New Balance 608 Version 5 Cross-trainer Shoes - Review & Demo

New Balance 608 Version 5 Cross-trainer Shoes - Review & Demo.
In this video, John D. Villarreal unboxes reviews and demos a pair of New Balance 608 Cross Trainer shoes.
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[@Lovesports317]

The 608 cross trainers 2018 and before were wonderful. I was a gym owner for 14 years. and wore them all the time. Also played racquetball and did wind sprints in them. SINCE 2018 the new Versions ( I bought some in 2023 after the last 8 pair wore out) are TERRIBLE with hard soles and thin inserts. My Plantar Faciitis that had been gone for 20 years came back in 3 days. I am now searching for new shoes. I would like to see New Balance go back to making them the way they did 2018 and before when made in Indonesia.

[@ConservativeNewMedia]

Thanks for the comment!

[@jmiller4280]

I completely agree. After 2018, they went downhill. They are not nearly as comfortable. I've had to switch over to the Nike Monarch.

[@1KSarah]

What version were your 2018 shoes?

[@Lovesports317]

@@1KSarah This was before they started "Versions" All is said on the inside of the tongue of the shoe was MX608WT and now they add V5 or whatever versions before that after 2018. The huge and game changing difference is that if you took out the insert on the earlier shoes I wore and pushed you thumb into the sole, it had some give to it. If you take out the insert with the Version 5 shoes I received on my last order and push on the sole it is a STONE HARD mesh and the insert does not make up the difference, ever the latest thicker inserts. The shoe still feel way harder that even the worn down ones pre 2018 that I still have. They really need to change back to the materials for the sole they were using before 2018. Most of mine were 2017's and one 2018 of my last 8 shoes. There are many similar replies on the New Balance site if you go to the one and two star reviews. They rank them in star order instead of by date submitted. Hope that wasn't too long.

[@1KSarah]

@@Lovesports317
Thanks for the info.
It's just a pity that New Balance downgrades its own shoes.

[@SukeshPhour]

Does it support foot arc 🦶?