New Balance Fresh Foam Arishi v2

Overview

The Fresh Foam Arishi is a neutral lightweight road running shoe family utilising Fresh Foam tech from New Balance.

The Fresh Foam Arishi v2 came out in 2019. Its support type is designated as neutral, meaning that it's designed for runners with neutral pronation. The latest model in the family is the New Balance Fresh Foam Arishi v4.

Based on our monitoring of prices across the internet, it's currently in the cheapest 10% of running shoes today.

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priceBand	Price band
similarity	Similarity	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar
released	Released Jan 2019		Apr 2021	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Jun 2018
expertReviewScore	Expert Review Score ‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌ 74%	‌ ‌ 72%	‌ ‌ 78%	‌ ‌ 68%
productAthletes	Pro athlete users			‌ +3	‌ +10
Weight	Weight M: 255 g W: 198 g		170 g	227 g	M: 230 g W: 201 g	M: 281 g W: 232 g
Forefoot	Forefoot		7 mm	12 mm	14 mm	14 mm
Heel to toe drop	Heel to toe drop 8 mm			9 mm	10 mm	10 mm
Heel	Heel		7 mm	21 mm	24 mm	24 mm
Usages	Usages Daily running Speed training	Daily running	Daily running	Racing Speed training	Racing Speed training	Daily running
Brand	Brand New Balance	adidas	Merrell	adidas	adidas	adidas
Shoe Type	Shoe Type		Lightweight Low drop Zero drop	Lightweight	Lightweight
Techs	Techs New Balance Fresh Foam	adidas Alphabounce
Common characteristics RoadNeutralNeutral pronationFore/Midfoot strikeHeel strikeHigh arch

Characteristics
Sports	Running (+2049)
Terrain	Road (+1362)
Usages	Daily running (+1132)Speed training (+302)
Brand	New Balance (+125)
Support Type	Neutral (+1603)
Pronation Type	Neutral pronation (+1578)
Strike Type	Fore/Midfoot strike (+1115)Heel strike (+1097)
Arch Type	High arch (+1525)
Fit	Medium toe box (+854)
Materials	Mesh (+942)
Techs	New Balance Fresh Foam (+63)
Colorways	Black / Black, Black Black Metallic Gold, Black Peony, Black Sulphur Yellow, Black Voltage Violet Silver Metallic, Grey, Grey / Blk / Wht, Infinity Blue, Light Aluminum Peony, Light Cyclone Sea Salt Champagne Metallic