Customer Reviews New Balance 806 Tennis Shoes

The shoes are well made and comfortable. My only complaint... and this surprised me because New Balance has had an excellent reputation: the ink information on the inside top of the tongue came off on my white socks! Why cut corners with cheap ink and cheapen your reputation New Balance?

I tried to make myself think the sneakers fit correctly, but after wearing them in my house for a half hour, they just were too tight and uncomfortable. I have bought the same NB sneakers from you before about 3 years ago, and they were fine. This time not so much. Maybe they were made in different country this time, I have found various countries make the same number size article, but at varying "actual" physical measurements.

I generally wear an 11 EE and New Balance is the brand I go to most often. In width I found these a little snug, but still wearable for me, definitely better than a standard width shoe. In length they seem to run about a half-size large, ... but I should note that the toe box on these seems to come to more of a point than other NB shoes, and the noticeable extra length is ahead of the big-toe and toe #1.

I have been buying 10 4E New Balance tennis shoes for many years. This pair of 10 4E's were much too narrow. Don't buy them if you have wide feet.

Just way too narrow in the toe area. Nice value for the shoe, just way too snug.

Narrower toe box than expected. Fit length wise, but too tight even in 4E had to go up to next half size longer, which isn't the best in a court shoe!

Unfortunately these shoes are no longer true to size and I've had to switch to ASICS. The shoes run about a size too small.

A successor to the wonderful model 804, unfortunately they seemed to have changed the sizing--my 10.5 for the 804 is now a half-size too small in the 806. Too bad, style and comfort are high--but fit has changed.

As always Zappos service is great. I've had several pairs of New Balance court shoes including an earlier version of this one. The shoe runs about 1/2 size small which is a problem after an hour on the court. I'm returning them.

I must have had 20 pairs of these tennis shoes, or their predecessors. After years of buying size 12's, I had to move to a 12 1/2.

This tennis shoe is well fitting, light wight with sufficient arch support. On the negative side, the outer soul is made of materials too soft and will ware thin with average tennis play in just 3 months.

I bought these for my husband and son. My son wears size 16 and there aren't too many choices in that size so I'm thankful NB has these. I only gave 3 stars because the sole of my husband's pair was completely worn down within 2 months. The soles on my son's shoes still looked good at that point (I had bought both around the same time), so I'd probably give 3.5 stars if I could. I believe that my husband got a defective pair, and Zappos did replace them when I complained. While husband plays tennis more frequently than my son, he wasn't playing often enough to warrant them wearing out that quickly. I'd say he was playing twice a week, occasionally 3 times in one week. He plays hard, but not that hard! I see that one other reviewer had a similar problem so there could be a quality control issue at NB for this particular shoe. I'd had NB tennis shoes for myself in the past and had not had such an extreme wear issue previously. I should also mention that my husband has plantar fasciitis and finds that his old running shoes wind up being more comfortable for tennis than these shoes -- to be fair, though, any tennis playing aggravates his feet. My son finds these shoes comfortable and has no complaints in that area.

Very tight on sides, short for the size, overall smaller than expected