New Balance - Fresh Foam X More Trail v3

Beautiful fam! Have you had a chance to compare them to the More Trail V3? They seem to compare to one another (big ole stack trail runners). I have a More Trail but have been eyeballing the Trabuco Max since I'm a huge Asics fan.

The Hierro v9 has a two-layer midsole and provides an excellent level of comfort, but the sole is made for trails with Vibram Megagrip, which means they grip really well but the caveat is that it is a soft rubber and if used on hard surfaces it will wear out quickly. If you can find the New Balance X More Trail v3, you'll be better served because the sole is still Vibram but with a more durable compound.

I’m in the v3 right now, which I like. But, I wish it handled the mud a bit better. I’m wondering if these have a bit deeper lugs on them?

I love everything about the V3 except I couldn't ever get a great heel lock. How do these fare in that regard?

The New Balance More Trail v3 was pretty perfect and was easily found for $100 but they discontinued it. No plate but it was great energy return. The Hierro v9 is a cross between the v3 and the hierro v8 but they dropped some of the shock absorption. Go on RunRepeat, they now have a Shock Absorption (SA) and Energy Return metric, on the graphs they provide for the metric you can click on the column and see all the shoes. So you can click on the higher energy return shoes and cross reference them to the high shock absorption shoes and then look at the price. The biggest issue is that they have only tested a subset of shoes.

Just ran a new PR on half marathon trail with these bad boys. Fantastic shoe ride out the box. Feet are dialed in perfectly, Laces are long enough. Bounce under forefoot is perfect, so is the cushioning. Bounce under heel is fine, cushioning is not so good as the Asics Trabuco Max3 but the shoe is way way grippier en faster. In wet terrain you can cut corners way faster and with more convidence. Upper is good and more air flows threw then all my other trailshoes. Only the New Balance trail v3 are airyer, Well, I´m a happy camper. These are damn good trailshoes. Thank you Saucony.

The V3´s are fantastic but slow. But they do have a good sole. And are grippy. The downside on these behemoths is that they are very cushioned but you completely loose your groundfeel on roots and heavy trails. I lost 40pounds over the last two years and noticed that the lighter you get the higher up go get in those shoes. I don´t sink in that much anymore. I have worn two pairs and they did their duty. Would I buy a third pair? No. To answer your question: The Xodus ultra 4 is much more grippyer so you don´t actually need deep lugs. The V3´s are actually very different shoes. More cruisers. With a lot of cushioning but a lot less energy- return .

I have both Olympus and Lone Peak as well as lots of other trail shoes from Altra. I like them all and rotate them. The only issue I have with more stack hight is I find I roll my ankle more often. So if it's more technical trail I might wear the Lone Peak instead but on less technical trails I might wear my Olympus. I wore my New Balance More V3 Trail on a very technical trail and felt like I was about to roll my ankle every 100 meters. Lol!

Intermediate trail runner in the PNW. Coming from NB Fresh Foam V3 to Brooks Caldera 8s and love them. The NB FF were great getting me to the 20km range but lacked stability in the roots. Loving the Caldera 8s so far. Great on the joint, stable and finding Im turning them over (cadence) quicker

I have the Trabuco Max V3 and the Hierro V9 and also the NB More Trail V3. I'm also a heavy runner with shoe size US13 and of these 3 shoes I like the More Trail V3 the most!

Yes, I'd say so and although I find the trabuco max v3 quite ok the sizing is very odd. The more trail fits me perfect and I even bought another pair when it was on sale.

I’m heavier than you and have gone through a few pairs. Here are some insights on the pairs I’ve used Altra Lone Peak 8s have held up really well. Altra Outroads not so much, version 1 compressed really fast and haven’t enjoyed the feel of version 2 as much but apparently they fixed some durability issues. New Balance Fresh Foam X More, really like these shoes but they are a lot of shoe despite feeling relatively light.