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MTL Long Sky 2
Model timeline
Lightweight trail running shoes
Should you buy it??
Check closely
based on 3 of 6 signals
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI panel · Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Claude ranks this product at #11.0 on average
Owners love the shoe's grip, lightweight feel, and technical trail performance, but fit consistency—particularly heel security—divides them.
The juries split — Check closely before you commit.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Running Shoes.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
Merrell makes the MTL Long Sky 2, a trail running shoe. Released in 2023, designed in the United States. The shoe weighs 8.8 ounces and uses Vibram outsoles for grip. Trail runners buy it to move fast over technical terrain. AI assistants rank it thirteenth among best trail running shoes.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
Claude ranks this product at #11.0 on average Averaging across the AI panel, MTL Long Sky 2 sits around #11.0 this snapshot.
Gemini
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GPT
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Perplexity
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AI Mode
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Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 127 buyer ratings of the MTL Long Sky 2 from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
127 ratings · 7 written
across 1 retailer
What owners single out
In their words
“This is my favorite running shoe, from training runs to competing at Skyrunning World Championships 70k - I love how grippy, lightweight, and rugged this shoe is. It makes me feel light and fast, but has the durability to keep my feet unharmed on rocky, technical trail.”
Slim · verified purchase · merrell.com
“Used this to run the Breakneck Point Half (4400' of vert, Golden Trail National Series race) in wet conditions and really happy with how it (and I) performed. Handled steep scrambles, rocky descents, creek crossings, muddy stretches, and sending it downhill. It's light, fast, grippy, and maneuverable. Heel doesn't fit as well as the non-Matryx version, but if I use heel lock lacing, it holds well ”
Edwin · verified purchase · merrell.com
as of July 15 · 127 buyer ratings?
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
- Ultraventure 4Topo AthleticMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Cascadia 18BrooksMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Akasha IILa SportivaMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Trabuco Max 4ASICSMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Trailfly G 280 V2Inov-8Merrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Agility Peak 6MerrellMTL Long Sky 2 leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
- Olympus 6AltraMerrell leads 1–0 · 1 sharedRead
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The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #11 across 1 intent tracked (climbed 18 this week).
- FootprintStrongest in Best Trail Running Shoes (#11).
- TraitsMost often described as “agile”.
- Closest rivalUltraventure 4 (1–0 across 1 shared intent).
- MakerBy Merrell — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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