Execs:
Very comfy but surprisingly responsive (Courtney)
Stiffness helps rolls foot from heel strike to toe off (Courtney)
Lots room within the toe field (Courtney/Sam)
Inherently steady with out overdoing it: nice various for these uncertain in the event that they want critical pronation management of the Kayano, for strolling and all day in your toes makes use of as properly (Sam)
Constant and protecting underfoot platform: a terrific selection for brand new runners and heavier runners (Sam)
Simple to lock into tempo, potential long term shoe (Courtney/Sam)
Improved rear geometry over the 25: much less lumpy and broad feeling at sluggish paces (Sam)
Plenty of colorway choices (Courtney)
Nice on each gravel and pavement floor (Courtney)
Felt clean on hills (Courtney)
Cons:
Unsure I felt as a lot air flow as I used to be anticipating with the brand new jacquard knit (Courtney)
Not a speedster: greatest for restoration/every day miles (Courtney/Sam)
Overly stiff, may use some entrance flex: (Sam)
Comparatively heavy (and uninteresting using) for a 2025 shoe with its stack top: time for a lighter and extra energetic supercritical foam midsole: (Sam)
Most comparable footwear
Saucony Triumph 22
Hoka Bondi 8 and 9
Brooks Glycerin Max
Please discover the testers full run bios on the finish of the article after Comparisons.
Stats
Approx.Weight: males’s 10.65 oz / 302g
Pattern Weight: males’s 10.4 oz / 296g US8.5 (prior model weight
ladies’s 9.6oz / 273g US8.5
Stack Top:
males’s 43.5 mm heel / 35.5 mm forefoot (8mm drop spec)
ladies’s 42.5 mm heel / 34.5 mm forefoot (8mm drop spec)
Platform Width: 90 mm heel / 80 mm midfoot / 115 mm forefoot US M8.5
First Impressions, Match and Higher
Courtney: Tremendous comfortable but supportive and seamless on the foot, The Asics Gel-Nimbus is a max cushioned shoe meant for logging all of the miles. The shoe slides on with ease, and sports activities a totally built-in heel pull tab.
The higher is manufactured from jacquard cloth. Constructed with the material design woven within the knit permits the higher to be a single layer somewhat than a number of layers sewn or glued collectively. It’s a stretchy cloth with the shoe’s tongue noticeably extra versatile and thinner. The tongue lay utterly flat and clean whilst I tightened the lacing. This permits for final consolation, breathability and match to the foot.
With a narrower midfoot, I wanted to regulate the lockdown to make sure a cosy and safe journey, whereas nonetheless permitting loads of area within the toe field to loosen up right into a pure toe place.
The heel collar offered loads of cushion and I had no points with my Achilles.
Sam: The Jacquard mesh is clean and comfortable to the contact (aside from the raised diagonal mesh components and may be very pliable and nearly “slick” in really feel to the contact.
The fabric is comparatively skinny, conforms to the foot fairly properly (assuming you would not have a really low quantity foot and may be very comfy with out smothering the foot in extraneous plushness
As earlier than we have now a skinny stretch knit tongue which continues on both facet of the midfoot to create a gusset to lock the foot to the platform.
And it’s wanted, as I discovered the higher borderline over voluminous, probably because of the pliability of the mesh and the comparatively excessive quantity of the shoe.
Within the photograph above you possibly can see how shut the perimeters should be pulled in by the laces to get lockdown with my slender to medium foot.
The highest of the ankle collar and Achilles collar have a “unfastened” knit high edge which is observed as being as such, open and non binding. To not fear under that we have now very deep not overly comfortable pads which prolong across the achilles and the ankles all the best way to lace up.
The heel counter may be very inflexible and gives (together with the highest edge knit and inside padding) a brand new taste of the well-known ASICS “heel clutch”, very safe but additionally not fairly as overwhelmingly in your face, or ought to I say in your heels, as conventional ASICS development on the rear of the shoe.
The very pliable and skinny toe field mesh off the foot seems, and is, a bit saggy. We would not have a compressive knit as earlier than.
The toe bumper is semi inflexible and never simply an afterthought right here.
The entrance as with the remainder of the shoe’s match is safe, has lots if not a contact an excessive amount of room for my slender to medium quantity toes. It balances safety and lockdown with an fascinating extra relaxed total really feel and vibe than earlier than. No query the D width is true to measurement for me in size,however I’d even contemplate a ladies’s B width for my foot as on the whole I choose a snugger total lockdown over the extra relaxed consolation right here.
The Nimbus 26 can even be out there in 2D Extensive and 4E Further Extensive for males and Extensive for girls.
Midsole & Platform
Courtney:The Nimbus 27 has a hefty heel top of 42.5mm of FF Blast Plus Eco foam with a Pure Gel insert, and 34.5mm at the forefoot. This retains the drop the identical because the earlier mannequin at 8mm, however will increase the general stack top by 1.5mm. It has a soft journey from begin to end, however sports activities a fairly stiff sole and geometry that rolls me ahead offering a clean transition from heel to toe. The Nimbus proved steady and predictable on each gravel and pavement floor.
Sam: The Nimbus continues with FF Blast Plus Eco foam in a modified mix. It’s clearly not a supercritical foam and it’s excessive time ASICS strikes to 1 for this close to premium priced shoe because the Nimbus direct rivals such because the Bondi 9, Supernova Prima and Glycerin 22 have.
Nothing improper with the froth right here because it for certain is steady, has some measured return and loads of cushion nevertheless it lacks the return and smiles of the newest variations of a lot of its direct rivals.
To go along with the steady foam we have now a broad geometry at 90 mm heel / 80 mm midfoot / 115 mm forefoot US M8.5 with an enormous stack top. As a impartial coach with a give attention to some inherent stability, the midsole is okay however lacks some pleasure and is a bit stiff. The shoe took 3 runs to develop any type of flex and even now it’s nonetheless fairly stiff. I do discover that as my tempo picks up down in direction of 9:00 miles it improves in rebound and return.
I’ll say that in comparison with my final Nimbus the 25 the blocky rear of the shoe I skilled in that model is improved right here. The heel’s Pure Gel insert does cut back heel shock considerably.
Outsole
Courtney:The Nimbus 27 boasts a wider outsole than its predecessor, and the identical Hybrid AsicsGrip compound The grip design is a little more stylized than the earlier model exposing extra midsole foam. This can be one thing to look at with put on and tear. The Asicsgrip offered nice highway traction, and I’d really feel assured in moist and even barely snowy circumstances.
Sam: Loads of rubber right here properly arrayed for lengthy put on. I observe in comparison with the Nimbus 26 the protection upfront is extra open to the midsole which ought to assist give the shoe extra flex. That stated I would favor to see the entrance segmented extra throughout the shoe to enhance flex but extra.
Experience, Conclusions and Suggestions
Courtney: With 24 miles on my pair of Nimbus 27’s, I can confidently say it’s a dependable every day coach that provides you every thing you want with out too many bells and whistles. It’s going to undoubtedly be the shoe I seize the subsequent day after these robust exercise days. I’d even contemplate it for lengthy runs because it does appear comfy for some average paces. It gives each consolation and stability. I liked that I locked into my paces so persistently and that my hill climbs simply rolled ahead. The Nimbus is agency sufficient within the forefoot to permit for some pickups, however total I’d nonetheless use it for every day miles.
Rating: 8.8 / 10
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Sam: The phrases that come to thoughts in describing the Nimbus 27’s journey are: dependable, steady, secure, properly cushioned and a bit lumbering however improved in that space over the 25.
The Nimbus doesn’t have a very pronounced rocker and is sort of stiff and never as straightforward to show over and toe off at slower paces than I choose and, it’s a shoe actually supposed for extra leisurely paced every day coaching or lengthy runs. At quicker paces the roll turns into pronounced and vigorous. I believe the heavier the runner (I weigh 160 lbs) , the extra compression of the froth will happen and the journey would get smoother.
Whereas among the best non supercritical foams on the market FF Blast Plus ECO as 2024 ends, and the competitors is all in on supercritical foams within the newest model of this class of coach is beginning to really feel dated. Whereas a gentle, protecting and secure using shoe the Nimbus may use extra pleasure and enjoyable, some extra energetic rebound and lighter weight, all advantages of the newer foams. At about 10.65 oz / 302g in a US9 weight it’s up there.
The higher may be very comfy, straightforward on the foot attributable to its skinny clean mesh.As an alternative of “over plushing” the tongue and collars ASICS went with clean, skinny and comfortable right here. The higher is sort of voluminous on my medium to slender toes in consequence, nearly an excessive amount of so however wonderful for supposed simpler days makes use of for me.. It ought to match a variety of toes and particularly so when the out there large and further large variations are thought-about.
As Courtney says the Nimbus is a wonderful selection for the excessive mileage runner for these simpler days after robust ones as it’s steady and properly cushioned with a straightforward on the foot match. It is a wonderful selection for the newbie runner, heavier runner, or for these searching for a contact of inherent stability in a average paces regular and dependable every day coach. It may simply use an even bigger does of pleasure.
Sam’s Rating: 8.8 /10
Deductions for considerably uninteresting and overly stiff journey for my tastes, shoe weight
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