Customer Reviews Nike Air Monarch IV

If these shoes weren't so damn comfortable I would have switched brands years ago. I walk 30-40 miles/week and inevitably, they squeak after a month or two. I return them as defective, Zappos sends me another pair and the cycle continues. I figure if Nike doesn't mind replacing defective shoes, I'll stick with them because, seriously, there's no other shoe I could put on right out of the box and walk 7 miles.

The noise is terrible. They are very comfortable,but now have fallen apartand they are not that old. Would not buy again.

It's true what others said about one or both shoes being defected. My left shoe makes a awful sneaking and crunching sound when I walk in it or press on the bottom of the shoe. A defected air sole would be my guess. I have no clue why only the black ones would have this problem and not the other colors. I love the style and the fact it is made for wide feet but not happy at all about the defected shoe.

I've experienced two issues with my pair of Nike Air Monarch IV: the shoes are very noisy (squeak with every step) and a gap opens near my instep while walking. Sizing may explain the latter issue, but I have not noticed such a significant gap with other brands. The shoes are comfortable, but the noise and gapping are irritating.

Great looking shoe and comfortable. HOWEVER...it started squeaking after about three months. The squeak in both shoes is SO ANNOYING that I am tossing them. Pretty disappointing. Without the deal breaking squeak, I'd have given these shoes at least four stars.

I've worn Nike Air Monarchs for many years. Just ordered a white pair and they squeaked within 1 week. Zappos graciously replaced them with a black pair and the 2nd pair squeaked after a week of very moderate wear. I love these shoes, but will not be ordering them again. Nike apparently can't build quality shoes any more.

I like them a lot however I had to return them as they developed a very annoying SQUEAK on any hard surface. I surmise the inner rubber design became loose and was rubbing the main sole. As I was able to mimic the squeaking with the shoe in hand for both of them. I was thinking of getting a replacement pair until I just realized it happened to both. So I will just try some other Nike.

Pretty nice shoes and fairly comfortable. They have an odd internal squeak. It's not the sole on the floor, it's the insole and constant.

I've bought these shoes a number of times and in recent pairs, one shoe developed a "squeak" when walking. It usually takes many months but with this most recent pair, it happened within a month. It's so annoying I'm inclined to dump the shoes.

Love Zappos, both the web site and the service. Thanks for the great inventory selection. I do not recommend this shoe. They have changed the design or assembly to the point that after half a day of wearing the shoes have an annoying squeak. Thanks You Tube for the "fix" I found on line that eliminated, for now the noise. Come on Nike really! This is clearly not the quality product these shoes use to be.

I was wary of getting a pair of these based on another review that indicated the shoes squeak. I figured -- it's Zappos. If they squeak when I wear them, I'll call them up and return the pair. Well, they do squeak, but only after about a month of using them. Maybe the glue binding the air bladders to the shoe have failed, but they are loud and make me sound like I'm walking on a wet sponge with every step. Now I have to find new shoes.

My size 12 toes hit the front of these size 12 shoes big time. I tried lacing them up tight to force my heel to the back of the shoe with moderate success. All of my other size 12 4E shoes have lots of room in length and width. I feel maybe I should soak them in oil or something due to their constant squeaking. I would maybe try a larger size but don't want to put up with the squeak, squeak, squeak while walking. The shoes seem over-insulated, as they keep my feet quite hot. Maybe this would be a good shoe if you order oversize and spend a lot of time walking in the snow.

I would love these shoes, but they would not be any noisier if I taped rubber ducks to my feet. I thought it would get better the longer I had these shoes, but if anything, after a year it's only gotten worse. It's too bad, because otherwise, they fit as close to perfect as any shoes I've owned. Support is great, and I can be on my feet all days in these and my feet and knees don't hurt. They breathe great, look nice, and are easy to get on and off. But that noise is awful. I have bought Monarchs for the past seven or eight years - with 4E width feet, my selection is pretty limited - and this generation is the first I've had this problem with. I wouldn't buy them again.

Although I was excited about these shoes and the price...they were not good! They felt great when on my feet. Once you start walking they made this horrible squeaking noise. Did not matter if I walked on grass, cement, wood floors or carpet, everyone would know I was coming. I first thought I had to break them in, nope! I tried working out in them and still could not get past the squeakiness. Maybe I got a bad shipment. I gave them away to my little brother.

The shoe looks great, feels great but after about a week of wear I noticed they make a horrible squeaking noise with every step you take. It wouldn't be too bad if the squeaking was slight but this is a pretty loud squeak. I will never buy this pair of shoes again. I am now stuck with this pair of shoes.

Great shoe, until it starts squeaking about 3 days after you buy it. Sadly, I do not attend clown college, so a comical squeak with every step isn't what I'm looking for in a shoe. Comfortable, but not worth wearing unless you don't care how squeaky your shoes are. I'm very happy with Zappos.com, though - great service makes returning an unexpectedly crappy shoe simple and easy, will definitely continue to buy from Zappos because of their quality attitude towards customer service.

Nice looking shoe, fit well, was very comfortable. Quickly developed the dreaded "Nike air leak" and started squeaking before they were even broken in.

I agree with Jon C below. I have the monarch 3s, and these things should be called squeakers not sneakers. I love the way they fit and are very comfortable, but the squeaking sound is horrible. I am very hesitant on buying the 4s for this reason.

This shoe was so wide. Much wider than other 4E shoes, especially in the toe. We had to return it. It had a definite Herman Munster quality to it. Great Zappos service, of course!

This shoe was so wide. Much wider than other 4E shoes, especially in the toe. We had to return it. It had a definite Herman Munster quality to it. Great Zappos service, of course!

These are "SQUEAKERS", NOT Sneakers!! I've bought them because of the comfort and value, but these squeak when you walk. I have three pair, and each pair squeak. My other tennis shoes don't squeak, but these things sound like clown shoes! I did some research recently, and the squeaking is VERY common with the Nike Monarch shoes. Other people have commented as well. I've tried putting baby powder in them, lifting insert, and that works for a day.. then back to squeaking! This isn't a mild squeak, but loud enough from people 10' away to hear!