Customer Reviews New Balance Fresh Foam Vongo v5 - Deleted

These shoes are way to flexible in the front and gave me Turf Toe! Improvements or next generation are not necessarily better.

I am hard on my shoes and for the price this isn't worth how quickly they've burned out. I used primarily for walking exercise and work. I returned this last pair but previously bought two pairs of the Vongo.

I have narrow feet, but still this shoes is too tight on the ankles. Had to do a return.

I thought I ordered a Tan shoe in the same style as the other shoes I purchased - the Free form 860. I was very disappointed when this shoe arrived. I would like to return this shoe - I have not even tried it on.

I've been in the Vongo since v1. It's never been marketed as the stability version of the 1080, seems like a gimmick to me and this version HURT MY FEET. It's strayed from the non conventional varus wedge design and added unnecessary medial posting to attract runners who don't know what varus wedge means. In my case as a moderate overpronator it's TOO MUCH correction forcing me toward a more lateral pushoff causing some acute proximal 4th metatarsal rotation/pain. NEW BALANCE MESSED UP AND NEEDS BETTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT on this one. Please bring back the v3(the sock liner on the v4 was also a little wack but tolerable). For what it's worth I run 40/week +, and have gone up to 100 miles in the v3. I know these shoes well. After 250-300 miles the foam looses its resilience, but orherwise v4 and below held up to anything I could throw at them and not hurt my feet. (Remorsefully steps off soapbox)

Please, please, please bring back the structure of the Fresh Foam Vongo v1. The 8mm drop in this new model kills my flat feet. It seems that every sequential release in this shoe series for "flat feet" deviates further from supporting flat feet to supporting low arches. We flat-footers are constantly on the hunt to find comfortable shoes that will get us through the day. The Fresh Foam Vongo v1, v2, and arguably v3 (which still had the 4mm drop) did just that. However, the last two additions to this series don't make the cut. Recently, I had to throw out my last pair of the Fresh Foam Vongo v2 and decided to try these out. They're not the same; in fact, the two pairs of shoes aren't even comparable. It's sad to experience my favorite shoe series fall down a spiraling staircase into an inauspicious abyss. Welp, the hunt to find adequate shoes that'll support my flat feet continues. Post Scriptum: To any New Balance representative that reads this review, Please bring this to the attention of your higher-ups. If you somehow manage to get the structural design of the early Fresh Foam Vongo models reinstated in future models, both I and the entirety of the flat-footed running community will rejoice and forever hold you in our prayers. Thank you for your time.