Customer Reviews New Balance Fresh Foam Cruz v1

The New Balance brand is known for producing practical shoes for everyday wear. When looking for a new lifestyle shoe, I was drawn to the New Balance Fresh Foam because of their lightweight comfort and fashionable look. These shoes are best suited for you if you work indoors and are on your feet all day. Style: If you are looking for sneakers with style and comfort, these are a great option. People often stop me to ask where to purchase these shoes. The variety of textures and colors allow us to personalize the shoe. My shoes, in the color “Conch Shell”, elevate my style and support while walking to class or running around the hospital for volunteering. The shoes run slightly small, I am normally a US 6.5, but the US 7 fit well. Order about one size above your normal shoe size to ensure the most comfort from the shoe. They’re versatility makes the Fresh Foam shoes pleasant for walking or working. Comfort & Support: Anyone looking to purchase sneakers is most likely prioritizing comfort and support, and the Fresh Foam sneakers deliver. These shoes provide nice lightweight support. The foam soles and foam molds supporting the ankles create a cloud-like base for your feet. My feet felt great after volunteering on my feet at the hospital for eight hours. Anyone performing moderate activities will appreciate the relief of these shoes. New Balance Fresh Foam shoes also have increased padding in the heel of the sneaker to smooth your stride for increased comfort. The knit covering creates style and breathability, making the shoes lightweight without compromising support. The knit top offers breathability, but not durability. The knit is created for dry indoor areas and minimal impact instead of long runs or jumps. To maintain the integrity of these lightweight gym shoes, I suggest limiting wear to indoors and to moderate exercise I would recommend these shoes if you are looking for a supportive shoe to wear daily. Keep in mind that these shoes are made for minimal impact and dry environments rather than intense workouts or runs. New Balance Fresh Foam shoes are stylish and comfortable, which create an outstanding lifestyle shoe.

I am a solid 8.5, and my toe was right up to the front edge in these shoes! I like the way they look but was bummed when I realized these were straight up running shoes (as I intended for them to just be for running errands and such). They felt comfortable and solid on my foot for the walk around my kitchen, but alas too small for long term comfort. I'd order up in a 9, but have had bad experience wearing running shoes for every day wear.

I liked that this was a lightweight shoe with some stretch and give mid-foot that I need,but rubbed at top and sides of opening that made it uncomfortable to wear without socks and wasn't wide enough with socks as I needed to insert my orthotic for adequate arch suppprt. This was close, but didn't fit for me.

Love the look of these shoes and they are super comfortable however they run small. I got a 9 (my normal size) was definitely too small, returned for a 9.5 and my toe is still right at the edge. Hoping they stretch out with more wearing! I got these in black and grey, kept the black, but returned the grey because even the 9.5 was way too small. May try to reorder in a 10!

I love the way these sneakers look, I don’t love the way they feel. I have plantar fasciitis, so I need a lot of arch support. When I first tried these on (they’re super easy to put on and tie up, by the way) I thought they were super comfortable. But after two days wearing them my feet started to hurt. Fortunately the insoles come out easily, so I put my superfeet insoles in to make them wearable. Super cute, stylish shoes! Just beware if you need extra support.

To look at this show it funky and honestly quite pretty but that’s where the good news ends. There is an Internal pad mid heal that seems unusually placed. Makes me feel I constantly need to pull a sock up. The shoe is so narrow I lost feeling in a few of my toes and had to stop working out as I was in fear I would do damage. Nice shoe for fashion not for working out, such a shame!

Great aesthetic looking shoe, but fits very narrow and would recommend ordering up a size.

I LOVE the look, but they have a weird foam cushion thing in them that really hugs the back of your foot. I traditionally wear only converse, and was looking for something a bit different. But after wearing them for a few minutes, my feet hurt too much to keep them. I even ordered a half size up as recommended by others. I'm disappointed, because the look is SO great! Returning...

They fit weird. The shoe felt very shallow, and the tongue feels out of place...like I didn't know what to do with it. They were super cute, but had to return because the fit just didn't work for me.

This exact brand in this size and similar style fit differently. These were not wide enough at the toe, and so the fabric pulled tight across the top of my foot as well, even though I have ordered a half size bigger—twice.

I loved the look of these but just couldn’t convince myself they were worth keeping. They are extremely small. I wanted something supportive to wear on days I walk a lot so wouldn’t have to use my good running shoes. I normally go half a size up anyway because I like wiggle room but I went up an additional half size to allow room for swelling for when I run/walk a lot. At a full size larger than normal they were still too small! If you get these I recommend you go up a full size. If you plan to run in these I would go up at least a size and a half. These could be fine for casual wear but I do not think they are nearly supportive enough for running or extensive walking. They are advertised as running shoes but they are really only made to be worn casually.

Great color on the linseed variety. Cute style, too. The problem is the fit. Too tight and short. Sadly, I'm returning them. The size 12W isn't available in Linseed, otherwise I'd try it.

Very hard to get on as they do not open up wide.

I wanted to love these. I ordered an 8.5 but normally wear an 8. Style wise, they are great. But the fit was not. 8.5 was too small. Plus, I tend to pronate a little bit (can get away with most shoes), but these really had zero support on the inside of the toe box.

I really like these shoes. I normally wear an 8 (w) in New Balance but not in this style. I tried the 8.5 (w) and while the length was perfect they were still too snug. I wear orthotics which made the fit even tighter.

These sneakers were extremely difficult to put on due to the instep being very high and not having open lacing. Took me about 5 minutes! I am returning them.

This shoe ran small for me by at least a half size. I ordered 1/2 up from my FlyKnits. I really thought I was going to like the floral pattern because i basically wear black and white and frequently pink, but as funky as I am, I didn't like the mis-match between but the L & R shoe. Sorry to say they are going back.