Customer Reviews Hoka Carbon X 2

Color is perfect get a lot of compliments but 1st pair I ordered my toes and side of my leg severe pain so return purchased .5 size up and the right shoe keeps slipping off my heel but no pain to toes and leg

Great looking shoe. Light, has good bounce when running. Only issue (which is not a shoe problem, but important to be aware of) is that this show runs a bit small. I wear verified 10.5 size in other brands (OnCloud, Patagonia, Cole Haan) I order a size 11 shoe and yet it was still a bit small pressing on first two toes. Should have gotten a size 11.5. It's a hassle to pack up and return so just kept it for non running activity like walks or grocery runs.

I lvoe everythign about this shoe but the tongue. The lack of padding causes the laces to dig into your foot causing pain. It is ok through 25k but after that the pain is really bad. A touch of padding would go a long way to make this shoe amazing!

helps my feet immensly

Really nice light weight running shoes. Could use more padding.

These are the first carbon plate shoes I've ever used and they're incredible. I've put about 120 miles on them so far. Light, comfortable and just flat-out fun to run in. My only complaint is the EVA foam on the sole. They've already worn down in the upper sole and heel. I don't think I'll get 200+ miles out of these but I still like them even though they're a tad pricey. Maybe wait for a sale. I hope future models consider rubber on the soles, just my personal preference.

This is my 4th pair of Hoka's and my first pair of carbon plated running shoes. I am enjoying the shoes, the feel is much more firm than my Clifton 8's which are my daily trainers. The size feels a little small but that hasn't really been an issue. My next pair will be a 9 1/2 rather than the 9's I purchased this time.

Awesome shoe, but seems to run big.

This is my first pair of Hoka's. Very comfortable and so light! It does seems to put your foot a little in a "canoe" position where the foot slightly arches in the front and back. So far, so good!

These are my first carbon-plated shoes, so my experience might be lacking amongst others. I really enjoyed these shoes when I was pushing the pace more, which for me is around 8:30-9:15. At slower paces warming up before speed sessions they're a bit of a calf-killer, but that feeling goes away after a mile-and-a-half or so. The midsole is firm but soft and stable at the same time, if that makes sense. My knees and feet definitely felt really good when I ran my long runs in these. The transitions from landing to toe-off are smooth as all get out, and I can say my best runs in them so far have all been long runs with some race pace (8:30 - 9:15) miles at the end. I haven't put a ton of training miles on them yet but I recently crossed the 50 mile mark and the rubberized EVA outsole doesn't look bad at all. And the Blue Flower/Luminary Green colorway looks pretty good on my feet. I'm looking forward to my first half marathon in my Carbon X2s.

They fealt amazing to run in and fealt very fast

ehhh

like the shoe, and i can tell how it is making me faster, but a feel somethiing rare like a bar or the carbon plate on my midfoot. the shoe says "carbon x" no cerbon x2, i would recommend to change that

I have no comment. The shoe is average at best

Put on my new Carbon X2 hokas for a light run as the sun was setting and once I hit my goal of 6 miles I felt amazing and kept going using the full moon as my energy. By the end of my run I was just past 14 miles total. These shoes are light and responsive like a track shoe and have lots of cushion and stability like a trainer. I'm going to throw some speed laces on them however other than that they seem to be perfect after 2 weeks of long running.