Customer Reviews Brooks Levitate 2

I've worn Brooks on and off for many years and always an 8.5, these were 1/2 size or more longer than my current Brooks 8.5 shoes. Cushy feel but not much arch support. Pretty shoe. Darn.

Bought this shoe based on how it looks, but would not purchase again. After 7 months of moderate wear, the soles developed scary looking cracks practically overnight. Also didn’t appreciate having to add insoles as I wore through the included insoles in about 12 weeks. Loved the black soft sweater-like material with the silver soles though. It looked less like an athletic shoe and complemented my athleasure wardrobe perfectly. Thanks to Zappos for their offer to do a partial refund, which I thought was more than fair.

This shoe lacks the stuffing around the ankle cuff that most running shoes have had for decades. I have narrow ankles and the heels slip out of the shoes without the full cuff.

Heel slips inside shoe due to way shoe is formed at the opening.

I had no idea the sole was metallic silver or I would have skipped the purchase. I did try them on and they are comfy but the metallic silver is not attractive to me. Loved the pink color though.

My ankles did not feel stable in this shoe. I tried to tighten the tops, but it didn't work. The area above the laces provided no stability.

I love the way the shoes look and I really wanted them to fit, they just didn’t. There is so much padding on the heel. Not sure why that is necessary? I believe that is why the fit was so uncomfortable. It was constantly flopping on the heel and my socks were moving around and ending up on the soles of my feet. Hard to exercise when socks are moving around! There is also an uncomfortable fit on the top of my feet around the tongue of the shoe. I wore them for awhile trying to break them in (30 day guarantee) hoping they would get better because the shoes are awesome looking. I love my other Brooks and plan to order a different pair to replace these.

I wish I would have taken a picture of how both soles on the shoes split in half.

Not Great! Nothing like the Levitate. Why do they change a shoe that was great before? Not even close to the original Levitate in comfort and cushioning. They removed all the padding in the back and some of the shoe deck. Ugh! Wont buy another.

The inner side of the tongue of the shoe is stationary. Because of this, it doesn’t give the needed padding for your big toe bone and hurts that bone all the way up the top part of the foot from the toe to ankle. Do not recommend and I’m a HUGE Brooks fan, that’s all I wear!! Brooks shoes 99% of my life every single day. Nice style but not comfortable!

Has nothing to do with the style as I have a few pairs and needed a replacement. These were worn! no tag , the laces were double knotted. No packing - bad judgement Zappos.. This is a first for me!

Apparently my shoes were delivered somewhere in FAIRBANKS, Alaska. I am in Washington state ??. Now what?!!!! Please advise.

This is my favorite running shoe. The support is perfect for my high arch and the cushion can’t be beat.

Fit as expected. Extremely cushy but not quite as much arch as I had hoped.

Great shoe just not enough support for me

Perfect, I'm a diabetic and I can walk, work all day long in these shoes. Planning on buying more pairs. Support was excellent, all around the shoe, the heel, arch and toes. LOVE LOVE LOVE these shoes.

I always go up half size in Brooks and these were the same. These have been my favorite running shoes since Brooks started the Levitate line. I love the 2’s. They don’t run around the ankle at all. They are light and breathable. This is my second pair because the 3’s were terrible. I hope Brooks goes back to this design in their 4th version.