Altra Experience Wild 3 Review | A Versatile Trail Running Shoe — Transcript

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1. 0:00So, I have been rocking the Experience
2. 0:02Wild 2 for probably about a year now. I
3. 0:05[music] do wear trail runners on a
4. 0:06day-to-day basis myself. That's kind of
5. 0:08just my footwear of choice, but I don't
6. 0:11want [music] to destroy the lugs here on
7. 0:13something like my Olympus or my Lone
8. 0:15Peak because I want to utilize those on
9. 0:17the trail. [music]
10. 0:19And I'm I'm not as afraid to do that
11. 0:21with the Experience Wild just because it
12. 0:23isn't really my like hiker, but [music]
13. 0:25it still performs. So, it's just for me
14. 0:28been a really nice comfortable
15. 0:30>> [music]
16. 0:30>> daily driver. So, the Experience Wild 3
17. 0:32is for the runner or hiker that wants to
18. 0:36use a shoe in mixed terrain. You know,
19. 0:38you can utilize this at some trails in
20. 0:40national parks, some mountain trails,
21. 0:42but fairly well-maintained trails. This
22. 0:45is not going to be something that you're
23. 0:46going to take out on a, you know, big
24. 0:48rock high like high mountain pursuit.
25. 0:51[music] It's not like the Olympus 275.
26. 0:54It's not like any of the Arc'teryx Sylan
27. 0:57or any of those reviews that we've done.
28. 0:59If you want a shoe that's like a
29. 1:00>> [music]
30. 1:01>> heavy performance shoe, definitely check
31. 1:03some of those other videos that we've
32. 1:05put out in the recent past. This is not
33. 1:07that shoe, but it does handle trail
34. 1:10really well. So, right away something
35. 1:12that I've noticed about this shoe is
36. 1:14that it feels like pretty balanced,
37. 1:16pretty roomy, pretty good [music]
38. 1:18cushion under foot. It's not that full
39. 1:21zero drop that you get in something like
40. 1:23the Lone Peak or the Olympus. [music]
41. 1:25It is that 4-mm drop from the back to
42. 1:28the front. So, it's kind of like a
43. 1:30training shoe to get you into a zero
44. 1:33drop shoe. Um you know, that zero drop
45. 1:35keeps you flat on the ground, lets you
46. 1:36feel everything under your foot. This is
47. 1:38not that, but it is pretty dang close.
48. 1:41Uh this also has Altra's ultra-wide
49. 1:44roomy toe box here, which is nice to
50. 1:46allow your toes to splay out and kind of
51. 1:48do their thing. You know, our feet
52. 1:49aren't supposed to be locked up like
53. 1:51this. They're supposed to be all spread
54. 1:52out. And that's the whole philosophy
55. 1:54behind what Altra is doing. With that,
56. 1:56you know, we talked a little bit about
57. 1:58this is a trail running shoe, but kind
58. 2:00of a soft comfortable cushioning trail
59. 2:02running shoe. So, you can see here it
60. 2:03comes with that Ego P35 foam, which is
61. 2:07just like a nice upgrade and over
62. 2:09[music] the last model, the two. It's a
63. 2:11little bit soft and cushiony. It feels
64. 2:13pretty nice under your foot, but it does
65. 2:15provide a lot of support, too. So, like
66. 2:17this shoe is not going to like really
67. 2:19give out super [music] fast on you. So,
68. 2:21it is a good bang for your buck because
69. 2:23of that. The rubber will last you a
70. 2:24while. And then you do have that MaxTrac
71. 2:26Max Track [music] rubber underfoot with
72. 2:29some pretty solid lugs. So, again, this
73. 2:31can handle a lot of trail miles for
74. 2:33sure. This shoe is a 4-mm drop shoe, so
75. 2:37it has a 32-mm stack height in the back
76. 2:39and a 28-mm stack height right here in
77. 2:41the front. So, it does a good job of
78. 2:44keeping your heel a little bit elevated
79. 2:46to [music] do that thing that
80. 2:48propels you forward. Again, so it is
81. 2:50going to take a little bit of that work
82. 2:51off of your posterior chain, which is
83. 2:53pretty nice. So, the upper on this shoe
84. 2:56has also been updated. So, it comes with
85. 2:58a stronger mesh and a really nice toe
86. 3:00box here. You can kind of see it
87. 3:02outlined with that stiffer rubber in the
88. 3:04front. And that does a good job of
89. 3:06stopping blowouts from occurring and
90. 3:08gives you a nice bit of protection if
91. 3:10you do bump your foot on any rocks or
92. 3:12trees. Um so, yeah, those are some of
93. 3:13the specs that make this shoe so
94. 3:15comfortable. I mean, those are some nice
95. 3:17updates that we've seen since the two.
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98. 3:23Thank you. Now, let's talk about some of
99. 3:25the tradeoffs. You know, maybe not
100. 3:27really cons, but what does this shoe
101. 3:29give away? [music] So, it is a good
102. 3:30price point shoe, but that's because
103. 3:32it's not really a shoe with any sort of
104. 3:34specialization. Like I've said several
105. 3:36times throughout this video, [music]
106. 3:37it's just kind of a middle of the line
107. 3:39shoe that's not really great at any one
108. 3:41thing. Um it's [music] not like it's not
109. 3:44a big mountain trail runner. It's not
110. 3:46meant for playing around in the water
111. 3:48too much. It's not meant for road
112. 3:49running, for gravel running.
113. 3:51>> [music]
114. 3:51>> But, it does all of those things very
115. 3:54good, just not [music] very great. So,
116. 3:57you're giving up specialization for a
117. 4:00shoe that just does a little bit of
118. 4:02[music] everything. And then, obviously,
119. 4:04if you are a long-time Altra shoe fan,
120. 4:07just remember this is not a zero drop
121. 4:10shoe. So, if you're looking for that,
122. 4:13this ain't it. A good comparison for
123. 4:15this Experience [music]
124. 4:16Wild 3 is something like the Hoka
125. 4:18Challenger. You know, some major
126. 4:20differences between this shoe and the
127. 4:23Challenger is, of course, that, you
128. 4:25know, ultra-wide toe box that we've got
129. 4:28right here. That's probably the most
130. 4:29important thing. It's got a more natural
131. 4:32platform, [music] you know, not with
132. 4:33that zero drop, but with the 4-mil drop,
133. 4:36so a lot less. I would say if you have a
134. 4:40>> [music]
135. 4:40>> narrower foot and want something with a
136. 4:43larger stack height to kind of
137. 4:45>> [music]
138. 4:45>> give you that propulsion forward, maybe
139. 4:48check out the Challenger. But, if you
140. 4:49just want something a little bit easier
141. 4:51[music] underfoot that makes you feel
142. 4:53closer to the ground with a roomier toe
143. 4:55box,
144. 4:56maybe check out the Experience Wild.
145. 4:58[music] And then, again, compared to the
146. 4:59Experience Wild 2, there's not any
147. 5:01design changes at all. It's just all
148. 5:04about materials, materials, materials.
149. 5:06It's [music] just better rubber, better
150. 5:08upper. Everything about it is just
151. 5:11giving you more protection, so it's more
152. 5:13useful [music] for a longer period of
153. 5:14time. So, just a beefier Experience Wild
154. 5:172. [music]
155. 5:18So, if you like that shoe, it fit well,
156. 5:20this is a safe choice for you. So, all
157. 5:22in all, great shoe, great all-around
158. 5:24shoe. Does a really good job in a
159. 5:26variety of situations, but does not
160. 5:28>> [music]
161. 5:28>> handle one specific type of terrain
162. 5:31better than anything else. So, if you're
163. 5:33just looking for a shoe that's good at
164. 5:35everything, definitely check out this
165. 5:37Experience Wild. And if you want to
166. 5:38check out anything else in our shoe
167. 5:40category, head on over to our website at
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170. 5:46of your next purchase of anything in our
171. 5:48footwear category or really anything on
172. 5:50the website. Uh yeah, let us know what
173. 5:52trail runners or shoes that you're
174. 5:54running in these days. Let us know what
175. 5:55you like, what you don't like. Also,
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177. 5:59stuff. Thanks so much for watching,
178. 6:00[music] and we'll catch you in the next
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