Customer Reviews New Balance WR1012

These are the best shoes! I know they are a little pricey, but they are perfect for severe over pronators like myself. My favorite style, the 1010, finally got retired, but the 1012 jumped in its place perfectly. Good fit, true to size, hardly any break in time! These are totally worth it!

I am a faithful New Balance customer and not surprisingly, I found another NB shoe that I love. My feet are long and wide and this shoe was an excellent fit. Maybe a bit lose in the heel, but I will try retying them. Tried them out on a six mile walk and they were great.

I have been wearing New Balance sneakers for the last 6 years. These are most definitely the best New Balance sneakers I have ever owned! The support is incredible and the fit is perfect! Once you start wearing New Balance shoes you will never switch to another brand!

I previously purchased the WR1011 model and now the WR1012. I love these shoes, very comfortable and lots of support. Hoping New Balance comes up with more colors.

Shoes arrived promptly, as usual - they are great, fit terrific, and provide excellent support to my extremely flat foot. I would recommend them to anyone.

Many reviews left here are for people who wore these shoes for walking/hiking/work. Well these are running shoes, and I bought them to run in. I am 105 pounds, run two or three times a week, 5-10K. These shoes are very heavy and took a month to break in. They felt like blocks of cement tied to my feet. I guess you can call that stability! I have wide feet and bunions and thought I should try more stability compared to my last pair, which were Saucony ProGrid 2, weighing in at 10 ounces. Well, the extra 2 ounces on each foot and the stiffness of the WR1012 caused my calves to cramp up. I had to stop every couple blocks just to stretch out the cramp. For a larger/heavier runner, these shoes may break in more easily, but for smaller frame runners like myself with no real orthopedic issues, 12-14oz. shoes are overdoing it.

This sneaker is just too much shoe for me. It seems very large and heavy.

I wear 9 1/2 US. They sent 41 UK. Buy a full size smaller.

I first want to thank Zappos for their great customer service. I ordered the sneaks on a Thursday and received them the next day. The New Balance sneaks I ordered are very comfortable and true to size.

Can I add to just submitted review (about 7:35 p.m. on 5/26/12) I wear orthotics and there's room for them.

Great shoe for problem feet because of the combination last. I have bunions, a very wide forefoot and narrow heel. This is the first shoe I've bought that is wide enough and completely comfortable for my sensitive feet. I bought a full size larger than my measured size, and a half size larger than what most shoes run. This is the first 2E width that is truly wide -- plenty of room for my bunions. The shoe has excellent support, cushion and plenty of room in the toe box. My feet are very happy, and I am thrilled to find a shoe that is comfortable for walking. Plus, it is a good-looking shoe and does not look like orthopedic. It would be great if New Balance would make more styles in this combination last. Thank you Zappos!

These shoes are awesome for my flat tired feet. Went for a walk twice now since I got them today and what a wonderful difference I do own another pair of New Balance shoes but these are better than the last pair as far as comfort Thank You again Zappos, you have a life long shopper.

I have spent about $2000 & tried 4 different brands of shoes in the past year before I finally found these NB. I have the opposite of pronation (my feet bend outward on my shoes). I love the stabilizer bar in these shoes. They are super comfortable. Hopefully they will hold up better than the others I bought! I usually wear a 10 wide but I had to send them back and get a 9 1/2 wide. They are perfect! Zappos is wonderful to deal with. I received my shoes the next day and was able to get the replacement pair without waiting for the return to go through. I had found the shoes cheaper on another website but they didn't offer free shipping both ways and charged tax. The customer service at Zappos is well worth a few extra dollars!

These shoes are way too wide. I wish they came in a narrow size. They seem like they are what I was looking for.

My orthopedic surgeon recommended the SL-2, the base that these shoes are built on. I always preferred Asics rather than New Balance shoes, but I decided to give these a try. I am relatively young, 34, but I have bunions, and I have found that these shoes have a wide toe box that is very comfortable for me. I run in these shoes all the time. They feel a little big, but I think that is just because the toe box is not crowding my feet like my old Asics did. I definitely plan to buy more of these in the future.

These are the best shoes ever. I never thought I would spend this much money on a pair of exercise shoes, but they are worth it. The fit is great, they are cushiony, and they work for everything -- treadmill, walking, and running. I put these shoes on, and they make me feel like my feet have wings. I really like these shoes. They are well ventilated.

I have chronic foot issues, morton's neuroma and hammer toes and tend to over supinate. I found these through a New Balance store in Tucson and love them, best fitness shoe I've ever worn. Ran really long, I usually wear 9 1/2 in fitness shoes, could fit into 8 1/2 no problem but wound up with a 9 to be safe. I work in fitness teaching classes and personal training and highly recommend this shoe, it is worth every penny.

I was strictly a Saucony person until they changed the type of sneaker i wore. I ordered the New Balance. Although I think they are a little pricey, but I have to say so far they are wonderful even though it's only a week. So far they are great.

Fit is great. Great stability shoe without looking like it belongs to Frankenstein. Love it!

This is the 4th pair of the same shoe that I have purchased from Zappos. I have bunions & a very flat foot, and these are the only shoes I can wear on my daily walks. I wish NB would come up with a new color scheme, getting tired of this one!

Love these shoes for either running or walking. New Balance are notorious for their wide toe box. I wear size 8 and ordered size 8 1/2 for foot swelling and expansion during exercise. I also have high arches and plantar fasciitis and the heel cushioning and arch support is perfect. Will always be a die-hard New Balance fan.

Extremely comfortable and supportive sneaker. I have been wearing these sneakers for a month, doing everything from aerobics and spinning to walking and shopping.

I love these shoes. I walk four miles a day in them, from the day they arrived. No break in time was needed. I have very wide feet and these are truly wide. They are very comfortable.

These are the best New Balance sneakers I have ever bought. I'm just getting out of an orthopedic boot from a stress fracture in my right foot and have had plantar fascia in both feet, as well as having Morton's neuroma in both feet. All the years of running and sports injuries that I have had have made buying comfortable shoes a real challenge. I am a double wide size, 10.5, which is next to impossible to find, so I was elated when I saw these. These have so much support and shock absorption; great for super wide feet like mine and don't let my ankles twist at all. No breaking-in required. Immediately comfortable and perfect for me right out of the box; a first for any shoe I've ever bought. I only wish they came in black. I'd buy another pair immediately. I highly recommend if you really have foot problems.