though we got that
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incredible wear on tough surfaces. It's
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a relatively soft kind of rubber um that
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plays very well with our midsole which
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is relatively firm. We've got a great
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upper. Oh my goodness. Comfortable upper
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um that uh if you will kind of can do
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road or trail in in great comfort. A
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super uh true to size fit. Uh really an
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outstanding shoe. It's definitely their
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best yet and for me one of the best
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shoes of 2025.
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Thank you very much for watching. You
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you'll also see here linked a um uh to
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our full multitester written review.
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Pretty much not all of our testers, but
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all of us really thought this was a
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spectacular shoe from Mount Coast. Have
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a great runs.