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Puma Running 2026 Reviewed: Deviate Elite 4, Fast-R 3, Deviate 4, Velocity 4, Magnify 3, MagMax 2
Jan 13, 2026
In the video, we review Puma's 2026 road running rotation detailing and comparing. 00:00 Introduction. 02:00 Deviate Nitro Elite 4 and Fast-R Elite 3, 06:04 Deviate 4, 07:38 Velocity Nitro 4, 08:46 Magnify Nitro 3, 09:30 MagMax Nitro 3. 10:36 Conclusions
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0:00
In the video, we're going to take a look
0:01
at Puma's complete 2026 lineup for Road
0:04
Run. Hi everybody. Today, we're going to
0:06
take a look at Puma's 2026 lineup, at
0:09
least as far as we know it so far. So,
0:12
to start, I'll kind of give you a few
0:14
like uh headlines for each shoe. The FA
0:17
Fast Rar 3, that's the radical one with
0:20
its toe and its really pronounced
0:23
rocker. the brand new and much much
0:26
lighter uh DV8 Elite 4. Um very stable
0:32
as its predecessor. Also a marathon
0:35
shoe. Uh very steady running. Another
0:38
new shoe, the um the DV84. Again, we see
0:43
a big weight drop uh with a flexible
0:47
carbon composite plate. It's an uptempo
0:50
trainer and I would say also a good shoe
0:52
for the say the 4hour marathoner. I
0:54
really it's kind of my favorite of the
0:56
bunch. Then we move to the funr runner.
1:00
What I call the funr runner the uh the
1:03
velocity nitro 4 which has an all ATPU
1:07
uh midsole. It's a softer kind of ride.
1:10
Uh it's the most flexible. Um it's kind
1:14
of your shorter run kind of fast and fun
1:16
run shoe. And then another big favorite
1:19
of mine, the Magnify
1:22
3. It's kind of your all-around higher
1:24
drop um daily trainer. Has a 10
1:27
millimeter drop. It has some nice
1:29
flexibility. Kind of a classic shoe
1:32
reimagined with super foams. And
1:34
finally, also the brand new
1:37
Mag Max 2. Uh definitely Puma's highest
1:41
stack height shoe. Uh, interestingly,
1:44
uh, it actually weighs a bit less than
1:46
the Magnify as the foams evolve. Magnify
1:49
is a bit older. Was 2025. Um, this is
1:52
your Max Cushion Trainer. So, let's get
1:55
into a few details.
1:58
Okay, let's take a look at our two uh
2:00
Puma Marathon racers. We'll start with
2:02
the DV8 uh Elite Nitro 4 uh which is
2:07
coming in February. So, it will be $250.
2:11
It has the same 40 40 32 stack height as
2:16
the Fast R3 and it weighs exactly the
2:19
same now 169 g in the US 8.5
2:24
um and the Fastar is exactly the same
2:27
weight same stack height but a very
2:29
different geometry so uh it loses a lot
2:33
of weight uh 30 grams uh over the
2:35
predecessor which was a was a shoe that
2:39
a lot of people used our train our um
2:42
contributors also used for training. Uh
2:45
it was an e the the three was an
2:47
excellent choice for sort of the 330
2:51
plus marathoner here. I'm not so sure. I
2:54
this is much more an elite shoe. Um the
2:56
lighter weight I raced the 10k at about
2:59
810 pace and that was um I that would be
3:02
about a 334 marathon. Uh, and what I
3:05
found was that the new ridge plate is
3:08
considerably stiffer than in the DV8
3:10
Elite 3. It's much more aggressive. The
3:14
lightweight is certainly felt um uh but
3:17
it's more aggressive than before. So, um
3:21
with a kind of a flat, very stable
3:23
feeling that that remains unchanged from
3:25
the predecessor. Grip was great on very
3:28
wet roads. Uh, one of the differences in
3:31
how Puma was able, I think, to save a
3:33
lot of weight in addition to a newer um,
3:36
ATPU foam is you'll see there's quite a
3:39
bit less rubber at the heel. Uh, and we
3:43
don't have that kind of grippy pattern
3:44
up front, but for road racing, I I don't
3:47
think that'll be a huge issue. But if
3:50
you if you thought of the DV8 uh as um
3:53
elite as a trainer,
3:56
this the older version might be a better
3:58
choice cuz I'm not sure the durability
4:00
will be as good. Uh up upper, very
4:03
comfortable. Um less plasticky than
4:07
before. Here you see it's kind of a bit
4:10
baggy. Uh uh but both are great uppers.
4:13
Uh a little bit less heel counter than
4:17
we had before. You can see here it's a
4:20
more minimal kind of construction to get
4:22
that weight way way down to 169 g which
4:26
I think is uh about 6 oz. So that's your
4:30
stable steady performer.
4:33
Uh and then the very famous now uh uh
4:39
Fast R3 exactly the same weight also
4:42
ATPU foam but instead of having a um a a
4:47
soft top layer as we have here and a
4:51
firmer bottom layer with that stiff
4:53
plate where it feels like it's all
4:55
single density u ATPU foam and that kind
4:59
of provides a more consistent kind of
5:02
Feel the radical toe really rolls you
5:06
forward. Uh it's for me smoother
5:09
smoother running. Although that heel
5:12
construction, mid-foot construction also
5:15
relatively stable.
5:17
Might not uh go the distance for me, but
5:19
for many say if you're sub 330 down
5:23
below three, it's been a great shoe
5:25
that's performed super well. Its upper
5:27
is uh nice and uh it's a bit plasticky
5:30
but thinner than the DV8 Nitro um Elite
5:35
3s was pretty stern
5:39
firm heel counter. This is the Safe Sky
5:41
edition. Beautiful shoe. Um so this I
5:44
think is your 330 sub 330
5:48
Marathon to well down
5:51
below uh three down to 210. Uh really an
5:55
all-around great marathon shoe for 2026.
5:59
Now let's move on to DV84.
6:03
This is kind of my my favorite actually
6:05
of these Pumas.
6:07
So the DV84 uh is a significant update.
6:11
Uh it's coming January, February. It'll
6:14
be $170.
6:15
Um it's also sees a big weight drop, 22
6:19
g over the predecessor. So um whereas
6:22
before we had a um pebba blend top layer
6:26
and then tp foam below, now we get a
6:30
100% pee top and a pebba blend below. We
6:34
lose uh 22 g to uh 8.57 oz 243 um 243 uh
6:42
gram. Uh we have a 3830 stack height. So
6:46
we're not crazy crazy high embedded. We
6:49
have a uh carbon composite plate that
6:51
has some decent flexibility. Something I
6:54
really really like. Uh we've got plenty
6:56
of Puma grip here. Um this is really
7:00
your uh allaround more uptempo daily
7:04
trainer. I've run all paces in it. Um
7:07
and it's just a fabulous shoe. Um I
7:11
think it's also a good choice for the
7:13
marathoner who's 330 the the the 4h hour
7:16
plus. Um, uh, it's a really, really fine
7:20
new option that sits as kind of the
7:23
uptempo daily trainer in the lineup.
7:26
Next, we're going to go over, if I can
7:28
dig it out here, to the Velocity Nitro
7:32
4.
7:34
Velocity Nitro 4, all ATP ATPU foam and
7:39
quite soft. This is the lowest stack
7:42
height shoe of the bunch with a uh 3626
7:48
stack height. So, uh this is kind of
7:50
your old school uh trainer uh of the
7:54
traditional sort at because of the low
7:56
stack. We got good uh flexibility.
7:59
It's kind of the fun runner in the
8:01
bunch. Again, plenty of Puma grip which
8:03
helps stabilize it at 3626 in our review
8:07
and we have reviews of all the shoes. um
8:10
on Road Trail Run. Uh uh you can read
8:13
them and we also have some video reviews
8:16
as well. Um we all felt it was a bit
8:19
thin in the forefoot sort of reminding a
8:21
bit of the on the original on cloud
8:24
surfer. So it's for your shorter fast
8:26
kind of fun runs. Uh a a more
8:30
performance uh fitting kind of snugger
8:33
more built upper than the um than the
8:37
the DV84. So, this is the fun, fast,
8:41
shorter run option. Then, we're going to
8:44
move over Magnify Nitro 3. This is kind
8:47
of a a a favorite for me. Um 9.1 oz, 258
8:52
g, uh 4030 stack height, $160.
8:57
Again, a 10 mm drop, a little bit of
8:59
flexibility, kind of a more traditional
9:02
robust upper. This is kind of your well
9:06
cushioned mini max or max cushion daily
9:10
trainer in the lineup. I really like
9:12
this one. Um it's uh midsole foam is
9:16
a nitro uh peiba. Uh, and what's kind of
9:20
interesting, this is from earlier, it
9:22
came out earlier in 2025, is that when
9:25
we compare it to the
9:28
the just releasing Magax uh Magax 2, uh,
9:34
the Magax 2 is actually a little bit
9:37
lighter at 9.03 O, 256 g with a much
9:42
higher 4638
9:45
uh, stack height. It has a nitro uh piba
9:49
blend and um we have a video of it uh
9:53
review but also Puma introducing it. So
9:55
what Puma did with the version two is
9:57
they went with a a lighter a bit softer
10:01
um pebba uh pea blend uh which made it a
10:04
lighter uh a lighter kind of more
10:08
pliable upper. This is the softy, the
10:11
kind of recovery run shoe or if you
10:13
really just want maximum maximum
10:15
cushion. I I kind of prefer the Magnify
10:19
uh in their more uh kind of daily
10:22
trainer category. Um it's the Magnify is
10:25
a little snappier, a little more stable.
10:27
Uh but this is a great option if you
10:30
want the maximum of cushion in a Puma.
10:34
So, um, we have, uh, reviews of all of
10:37
these shoes over on Road Trail Run, and
10:39
we also have some video reviews. Uh, so
10:42
I'm putting them all back, piling them
10:44
all back up. But, uh, Puma here has a
10:48
great um, uh, 2026 on the way. really a
10:52
full rotation from two elite now both
10:57
elite level racers uptempo uh daily uh
11:02
trainer to to kind of maybe race shoe
11:05
for folks the funr runner in the
11:08
velocity nitro 4 the higher drop uh
11:13
daily trainer all with super critical
11:15
foam the magnify 3 kind of one of my
11:18
favorites in the bunch for kind of daily
11:20
training and the the Supermax
11:24
Magmax uh their highest stack shoe.
11:28
Thank you very much for watching. Have a
11:30
great run.
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