Should you buy it??
Check closely
based on 2 of 5 signals
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI · critics · buyers · brand claims — each opened up in full further down ↓
Owners love the arch support, stability, and comfort for pronators and flat feet, but sizing inconsistencies and fulfillment errors frustrate some buyers.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
The New Balance 860v12 is a running shoe made by New Balance. It released in 2023, designed in the United States. The shoe uses ABZORB cushioning in the midsole for impact protection. Runners with knee pain buy it to reduce joint stress. AI assistants rank it number seventeen for best shoes addressing knee pain.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
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 1,342 buyer ratings of the 860v12 from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
1,342 ratings · 7 written
across 4 retailers
What owners single out
In their words
“OK, close to 40 years of speedwalking here, Athena division, pronator. I've used Saucony (because good fit for wide feet) and Asics (good motion control), both helpful for my heavy heelstrike. Currently, though, this is the shoe that gets the job done. Good rebound cushioning, sturdy medial posting, accepts my orthotic, elastic material in uppers and laces means a glove-like fit. (Be warned that w”
Kate · verified purchase · newbalance.com
“I was pretty keen to get these black new balance trainers afrer trying them on in a shop . Once i received my size via the courier, i wanted to wear my awesome comfortable black shoes, but alas a pink pair had arrived instead. So, im not very happy with the wrong colour. Black new balance shoes with white soles are awesome though. I ordered wide, but in future would get regular. Too much room in t”
Sad · verified purchase · ewavedemo.com
as of June 5 · 1342 buyer ratings?
The recap
Where it stands today.
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