Customer Reviews Altra Torin 7

After less than 40 miles, the fabric on the sides started to split. Now that I've got over 100 miles on them, the shoe is totally coming apart. Blisters arrive where the fabric split within minutes.

Overall style and look is better than the torin 6 but is to narrow and not as comfortable.

I love how comfortable these shoes are for walking and strength training, but the material on the sides began wearing out within 2 months. I've had them for 5 months now and big holes on both shoes.

I walk for exercise regularly and I'm on my feet all the time at work. These shoes are extremely comfortable, great cushioning. Much better than the last 2 versions of Torins. I do prefer the older Torin versions that had the original foot shape, but these are adequate. My complaint with these is that I have only been wearing them about 3 months and the material is wearing out on the side. I now have a hole on the side of the shoe at the place where the foot naturally bends when you walk.

I had the torin 5 and felt the width was fine. Purchased these and ran outside. Tight in the heel and so narrow. I can't return, since I wore outside. I think I'm needing to look into another company.

The color selection in wide sizes is too limited. Want an 8 wide in a dark or neutral color. Love my Torin 5 and have worn them out. Looking forward to the extra cushioning on the 7!

I over pronate in one ankle and had a reconstruction on a different ankle. I had the altra paradigm and liked the fit and it offered a lot of cushion but hated how it was overly lifted in the stack. Felt like I was walking on a ramp at times. I tried Torin 7 and liked the balance but lost a bit of cushion. The tongue is short and sharp. Feels a tad bit too snug at 10 for my usual size 10 foot. It's still a good shoe at 3 months of wear.

I love(d) this shoe. So comfortable for my OR nursing. I bought in August and already by November the sides of shoe up by toes where it bends naturally when you walk are worn and have holes. That is my only complaint. I would order again if this didn't happen because they are like walking on clouds.

Yay for the redesigned tongue (finally!) but the heel collar had zero flexibility. Both of my ankles had cuts on the outside after running. I like the shoe overall and will try to modify the heel collar to avoid ankle injury. I prefer the original design of the early models with the foot shape and purchased a wide to get that feel. While the tongue upgrade is a definite plus, the rigid heel collar will stop any future purchases of the Torin for me. I know Altra can do better than this!

I would think these are the slim foot shape but they're not. My feet hurt running in them and it's too late to return them, although they're still practically new. The upper on the toe box is super tight and doesn't loosen up like other styles. Not a fan of these shoes at all, and I'm very sad, as pro runners I follow really recommend this style.

I previously ran in the Escalante but wanted to try something that sounded a little more substantial and cushy. The Torin seemed like it would fit the bill! Overall, they have been okay so far - I've probably put 30-40 miles on them. But, the area around the ankle- yikes! Why is it so weirdly high? It hits at just the wrong spot to aggravate the ankle bones. I have to fold/double down my socks to get a bit more cushioning there and prevent the bruising.

Purchased a year ago to use for running (mixed road and trail, about 8 miles a week). I have high arches and wide feet so I like how the shoe suits my foot. Unfortunately, it only seemed to last about three months before the ankle wore down and I started to add gels and other accessories to prevent the rubbing on my ankle. I think the shoe is otherwise great, but I cannot justify buying a pair with the same price point as my usual shoe that last 12 months before I have to replace it.

First impressions: These are comfortable to walk in but feel a bit narrow especially on my big toe where oddly they come in a bit. My biggest gripe so far are the laces are too short to make a heel-lock, and it feels like without it my heels will blister against the unnecessarily high heel fabric in the back. Get rid of that, make the laces longer, go back to the original foot shape and it would be a better shoe.

Walked initially before running in them. I really liked them. However, I returned them cause during a 6k, my shoes slightly clicked together 5x. Too much curve on the toe area. Hi-risk for tripping.

I have been a devoted Altra customer for many years but I find that now I can only buy the original - not the regular and certainly not the slim as they both are narrow and take away some of the best aspect of the original last: the roomy box-toe. Why do you all keep trying a fix things that are not broken and in the process downgrade the quality of your product. You used to sell such consistantly good roomy but very well fitting running shoes and now it is very much hit or miss. Seems like you are trying to copy companies and other shoes instead of making yours continue to be top quality.

I love these shoes but the tightness of the knit top has caused blisters and numbness I haven't seen in years. Please bring back a mesh option.

I walk a lot in my job and yes these shoes are comfortable. However after only 2 months of wear they already have holes in them where the foot bends. I would think these shoes would be of better quality than that with the pricing.

Bought Torins twice size 9W, but not this year. Wides are offered in only 1 color, so it should be a neutral, not BRIGHT BLUE. Women wearing this wide a shoe do not want to call attention to feet!

Wel I am finally giving up on altra . Been a huge fan in the past until Altra continued making unwelcome changes. These have stiff upper almost cardboard feel with no flexibility. Have switched to Hoka Clifton and Arahi. Happy feet again. Goodbye Altra.

I had high hopes for Torin 7 because they finally fixed the tungue issue. These shoes had a softer and thicker sole, which I really liked and it weighs slightly less than Torin 6, which I also liked, but I agree with the previous reviewer that they changed the toe box in in an odd way that did not work for me. I like the way the slightly narrower toe box looks, but the shape did not work for me because I have a tailer's bunion on my left foot. Also, Torin 7 does not have elastic shoe laces, which made the shoes less comfortable to wear.

These shoes felt very expensive to me, and they really lasted almost no time at all. The whole bottom ripped off after only wearing them sparingly for about a year. I was sad to pay so much for something with such low quality :( and have loved altras in the past.