Feidian 6 ELITE

I have the PB4 and I am a 2E. I usually go half a size up than my usual shoe size and they fit perfectly. I’d probably say Do-win fits me better than western brands.

I have the Li-Ning Challanger 5 and Elite 6 in half a size up and they work too.

With modern shoes, easily can get one shoe for easy day and easy/moderate long runs and have carbons for workouts, race day and hard long runs. You could even have two shoes, with multiples of each and you're good to go. 1. ON Cloud Monster Hyper - can do every type of run 2. Li-Ning Feidian 6 Elite - workouts/marathon 3. Puma Fast-R3 - Workouts/marathon/preferred shorter distance racer

Metaspeed sky is an amazing shoe. The sky and elite 2 are both super unstable shoes though so keep that in mind. I'd consider a more friendly racer like the Li Ning Feidian 6 Elite. Similar shoe to the alphafly as in it's a big, cushioned, bouncy racer that isn't too fast. Also pretty cheap, a little bit less than the options you've shown even at half price (which is an amazing deal especially for the sky) Rtings have a good review on the F6E, it's cool to see Chinese shoes get proper, scientific reviews as well. https://www.rtings.com/running-shoes/tools/compare/li-ning-feidian-6-elite-vs-nike-alphafly-3/136133/62826?threshold=0.12

Thanks for the review, good to see more of these getting attention in the running shoe space. Nice analysis and I agree with most of your points regarding the comparisons; now I'm actually curious because a lot of people like jogoncrago said they were very different from the 5 Elite. These are in my top 3 race shoes any distance (tied for 2nd with the Do-Win PB Pro behind the Fast R 3) but my first pick if I were to run a marathon tomorrow. The underfoot sensation is just incredible, like a more extreme responsive version of the Adios Pro 4.

I also wear the same size as you. I have all the current li-ning lineup in the 9.5US size, all fit perfectly. You have to go up half a size from the Xiaonian since Xiaonian's measurement is a bit off from other chinese brand. Best to use CN chart with chinese shoes, they all have it.