Altra "Torin v9" - Why Altra Why? — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey guys, this is Jeff here and welcome
2. 0:01back to Runner G. I have the Altra Torin
3. 0:049 here. This shoe's got a lot of updates
4. 0:06here including this Vibram outsole here
5. 0:09first on a road shoe. Needless to say
6. 0:12that the traction on here, you know, is
7. 0:14most likely going to be very, very good.
8. 0:16And they're making sure they let you
9. 0:18know cuz it's right here on the front of
10. 0:19the shoe. On both the left and the right
11. 0:22one right there. There you can't miss
12. 0:23it. Vibram makes very good outsoles and
13. 0:25it's going to be obviously it's going to
14. 0:27be good on here. So moving on to the mid
15. 0:28sole here, you have a two density P 35X
16. 0:32mid sole here material. Good cushioning,
17. 0:35soft but bouncy, not over springy but
18. 0:38kind of fleshy cushy. Again, this is a
19. 0:40daily trainer and get mileage in
20. 0:42everyday training. And so what's nice
21. 0:45though is you got a two density foam
22. 0:47here. So as opposed to on the previous
23. 0:49Torin, you just had a single density
24. 0:51foam here. Now you have a dual density,
25. 0:53you have a softer foam down the middle
26. 0:54and a more stable foam around the edges.
27. 0:57So really great design. I believe it's
28. 0:59been around for a long time. I believe
29. 1:00New Balance did it years ago on shoes
30. 1:02called Encap and so they you had like a
31. 1:04softer foam down the middle and then it
32. 1:06encapsulated around a firmer foam around
33. 1:08the perimeter. It's a great design. It
34. 1:10works really well. A lot of shoe brands
35. 1:11do it. Because of this great design on
36. 1:14here on that mid sole, they were
37. 1:15actually able to lower the mid sole here
38. 1:17and still give you very good cushioning.
39. 1:19So they actually lowered it down from a
40. 1:2130 mm stack height on here. This is the
41. 1:24Torin 8, you had a 30 and 30. They were
42. 1:27actually able to lower the this down to
43. 1:30a 28. So you got a little bit lower
44. 1:32profile. A lot of people been asking for
45. 1:34that. Shoes getting too big and thick
46. 1:35and fluffy. You got a lower profile
47. 1:37design here. So really nice on there.
48. 1:39Cushioning felt feels very good. That's
49. 1:41the mid sole on here. So nice update on
50. 1:44that as well. Moving on to the upper, I
51. 1:46think this is where there's the least
52. 1:47amount of change. It seems to be very
53. 1:49similar to the Torin 8, but I will have
54. 1:51to say the Torin 8 had a little bit of
55. 1:53thing of this kind of pucker. I I know
56. 1:55if you can see it. The light right in
57. 1:56here it kind of puckered. You can kind
58. 1:58of see it in here. So, this looks a lot
59. 2:00more plush a flush. This is look much
60. 2:03more fitted in here. I don't know if
61. 2:04it's going to be tight on some people on
62. 2:06the upper here or not, but it definitely
63. 2:08looks much more fitted and less kind of
64. 2:10blousy up in here. Some shoes have been
65. 2:12coming up blousy. This looks very good.
66. 2:14Now, what is missing on here is there's
67. 2:16no pull tab on the back. I kind of like
68. 2:18my shark fin pull tab on the back. Makes
69. 2:20it a lot easier to get the shoes on and
70. 2:22off. So, that's kind of missing, but it
71. 2:23does look kind of cleaner. Some people
72. 2:25don't like the look of that. So, it does
73. 2:26look kind of a little more classic and
74. 2:28clean in the back. But, other than that,
75. 2:30it's got a nice padded tongue here, not
76. 2:32overly padded, certainly not thick. Nice
77. 2:34about the same feeling as the previous
78. 2:36one here. Comes out under 10 oz, about
79. 2:39the same weight than the previous one.
80. 2:41Still stays at 160 on the price, at
81. 2:43least for right now. Looks like it to be
82. 2:45a nice update from Altra, the the Torin
83. 2:479 here. So, now a couple of things. Now,
84. 2:49if you want a you don't want a zero
85. 2:52drop, you want a a little bit of a heel
86. 2:54lift, or you just want a more responsive
87. 2:55shoe, a little I think a little more
88. 2:57responsive feeling shoe is the Variance
89. 2:59Flow from Altra. This is going to have a
90. 3:014-mm drop. It's also going to have a
91. 3:03nitrogen mid-sole here. So, a little
92. 3:04more springy, a little more energy
93. 3:06feeling, and and a little bit more of a
94. 3:08snug fit in here. But, I think really
95. 3:10the big thing is if you just don't
96. 3:11really want a a zero drop shoe like on
97. 3:13the Torin here, you do have that option
98. 3:15of this shoe from Altra, which has got
99. 3:17that 4-mm and a little I think a little
100. 3:19more of a energetic type shoe for doing
101. 3:21more tempo type runs. Now, on the flip
102. 3:23side, if you're doing more of like
103. 3:25walking or jogging, slower pace, you
104. 3:27maybe want a little more stability, you
105. 3:29also have a 4-mm drop on this Via
106. 3:32Forward 2 from Altra, but you get this
107. 3:34much wider platform. You can see big old
108. 3:37wide platform in here compared to like
109. 3:39on the Torin here or on that uh
110. 3:41Experience Flow. This is great for
111. 3:43walking. I really I really prefer this
112. 3:45wider platform on here. Also, it's got
113. 3:48really good traction on here. It doesn't
114. 3:49have that Vibram out-sole uh on the
115. 3:52Torin, but this has been really good on
116. 3:54some light trails. So, if you wanted a
117. 3:57shoe that you can use on the road and
118. 3:58the trail a little bit, that's been
119. 3:59really good. That's the Via Forward 2
120. 4:01from Altra. A little bit more expensive,
121. 4:04I think, but not much. This again, I
122. 4:05think will be fine on trail, depending
123. 4:07on the trail, as long as it's more of a
124. 4:08fire road, you know, again, it's not a
125. 4:10trail shoe, it's a road shoe, but it
126. 4:12does have that Vibram Vibram written on
127. 4:14here, right here on the toe, in case you
128. 4:16forgot, it's right there. It'll be on
129. 4:18both shoes, left and the right one, by
130. 4:20the way. Anyway, uh another good shoe
131. 4:22from a different brand is this Phantom 4
132. 4:25from Topo. This has been out for a
133. 4:26little while now, but it's still really
134. 4:29great. Has that nice natural shape toe
135. 4:31box. You do get a 5 mm heel drop.
136. 4:34Cushioning is very similar, maybe a
137. 4:36little bit softer feeling, and you got a
138. 4:38very similar platform on here.
139. 4:42I got to say, I really like the the look
140. 4:44of the platform on this shoe. It's just
141. 4:45a little bit wider, but not too bad.
142. 4:47Comes in around that 150 price range,
143. 4:49but it's a great shoe from Topo, as
144. 4:51well. One of the best fitting shoes I've
145. 4:53ever tried on. It's really nice. Uh so,
146. 4:55definitely keep that in mind. Anyway,
147. 4:57this is the Altra Torin 9 from Altra, uh
148. 5:00and it's a nice update. I think this is
149. 5:02going to do very, very well for them.
150. 5:04Definitely something to keep at it. I
151. 5:06think my least favorite thing on this
152. 5:07shoe, and I keep kind of poking fun at
153. 5:09it.
154. 5:10I have to say,
155. 5:13you got to get rid of that. No one wants
156. 5:15Vibram written on the front of their
157. 5:16toe. So, again, I'm poking fun out of
158. 5:19it, but seriously, I don't know who
159. 5:21thought of it. I would not have done
160. 5:22that. I think that's going to actually
161. 5:23hurt the shoe for some people. I already
162. 5:25get complaints from people who, if the
163. 5:27shoe is orange and comes up in the
164. 5:29front, or color, they don't want that
165. 5:32they don't like seeing this, and this is
166. 5:35like, you know, sticking out in the
167. 5:36front in some yellow color, or orange,
168. 5:39or something. Having this written on
169. 5:40here, I know I'm joking around, but it's
170. 5:43not going to do well. I can tell you
171. 5:45there's going to be people who don't
172. 5:46want to walk around with this written on
173. 5:48the front. So, anyway, that's really
174. 5:49probably my only real gripe with this
175. 5:51shoe. Otherwise, I think it's going to
176. 5:53be a great shoe and I don't think this
177. 5:54would be tough to fix. They could easily
178. 5:56just change the color of this to black.
179. 5:58I think this is more than enough, but I
180. 6:00think I would change this thing to black
181. 6:03or color match it. People are not going
182. 6:05to want this. So, anyway, enough on
183. 6:06that. Thanks for watching. This has been
184. 6:09Jeff here at Runner G and I'll see you
185. 6:11on the next video. In the meantime, keep
186. 6:13on moving. See you in the next video.
187. 6:15Thanks for watching. Bye-bye.