Customer Reviews ASICS GEL-Nimbus® 19

my review is not dissimilar to many about this shoe. i have loved this shoe since gel-nimbus 12. it has been tried and true for me. i wear orthotics and this shoe nestled the orthotic very well without my foot sitting too high in the shoe. it washes well and i was getting about 500 miles out of a pair which is very reasonable. the shoe provided good neutral cushioning and also a great padded heel collar, as i have a narrow heel. i ordered two pair of the nimbus-18's and now i wish i'd ordered 10 pairs! that model, to date has been my favorite. i ordered the nimbus 19 because my second pair of 18's finally broke down. i should have read the reviews because this style, the 19's were sooooo small; mostly short in length but slightly narrower and a shallower footbed which would not accommodate my orthotic, the same orthotic i've been wearing for years. i was/am so disappointed, i didn't have any interest in ordering the same shoe in a full size larger. asics, for me, you blew it. i have now switched brands and i will be hard pressed to trust the model again, let alone the asics brand. why mess with a good thing? i'm grateful for all the years i had with this series but asics left me no choice but to look at other brands.

I have been wearing Asics for over ten years, I don't know what they did to them, but they are awful.

I normally wear a size 7 across the board. These were cooshy but way way too small length wise. I even wore them for a month and they were still way too small.

These shoes were narrow and at least full size smaller.

Way too small I tried a full size larger and still my toes are crammed into the shoe. What happened Asics you used to be the best running shoe

Terrible for my feet, caused pain. What happened to the cushioning in this version? These should be called the ASICS Cardboard instead of Nimbus. I tried everything to make them work - new insoles, etc. These went to goodwill. Got myself a pair of Brooks Glycerin 15’s instead and love them!

Very disappointed and discouraged by the complete change in the fit of the women's Nimbus- which has been a dependable standby for my wife. The Nimbus 19 toe box even in a D is too narrow and ordering a half size up was not enough to compensate and still was shorter than the Nimbus 18. We had to go to a retail store to find a shoe that would fit. Ended up with a men's Nimbus 19 in medium to get the toe box room and enough length. The heel is wider in a men's shoe so we were shown how to tie the laces to help with narrowing the heel. Still, the women's shoe fits better - when the manufacturer does not completely reduces the size of the toe box and length of shoe.

So sad they changed my go-to sneaker (the Nimbus 18 - which apparently is no longer made). I ran in these one time (before I realized the narrowness wasn’t just new-sneaker snugness). I returned from my run with numb toes, and several significant blisters on my toes. The toe box has been narrowed so much in the Nimbus 19 that just wearing them around the house (not even tied) my toes get numb. Soooo disappointed. Wish I could return them.