Customer Reviews Altra Olympus 6

I wish I'd read reviews here before buying because the heel cup is terrible. Halfway through a 16 mile run it created (and then destroyed) a blister on a portion of the lower side of my heel that I don't recall ever having friction in a shoe before. Turns out it was the silly heel cushion thing. I don't know what its for, but mission failed. Also, the tongue is shockingly short, which makes no sense to me. I actually put the shoes on an off a couple times thinking I had folded the tongue under, but I hadn't. I kept worrying the laces would pull up over the tongue. The cushion is spectacular, however I haven't been able to run in four days due to needing to allow my foot to heal. I still love my Lone Peaks and was hoping the extra cushioning in the Olympus would make longer runs more comfortable. But at this point I'm just hoping that the 30 day test run will hold even though I bought the shoes through an online retailer instead of Altra, and they're telling me that I can't return them worn. Either way, I won't be wearing them again and recommend you don't either.

Shoes had a complete blowout at 250 miles. I will never trust Altra shoes again for fear of injury or being stuck shoeless. Contacted customer service but nothing done. Not good customer service.

Altra makes great shoes, have purchased the Torin 5, 6 & 7, thought I would try the Olympus 6, tried these on, felt GREAT, got home took a walk, a mile into the walk my Achilles/Heel on both feet where burning. There is an Achilles Pillow, that gave me a blister on each foot.

Received these on July 18th, 2024 and have been using them regularly since, fit very well and true to size, consistent with other Altra shoes I've used. I run around 15 trail miles a week in these and other shoes, did a few 20ish mile backpacks and an 80 miler in these shoes. Just like the Olympus 5 design, the strips of Vibram are delaminating from the sole in under 2 months of what, in my opinion, has been moderate use. Will not be warrantying these this time, assume it's a consistent flaw again. Why not just use a full covering of Vibram for the sole?? All of the extra padding in the heel rubs horribly if you have repeated movement in the ankle outside of the neutral position (not great for a trail running shoe). Have never had this experience in a half dozen Altra shoes before.

The padding in the heel is awful, it's like it was an after thought after completing the shoe. Also you can't use any aftermarket insoles because of that padding, because it places your heel in a spot that feels like it's slipping. Which will 100% give you a blister. worst iteration of the Olympus, go back to the Olympus 4 design.