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New Balance Shoe Question |
Question:
I just got a pair of NB 729. I've
only done a quick 3K with them. They
feel good, they have plenty of space
in the toebox for my orthotics, but
they are kind of soft compared to
my usual Adidas Response 2000.
I was looking at the model number
and letter and was wondering what
it all means. Mine reads M729WN. I
checked the NB website at and see
that the only men's 729 is listed
as M729NV, not WN. I checked the women's
shoes. The women's 729 reads
W729WN. Mine starts with M which follows
the pattern of all their shoes for
men, but ends with WN which only appears
in the women's section. What's the
deal with that? What do these numbers
mean?
Answer:
New Balance actually has a pretty
good system.
For running shoes:
First letter: M-Men W-Women
3 Digit Style number
Last two letters: Color style.
So your shoes are just a different
color style, but still a men's shoe
Based on the WN, I would guess White
Navy (and the new one is just Navy,
or they may have renamed White/Navy
as just Navy because it was a lightly
different color scheme than the women's
shoe, which was WN, as well)
Some of NB's shoes are the same color-wise
in men and women. The 820-series is
a good example of this.
It gets confusing when you add walking
and cross-training to the mix. Walking
adds another W to the front, so MW
and WW are walking (WW572BK and MW810WT).
CT is court (CT320WT)
CXT is cross-trainer (CXT790WT)
With running shoes:
In genral, the higher the number,
the more expensive the shoe (the definite
exception is the 580-series). Forefront
cushioning used to start with the
800 series (825, 851), but recently
shoes like the 762 have added forefoot,
which leaves the 710-series (currently
the 714) as the only 700-series that
does not have forefoot (I think).
So now you could say that forefoot
starts at the number 720.
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