Customer Reviews Hoka Challenger 7

I bought these for a gift for my husband. Unfortunately, he has not worn them much. He does not like the curve of the sole, which makes him walk funny. Also, the shoe cut is high and irritates his ankle.

Unfortunately these shoes fit smaller than all my other HOKA's so I had to return them.

Very narrow upfront for a person with wide feet

too expensive

I'm a larger guy, i run maybe 3 times a week, about 2 miles, it's a mix of trail and pavement. A couple weeks ago I started hearing a weird noise and I looked at the bottom of my shoe and the tread was separating from the sole of the shoe, I'm currently waking for my refund credit for a new pair, in the meantime I'm back in my older pair of hokas that have held up great!!!

I started off when I bought these saying I'd buy another pair when the time came but after only 4 months I can't say that anymore. After about a month the heel started to ware through which has never happened to me with any shoe and after just 4 months of ware the outsole has started to delaminate and peel from the bottom of the shoe.

THE APPARENT NEW DESIGN IS NOT THE SAME AS PREVIOUS "CHALLENGER" MODEL SHOES. ITS TO WIDE EVEN WHEN ADDING EXPENSVE INSOLES

I bought these for work, where I typically walk between 10,000 to 15,000 steps a day with frequent stopping and going. Initially, they felt comfortable, but by the end of my first shift, I could feel blisters forming on both of my pinky toes. After my second day wearing them, walking became painful. I ordered a 7.5 US Wide the lenght was perfect, but unfortunately, they weren't wide enough for me. Sadly, I won't be wearing them again. However, if you have slimmer feet, they might be worth trying!

Amazing how, just when you think the shoes couldn't get uglier and more objectively out of style, they do.

They are hurting my feet so bad, at the end of the day when I take them off, it's such a relief. Also the top of my feet

I put over 460 miles on a pair of Hoka Mach 4s and over 700 miles on a pair of Hoka Arahi 5s before I got the Challenger 7s. I run primarily on a gravel type trail, so I thought the Challenger would be a better choice. The sole has been fine, but the inside heel area and either side of the toe box started tearing up probably halfway through the miles of my other two pair. The Arahis are in better shape and have way more miles. The Challengers also sit up higher, so it took some getting used to so I wouldn't roll my ankle. I think I may try another pair of Arahis.

This new shoes don't feel the same as my old challenger i bought before.the new ones don't feel comfortable and they too tight even though i always buy the same size shoe.i bought my first challengers maybe six or more years ago and they felt comfortable.i feel that the quality is fading away

The Challenger 7 came highly recommended for an Ultra trail run I have coming up. As of this writing I have put 20+ miles on these shoes and I will NOT be using them for the event I had hoped I would be using them for. They are stiff and uncomfortable and show no sign of easing up as I might have thought with putting a few miles on them. The energy return is absolutely nonexistent. I had moved to another brand a few years back after a similar experience with a Hoka product that went into the closet after a few runs and never came back out. On a positive note, they do feel durable and look great but that is not enough to bring me back to Hoka. I may very well be done with this product line for good.

I've had the shoes for only a few weeks and the bottom of the shoes are already wearing down and breaking apart.

I use these on a daily as a ups driver yes these are comfortable shoes undoubtedly but the material on top has begun to tear on the side ( big toe & little toe) of the shoe...too pricey for such fragile material!!!

I loved the ATR 6. Sturdy, hard wearing, and with heel loops. I purchased the ATR 7 on the assumption there would be improvements and instead I've been totally underwhelmed. The ATR 7s are Light to the point of feeling cheap, they lack the structure of the ATR 6s and the interior of the heel wore through after a few months of wearing. I thought I'd found a style of Hokas I could keep buying for years, but I guess the endless need for pointless iterations in the name of a profit margin won out.

I wear these at work, in a warehouse situation. These shoes alter my hair /pronation. I absolutely hate these shoes.

Just walking in a playground, a wood chip went through the sole of my brand new shoe. It wasn't a thin sharp wood splinter, just a normal blunt wood chip.

For the amount of money I was expecting super comfort . These are no better than Brooks