Customer Reviews New Balance 840v3

This shoe (840v3) was a major disappointment. It is nothing like the 840v2 which is a walking shoe while the "improved"--really worsened--840v3 is labeled as a "running shoe." There is a ridge across the interior toe box that hurt my toes even walking slowly. I can not imagine what that would feel like for a runner!

This is an uncomfortable shoe for my wide narrow-heeled foot. It fits very shallow, and doesn’t come up high enough on my foot, plus it’s narrow even in Wide. The tongue is also very short. I wore it for a few hours and it hurt my Achilles and the ball of my foot. Going back to Zappo’s.

I bought 3 different sizes of this shoe, my typical running shoe size, one size smaller and one size smaller normal width. All had the same problem with the heel cup being too large.

Normally don't have any problems with fit and comfort in New Balance athletic shoes. My problem with these are the fact that I've had them only 2-3 months and there is already a hole in the area that runs around the foot right behind the lace hole. I had to bend the plastic area that surrounds the top lace hole and now it has a hole in the fabric!

This shoe was wide enough for my bunions and wide feet in a wide width. I usually need extra wide. However I under pronate (supinate) and although this was for a neutral runner, I could feel that very shortly I would be turning these shoes to the outside making them unstable for me.

It's hard to imagine a more unattractive design! What has happened to New Balance?

The 840v2 was a perfect shoe for my hallux limitus and neuroma. But the 840v3 is not. The shoe appears to be much more cheaply made. The sole is too flexible and the entire forefront is a light mesh which will most likely have a hole from the big toe in no time. I do not recommend this shoe.

After examine these closer my orthtotics do not sit flat, they rock back and forth in the shoe. The 9 is too long and the 8.5 too short Saucony echelon can fit orthotics properly so why can't new balance?

This is a whole lot of shoe. It comes up high on the sides and the top. In the shoe's defense, I have narrow feet (9.5 or 10N), and thought I could get by with the regular width. In some shoes I can, especially if the laces are super adjustable. But not this one. Not only that, but the shoe felt larger than the 10 I ordered. I usually run between sizes 9.5 and 10, and in this shoe I got the 10. Maybe the 9.5 would have been better. However, the toe box was huge! Not just side to side, but the space where the top of the shoe should come close to resting on the top part of your foot was simply gigantic. If you have larger toes, this may be a blessing. But the final downside to this shoe was the color. I ordered the Droplet/Basin and it looks almost white. Maybe some buyers can tell this from the picture, but I didn't realize just how light it was. I did go one star up for comfort, because you just can't beat New Balance's support. All this said, I remain loyal to Zappos for almost all of my shoe needs -- what a treat to try on shoes at home and be able to easily return them when things like this happen.

I have been a loyal NB wearer for over a decade, but have been struggling in recent years to find NB shoes that work for me since my preferred model line was essentially phased out. These did not work - the material around the base of the laces (not the mesh, but the leather-like material) did not flex thus and dug sharply into the top of my foot. Other than that fatal flaw, they were cushy. The thunder/galaxy color is nice for those of us who don't want neon shoes. These shoes looked to be the closest to what I USED to wear from NB. Also, I usually size up to 10B in NB and these fit better in 9.5B... the 10B were too large. Anyway, after much trial and error with several NB models lately, for the first time in 10+ years, I'm finally going to order a different brand of running shoes and give something else a shot.