REESE: Again in 2023, I famous that the Cloudultra 2 ran just a little small, and I wanted a dimension US W8, a half dimension bigger than I usually put on. So, in fact, that’s the dimensions I requested this go round. However it seems that On didn’t simply do some fixing of the efficiency of the shoe, however they did change their sizes up a bit. It now runs true to dimension (On, please ship me a US W7.5, I need to run on this shoe extra).
Possibly it’s not one thing I dislike in regards to the shoe, nevertheless it’s value noting in case you’ve run in On sneakers earlier than. Additionally, it’s value mentioning since I did discover the toe field to be a little bit of an odd match. However earlier than I get to that, let’s discuss my largest gripe. And by largest gripe, I imply, it’s truly not a deal breaker. I simply suppose it wants some tweaking. I need this shoe to be the perfect shoe attainable.
The platform of the shoe is form of the one factor I’d take into account altering. The bottom of the shoe feels oddly slim. I, like nearly each runner, are likely to pronate ever so barely, so having a shoe that is a bit more hourglass-shaped or at the very least has a wider platform beneath the ball of the foot offers me additional stability on clean or technical terrain.
I understand that having simply exploded my ankle may need my headspace just a little extra targeted on stability than regular, however even once I wore this shoe climbing, I observed I used to be just a little uneasy strolling down technical sections as a result of it felt like I’d roll to the surface. It’s not an enormous deal breaker, however for a race shoe, I’d need a shoe that doesn’t sluggish me down in any respect, and needing to be additional cautious due to stability would possibly negate all of the laborious work On did to get this shoe so mild and race prepared.
Including on to that, I felt like the surface of my foot was just a little cramped, however I had loads of room on the within, close to my massive toe. I feel simply fixing the form of the toebox basically is likely to be wanted on this shoe. I’d be curious to see the state of my toes after a number of hours, realizing that it’s just a little comfortable now. Conversely, I did want my heel locked down just a little higher. I do put on inserts in my sneakers, which at all times push my heels up ever so barely, however I sometimes don’t have points with my heels popping out. I had to make use of the final lace eyelet to make sure my heel was locked in.
