Customer Reviews ASICS GEL-Kayano® 27 Tokyo

Love the style and fit. Supportive. I had several different shoes delivered and these definitely felt & looked the best. I had two different colors of the same series. Made out of different fabric. The pink/black more of a original, heavier material and blue pair more silky. shoelaces on the pink/black pair are freakishly short. I decided to keep them and try to find pink/black combo shoestrings online.

Very comfortable, but the blue color wasn't what I expected at all. "Mako Blue/Hot Pink" color looked like it had some sparkle or spots in the blue upper online, but in person, they were very hard to see. It looks just like a blue shoe with some pink on the sides, which is pretty plain. Fine for just a workout shoe but I enjoy fun colors for my walking around sneakers.

Excellent shoe but the wide definitely runs narrow. I had bunion surgery a year ago, and have been looking for the best shoe to provide support and comfort as I get back into my workout routine. After reading tons of reviews and trying on a regular width pair at a sports store near me, I decided to order the wide here online. Since the regular width didn't feel terribly tight, I figured a wide would work well. Took my first walk in them yesterday, and I'm having a little bit of pain in the area where my bunion repair was done. Zappos offers 30-day returns on running shoes (thanks, Zappos!), so I will wait a couple more weeks to see if they give a little in the toe box before deciding whether to keep them. On the positive side, they offer very good stability for pronators, and good arch support with a nice bit of cushion in the footbed without feeling too "marshmallow-y." And although these are technically a wide, they hug my narrow heel very well with no slipping. Also, to me, the length of the shoe is true to size. Some have mentioned they don't care for the large tongue, but I don't find it to be a problem.

Great arch support and great rear foot stability. These 2 reasons are why I continue to wear ASICS. The materials used for the exterior fabric is somewhat flimsy but I will have to wait and see on that fabric durability.

I go back and forth with the Kayano. I also wear Brooks Adrenaline and mix it up a bit. The Asics cost more but last longer. The Brooks are less, wear out faster, but they have a much better selection of colors. I just had surgery and probably won't be able to run again for a few months, but I'm starting to buy the year's shoes now and the grey black in this 27 is one I really love and the 27 is a good Kayano fit for me this year!. I would like the toe covered with more sole material like it used to be for the rain and snow, so I still need to see how these do in those elements. Asics, at least in the past, have always done loads better than Brooks in wet conditions!. We'll see how the Kayano 27, which appears to have less protection rising up toward the toes, does.

well made shoe, but uncomfortable to my feet.

Shoe is well made, but not comfortable to my feet.

I got both these and the Hoka Bondi-7 at the same time to decide which to keep. If I had only gotten these ASICS, I would have been happy—I would have noted how they were a bit snug going on and how I could see my big toe moving through the fabric, but I would have considered those minor problems and could have grown to love these shoes. But then, I put on the Hokas, and it was like harps and angels. So, these perfectly fine shoes are being returned while I continue falling in love with my sole-mate (insert eye roll).

I wear a size 9 shoe and always order a size 10.5 in this shoe. I, like everyone else who has written a review, was waiting for the big comeback of this model. I agree, this is finally the GEL Kayano we all love. I have a strong supination of my left foot. Based on the recommendation of a physical therapist, I buy Protulas inserts for my shoes. Interestingly I buy a size 9 Protulas and they fit the 10.5 perfectly. I walk 5 miles at least 5 days a week and get new shoes and inserts every 500 miles or so.

I ordered Asics because I have consistently worn a size 8 in Asics running shoes. In winter, I wear two pairs of socks...one thin, one thick for warmth. I ordered size 8 and size 8-1/2 to be sure one would work for winter. I actually thought I would probably keep both pair and wear the 8 in warm weather, the 8-1/2 in cold weather. The size 8 was too short and the 8-1/2 was ridiculously long. I like the rather narrow width, but the 81/2 was *much* too long. No one can wear a shoe that is too short, and the size 8 was fine if I just stood still. Not a shoe to run in. I hated returning them. If you can get a pair to fit, I think you'll love them.

Great shoe with lots of stability. Had to return my normal 8.5 for a 9.5 because of how small they were. Definitely need to size up due to the heavy padding around the heel of the shoe.

The last three pairs of running shoes I've had have been the Asics Kayanos, always 8.5 normal width. As an overpronator with sensitive knees, these shoes have always done me right. This time an 8.5 normal width felt really uncomfortable, too narrow and too small, even though the Gel-Kayano 25 in the same size&width fit great just moments before. Despite feeling too small, my heel was also slipping out just walking around my house. The fit is just off. I decided to just go with a different shoe and return these.