Customer Reviews New Balance Minimus 10v1

I've been buying New Balance shoes for thirty years, and this is the first pair in my size not too fit me. They're cut too short.

Typically wear a 11.5 to 12. Users report this sneaker runs small so ordered 12.5 and in wide 2E (for front food spread). Sneaker fits like a 10.5. I am entirely baffled how the sizing could be this far off. Please honor sizing charts. (for Autumn 2019 model)

I loved everything about these shoes...until the tread failed. It's getting harder and harder to find a good, lightweight trail shoe and these fit the bill perfectly for me, initially. They are the ideal balance of minimalism and comfort, with a lightweight meshy upper and a sole that provides the tactile trail sense that I love. However, after only a handful of runs, the grid-patterned tread material began delaminating from the bottom of the shoe. I first noticed this when a small rock got stuck under the tread where the tread had begun to detach. On the next run, more tread dettached and I had a flapping piece of rubber on the bottom of my shoe, rather than tread. Too bad, I really wanted to like these.

I want to replace my current beautiful coral colored ones - where are the colors?! This is all so blah :( I know some people like boring, but couldn't you have made at least *one* fun color?

I bought size 14 Wide hoping they'd fit! but they were too small. I read tons of reviews so I knew what I was getting myself into. Please make some larger sizes (15-16). I'm really into barefoot/minimalist shoes and really like the design of the New Balance Minimus Trail shoes. I would love to try them out!

I love the look and feel of this shoe but I am disappointed that after less than a year of primarily wearing to and from the gym including during my workout that the fabric tore away from the sole from about my pinkie toe over to my 3rd toe. If these are marketed as a "trail" shoe I'd expect more durability.

I have a pair of Minimus that I bought many years many 9 years, and they are my go to pair when doing rapid walking on my treadmill. They are 9 US EEEE. I ordered 9 US EE and they are small and narrow !!! why did you change your sizing Newbalance?? My daughter goes to the gym regularly asnd she wears size 40 Women and they fit here fine.

Everything about the shoe is fine except the left shoe cuts the right side of my ankle. Not sure of the fix.

I appreciate how the shoe provided the kinda-sorta-barefoot minimalist feel, allowing the foot to move somewhat naturally while it simultaneously provided a slight degree of cushion and stability/support that (I think) minimized foot fatigue and made running a longer distance a little easier on the feet. HOWEVER, these shoes run narrow even if you get the wide. The toe box is too tight, and even getting your feet there when you put the shoes on is a bit of a challenge; the shoe is tight. Also, the extra material that goes over the upper just beyond the laces (and the difference between the laces and the rest of the toe box on the inside) creates a mildly uncomfortable feel on the area just under the big toe ; it causes some painful rubbing. I ended up with a blister. Likewise, in the back of the shoe around the heel I ended up with a blister too, but that rarely happens when I use other barefoot/minimalist shoes. The flexible but supported ride I first mentioned evidently comes at a cost. Perhaps maintaining the effective trail-ready outsole and the overall feel (in terms of foot flexing) while removing unnecessary, hot spot materials and going slightly more minimalist in the features overall would be a good move for any future upgrades to this shoe.

Miniman doesnt seem to be as comfortabe as once in the past. And it could be me

Disappointed. Although the shoe is extremely flexible and light, and the sole has a great grip, the seam of the mesh began to unravel at the toe after less than two weeks of use. This was not a result of any abrasion -- the thread of the seam is not ripped, broken or damaged at all -- the seam simply began to unravel. I had to stitch it up with a nylon thread to prevent the seam from completely falling apart. It's too bad, since otherwise the shoe was exactly what I was looking for.