Nike Terra Kiger 10 Review: A Decade Changes Everything

The tongue is a minimal semi-gusseted racing fashion tongue. It laid flat, by no means bunched. Due to the stellar match, as talked about, I by no means needed to cinch up the laces extraordinarily tight. So, this low-profile tongue actually labored for helping with match and luxury. 

As for the EVA-based Cushlon 3.0 midsole, it wasn’t my favourite when it comes to consolation, however that’s truly one of many causes it carried out so effectively on average to technical terrain. This was a part of the Vomero 17 recipe and I can solely discover it in another finances sneakers on Nike’s web site. 

The general stack is at 29/24mm (5 mm drop). It’s within the mid-to-low vary of stack peak. It additionally feels medium/agency underfoot, principally protecting with a bit of little bit of give. With the assistance of a forefoot rock plate, the midsole provided applicable safety from the path whereas permitting some floor really feel whereas remaining inflexible sufficient to really feel in management. 

Don’t get me improper, I’m not in love with the underfoot sensation, however the management facet is vital for gentle and quick pursuits on extra technical terrain. 

What I’m in love with is the model new outsole! We all know all too effectively of the years of practice wrecks due to Nike’s atrocious outsole rubber in moist circumstances. We make it a degree annually to remind our readers of the horrors of earlier Nike outsoles, and the way our longtime reviewer Matt broke his forearm (and was by no means in a position to get correct surgical procedure on it, thanks Covid) from slipping in these items.

So, so, so many individuals fully wrote off the Terra Kiger due to the outsole alone. That’s now not the case. Vibram Megagrip is now on three of their trails sneakers: Terra Kiger 10, Zegama 2, and Ultrafly.

It’s one other a type of extremely reliable but easy substances that makes all of the distinction in efficiency. The lugs are pretty shallow at 3.5 mm. They nonetheless carried out rather well on quite a lot of terrain and circumstances. We’ve had a moist spring right here within the Colorado Rockies which allowed me to actually take a look at this outsole. It checked all of my private packing containers. The one bother I actually received in was when comfortable floor circumstances had been deeper than the lug itself.