Customer Reviews Altra Torin 5 Luxe

Labeled as plush it was anything but. The ankle is super stiff as is the tongue which comes to a point right into your front ankle. I guess they are trying to give a bit of ankle support with this model but it just didn't feel right. I walked around the block with these as a test run for 30 minutes and my ankle started to chafe all around. I deliberately had to pull up my socks higher so the chafing would stop. At $160 I shouldn't have to feel that out of the box hence the 2 star. The shoe is closer to a traditional D width too. I typically get a 4E in other brands but I distinctly noticed my foot causing the sides to flare out when I stepped. Thankfully the sides are supple enough so it didn't cause me discomfort. If you couple this with the ankle situation these were instant returns. Thank you Zappos for making that easy.

Fit and size initially was very nice, freedom for the toes to splay and a well cushioned mid and heel makes for a cloud like sensation when walking. Zero drop, beware of going into zero drop straight from 6mm plus drop, muscle tearing and bleeding internally around the knee can occur. (If you think about it you've been walking around on 8mm plus drop for your entire life, then you take that away, your calves aren't used to it and microtears can occur. I have experienced this twice with going to zero drop straight from Brooks Adrenaline or Asics GT 2000's. The problem with this Torin, however, came with factory defects. I ordered 4 pairs and returned every single pair because there was a large dent in the inserts either on the right side or both sides. I don't know about you but I often run sans socks, so this obvious imperfection bothered my feet enough to return them. Also, you can feel the edges of the inserts under your feet every time you step down and your foot expands, you can feel where the inserts meet the shoe and it is bothersome. For 170.00 I feel Altra could make a better product, with less design flaws and less factory defects. I alerted Altra to the problem that their press was cranking out shoes with defects and they offered to warranty the product, when three pairs were purchased through zappos and one through amazon. All four pairs came with the defect, so I gave up on this shoe. The Lone Peaks are amazing and I wear those on a regular basis. The Torin, however, should be better for the price.

I think 12.5 was my correct size but whats up with the long, poorly padded sharp tongue? Rubbed open wounds after only a few miles and I had to turn around and go home. I was waiting a few weeks for the scabs to come off and try again with higher socks but I decided to return. I will try a size 12 and hope that maybe the tongue is a little softer and shorter-- maybe I just got a defective pair. Other than the sharp tongue I liked the feel.

The shoe fit fine and was the exact style I wanted in a general-purpose sneaker. Within four months, after wearing the shoe for 1-2 hours per day, the bottom began to come apart. I was leaving bits of sole everywhere I went. It wasn't very comfortable when it happened at places like my office. Then, a few months later, the side of one of the shoes ripped apart. Not worth the money.