Customer Reviews Hoka Challenger 7

These hiking shoes hurt after light walking, despite my having new inserts. This was a big purchase. I'm disappointed.

These hiking shoes give me foot pain after a short period of light walking, despite having new shoe inserts. I see no difference versus my old non-Hoka hiking shoes. I'm disappointed. This was a big purchase for me.

The tread started to fall off the first week. The company would not send me a new pair until I returned. The old ones and the entire process was going to take at least 14 days completely unacceptable. Customer service given they sent me a defective product not to mention that when I wear than Eischen's really hurt and they are not useful to me at all.

I bought these hoping that the promised pain relief would justify the high price. It did not. They are less effective than orthotic inserts, which are much cheaper.

The sole of the shoe came apart 3 weeks into having the shoe. Just walked around the office, I didn't get a chance to use on the road.

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Bought 4 Pairs in 6 Months, 2 Pair are losing the tread. Shoe Gooing them back together. Very disappointed.

The rubber pieces of the sole started to come apart after buying on 6/25. Spent money sending back for warranty and they were returned saying it was over a year old-nope and it's normal wear and tear. If the rubber pieces start to fall off after a few months, these are not worth the money one bit. Trying Brooks instead.

Less than 8 months old and the rubber on the sole started separating from the sole. :/ Not ideal for a pricey pair of shoes. Sent in for warranty. Will see what the outcome is. My 1st pair of Hokas. Not impressed.

One shoe sole came apart in under 150 miles. Warranty denied it as "wear and tear" with no explanation. Very poor quality for the price, and no support from Hoka.

The shoes are really comfortable but the down fall is the tread in the bottom of the shoes started falling off in chunks. I have only used theses aound 10 times trail jogging

Purchased these in October 24 and completely falling apart by June 25. Bottom completely peeled off. Sent them back for warranty and was denied. Junk

Bought these for my husband who loves Hokas. The heels wore through in 2.5 months. I contacted the company for a new pair, provided pictures and they said we had to send the pair back first and they will review it and maybe give a site credit. Now he doesn't have a pair to wear in the meantime. Horrible policy. I'm concerned with their production quality as this happened to his other pair but they were a year old and not covered by a warranty. Also we invest in their stock. They said there was no corporate contact. Time to sell as after expressing this no response other than sorry that is our policy

I've been a loyal HOKA fan for years. Unfortunately, my Challenger ATR 7s from March 2025 started falling apart quickly the sole began peeling, and I had to trim the upper to stop tripping on carpet. I reached out hoping for help, but nothing was offered. I'm disappointed this time, especially given how new they were.

I purchased this pair of shoes for a month long walking trip to Europe. I knew I was going to do a lot of walking so I tried 3 different sizes and finally decided for the 11W. After two intense days of walking, I am disappointed with this purchase. I don't have blisters nor it hurt my feet but I don't think these are the comfortable shoes they advertised. I have bought cheaper shoes that are significantly more comfortable than this. Not exactly what I thought

Worst shoes I have ever worn. Took a trip to Italy so I thought I would purchase some comfortable travel/walking shoes. My feet have never been so sore. Thought maybe I just needed to break them in but they never got better.

Tread fell apart after less than 50 miles. Not hard running, established trail walking and occasional jogging. Reached out to support, they said that it is normal wear, so, be warned these shoes may be expected to fall apart that quickly. Incredible disappointed.

Poor quality and customer support. Do not buy! This is supposed to be a trail running shoe?! Purchased these for my husband and he wore them to run errands and around the office. Within less than a year the tread just fell off. Tried to file a warranty claim and was told it was normal wear and tear. I owned multiple trail running shoes that I actually used for trail running and have never seen this happen.

I have other Hokas in size 8. These were too tight

Expected much more from this brand,very disappointed.

I love these shoes but was delivered the entirely wrong shoe. Rather than shipping a new shoe, Hoka makes you process their mistake as a return, wait for that to be processed, and then you can order the correct shoe. The whole thing takes over 2 weeks and is rough when you have a race in 10 days. I wouldn't recommend cutting it close in any way with this system.

I have another pair of Hokas. They fit perfect. I have rather wide feet. This pair even thou it says 8.5 2E, just like my other pair, is NOT wide. This is frustrating. How can two pair of shoes from the same manufacturer with the same size, NOT be the same size.

After years I bought Hoka again and had the same problem of pain in the arch of my feet.. I went back to Asics and the problem was solved.