Customer Reviews Altra Duo

The shoes look nice, but they fell apart within 8 weeks. They were my son's school shoes - did not play outside in them. He just wore them to school and within 6 weeks, there were holes in the sides of the shoes, and 2 weeks after that they completely fell apart. These shoes were expensive and were a total waste of money.

I wanted to enjoy these shoes. The toe box is great and I really like the extra cushion without the extra weight. The arches don't seem to line up with my feet and cause friction when walking or running. As the many other reviews stated these shoes ran short, I tried my usual size and a half size smaller. The smaller size was too small (toes touched the end of the shoes) and the normal size isn't comfortable. Such a bummer as the creative design of having a super light shoe with the extra cushion is really nice. Just wish it felt good while wearing.

For sizing they run wide in the toebox, which is pretty much required by the zero-drop style to allow your forefoot to spread while you run. The rest of the shoe runs ever so slightly on the wider side, but not outside the range of normal shoe widths (about like a New Balance width). Other reviewers have said they run small, but they definitely don't. The wide toebox may make it seem like it, but for length they're exactly as expected by size, and the interior padding makes it clear that your foot probably isn't seated correctly if you believe they aren't true to size. I ended up returning these partially because I tried to take others' advice and ordered up half a size, but largely the deciding factor was the very low quality material the tops were made of. It's plasticy where it's not mesh, and when you flex forward onto the balls of your feet like you would during a run, the material folds and jams into the top of your foot. While the material on top will definitely breath thru the extensive plasticy mesh well, the non-mesh parts are likely to break down quickly from flexing.

I had high hopes for these Altra shoes but was left disappointed. I hope that someone at Altra is reading the reviews and realizes they have quality issues. (When I first tried Altra shoes in 2016, and my first pair was the Provision 2.5. They were well made and held up, in fact, I still have them even though they are about to be tossed out.) These shoes however, sadly, are poorly made. I can't believe how much the quality of Altra shoes have gone down. I don't know what has happened. Perhaps they have another shoe company in China making their shoes but the quality has definitely gone down, which is sad. I recently ordered the Torin 4 Plush and they too had to be sent back because the quality just wasn't there for the cost. The pro's about these shoes is they look nice, even the images here on Zappos shows a very nice looking shoe. I like the wide toe box on Altra shoes and on these the thicker sole but that is where it ends for these. Truly, they just seem cheaply made with inferior materials. They reminded me of those $20 shoes that you can get at one of those big chain stores, you know, that W store that was started by Sam. These shoes have very thin uppers with no padding at all and the tongue is the thinnest I have ever seen on a pair of Altra shoes. The material on the upper part is a rough material. I personally like to try on shoes barefooted, (don't worry, I wash my feet) to get a feel of the shoe since I do wear shoes sometimes barefooted. The upper material on the inside of these shoes was rough against the bare skin of the foot. So, definitely these shoes could not be worn without socks. As I wore them, the insole felt uncomfortable to the bottom of my feet. I removed the inserts, and low and behold, the insole with the inserts removed showed a bumpy and wavy insole. I couldn't believe that Altra was putting out these kind of shoes with such poor quality. View the pictures, it was more noticeable on the left shoe. These too went back. VERY DISAPPOINTED! As always, Zappos does an excellent job of making ordering and returns easy. I also like the quick service of getting the shoes after ordering. I hope you folks at Zappos never forget your customer service! Thanks!