Hoka Speed Goat 5
Hoka Speed Goat 5: building consensus — a public grade is not available yet; synthesized so far from 1 review across 1 creator, freshest review Dec 18, 2022.
TL;DR
A well-regarded lightweight trail shoe with strong grip and a smooth rocker, recommended by The Run Testers as the top pick in its category. However, the recommendation comes from only one creator, and the same source suggests it may be best as part of a two-shoe rotation rather than a sole do-everything trail shoe.
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Score
Building consensus
1 of 3 creators and (1 of 10 primary mentions or 2 of 30 total mentions) so far
Verdict
No call yet
A grade will appear when the evidence is sufficient.
freshest review · Dec 18, 2022
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Facts & figures
Evidence is still building
1 of 3 creators and (1 of 10 primary mentions or 2 of 30 total mentions) so far. The attributed reviews and editorial remain available while the grade is withheld.
What reviewers said
- Lightweight construction with a 'meta rocker' for smooth rolling strides.
- Uses Vibram Megagrip with an aggressive outsole pattern that provides strong grip on technical trail sections.
- Named the winner of The Run Testers' trail shoe category.
- The same reviewer who praises the Speed Goat 5 positions it as a training shoe and suggests runners could 'get away with one or the other' alongside a faster model, implying it may not fill the role of a racy trail shoe on its own.
- The outsole lugs are not dramatically deeper than those on the more road-biased Challenger, only more aggressive in pattern.
The reviews behind this verdict
The cited creator reviews, watchable — press play to jump to the moment each one informed the verdict.
The Run Testers
“i think it's actually a brilliant partner to the speed goat 5 as well it's obviously more expensive and there's a question about whether or not those you really need both of those shoes you probably get away with one or the other but um if you wanted a training shoe and then something to feel a bit more racy then i think detector next fits that bill”
cited at 43:38
The Run Testers
“look at the difference between the Challenger and something like the speed goat five you know the speedo doesn't have much deeper lugs really but it has got a much more aggressive outsole pattern it uses vibrant Mega grip again to all designed to give you better grip on technical sections of Trail runs”
cited at 5:23
The Run Testers
“the winner of the uh the trail shoe category is the Hoka speed goat 5. nice and um do you use this shoot Karen I do I use the shoe I love it yeah yeah no I really like it I mean it for me it sort of fits that bill it's a it's a you know it's got the right kind of combination of being lightweight grippy enough good kind of rolling from that kind of late stage kind of meta rocker”
cited at 12:42
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154Ktotal review views
122Kcombined reachadditive across channels · may overlap
3creator reviews
attention vs the catalogtop 61% in class
attention over the product’s life
Why the grade is pending
Yeah is still building enough review evidence to publish a grade.
2 mentions
How creator opinions explain it
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