Customer Reviews New Balance Fresh Foam 860v12

Ordered this a half size larger since I noticed New Balance running small. It's a great summer work shoe, just wish it were more stylish. But then, might be difficult to find stylish in X-wide! I can wear these all day, working outside, inside and at the end of day my feet are fine!

Cute shoes. I have a few others of this type, but for some reason, this one seems to hit the side of my big toe. But it's really fine. And I try to only wear each pair of shoes I have about 10 -15 hours per week.

I wanted to love these so very, very much. I opened the box to find a very beautiful green color. I out my feet in and thought I had a winner. A couple of laps around the living room sadly changed my mind. They're missing a tiny bit of support in the midfoot area, but that can be solved with inexpensive stick on pads. Sadly, my big toes were rubbing a bit on the the inside of the shoe. I feel like my foot just needs to rotate a bit in the shoe. I tried doing just that, but I always ended up in the same position. When I took the shoe off I noticed there is some almost embroidery type detail on the sides clear up into the toebox area. The stitching makes everything very stiff and it isn't as forgiving as other shoes with mesh on top. I'm very sad, but they'll have to go back

I absolutely detest how these shoes look, they are downright hideous. That said: they are the *only* pair of sneakers that my PT approved to provide adequate support to my apparently pretty badly over-pronating feet and allow an ankle injury to heal adequately. And the fact is that with these I can walk miles and not feel any pain in my ankle. So - if you over-pronate, try these, just prepare to look hideous below your ankles :-/ Of note - I tried at least 30 different pairs of shoes from different brands, even from a brand that supposedly specifically addresses over-pronation, and nothing else worked. The next thing that came close (my PT said they provide about 70% of the support I need) were the Adidas Adistar (NOT CS version) in mens (probably womens is also good, possibly better, hah - but I didn't like those colors), and my PT said I could use those for light excursions (out to lunch, she said, hahah)

This shoe didn't work for me, so I had to return it. The top of my foot was uncomfortable and after two hours wearing them around the house, my feet were really hurting.