What Makes the Altra Escalante 5 Different? — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey everybody, it's your old pal Steve
2. 0:01Moore here, owner of Runore, this
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4. 0:04located in Westminster, Maryland. Today
5. 0:07we got a lot to talk about about the new
6. 0:09Ultra Escalante 5. There is so much to
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13. 0:28the Ultra Escalante 5. Okay, so first
14. 0:31off, the Escalante was such a cool shoe
15. 0:34when it first came out. Like I would say
16. 0:36of all of the Ultra shoes that we
17. 0:37carried that had the biggest increase of
18. 0:40new customers coming in, it was the
19. 0:41Escalante. Like going back to when it
20. 0:44first came out, we had seen this
21. 0:46minimalist movement and then we saw the
22. 0:48big Hoka coming into the market where
23. 0:50everybody started to go big and then
24. 0:51Ultra went super minimal with the
25. 0:53Escalante and obviously as they have
26. 0:55changed their lineup over the years.
27. 0:58Some of the things that made Altra Ultra
28. 1:00has changed things like zero drop and
29. 1:02how the widths were done. But there's
30. 1:04something that's been tried and true
31. 1:06with the Escalante all these years is
32. 1:07like we are a minimal zero drop nice
33. 1:11rounded foot shape. That's where the
34. 1:13Escalante has stood in their lineup. And
35. 1:15technically there's been stuff that's a
36. 1:16little bit lower to the ground. The
37. 1:17Solstice is just a pinch lower. The
38. 1:20Escalante Racer was just a pinch lower,
39. 1:22but for like all intents of purposes,
40. 1:24for a minimal road shoe from Ultra, this
41. 1:26was the bee's knee. So when people would
42. 1:28come in here and say, "I wish I could
43. 1:30just be barefoot all the time." This is
44. 1:32the shoe that we pull. And so it's been
45. 1:33exciting to see how this shoe has kind
46. 1:35of pivoted over the years while still
47. 1:37trying to keep itself true. And there's
48. 1:38a lot of changes from four to five that
49. 1:41almost to me kind of classifies the shoe
50. 1:43differently than how it used to be. So
51. 1:45the first big update we're going to talk
52. 1:47about is the midsole update. As I
53. 1:48mentioned, the first Escalante was the
54. 1:50first one that introduced like a really
55. 1:52lively ego midsole. That was the first
56. 1:53time we saw that charged rubber bouncy
57. 1:56shoe. So it was always confusing to
58. 1:58people. Not confusing in a bad way, but
59. 2:00like this shoe shouldn't feel as bouncy
60. 2:03and lively and fun and even cushioned as
61. 2:05it is for a shoe that is only 44 or 24
62. 2:08mm tall. But that like was a super
63. 2:11revolutionary bouncy midsole that they
64. 2:13use. So now we have a new CM EVA. So
65. 2:17it's a compression molded EVA version of
66. 2:20the Ego. So it's different than what we
67. 2:22had in version 4. It actually underfoot
68. 2:24it feels more cushioned. And I was doing
69. 2:26a lot of back and forth, checking specs,
70. 2:28running around, doing all the stuff to
71. 2:29compare my old Escalantes and new
72. 2:31Escalantes, and they're both 24 mm.
73. 2:34They're both a lot of ways they look so
74. 2:36similar, but they actually feel quite
75. 2:38different under foot. When I popped
76. 2:40these two go, I was running around, I
77. 2:42did not feel like I was wearing an
78. 2:43Escalante in the version 5. It felt
79. 2:45closer, quite frankly, to like a baby
80. 2:48torrent, which is a max cushion zero
81. 2:50drop shoe from Ultra. So like I felt so
82. 2:52much more cushion underfoot from the
83. 2:54Escalante. So, some people that are
84. 2:56like, I don't want to feel the ground
85. 2:57anymore, you're going to feel a little
86. 3:00bit different in way this cushion feels
87. 3:01under foot. I actually really felt it
88. 3:03through the midfoot and forefoot of this
89. 3:05shoe. Like, in fact, I was like, is this
90. 3:06even still feel zero drop? Because it
91. 3:08just felt like it filled in so much more
92. 3:10space than I was accustomed to in old
93. 3:12Escalantes, especially if you go back to
94. 3:14like the OG Escalante where it really
95. 3:16felt like there was nothing under foot.
96. 3:18This shoe in all intents and purposes, I
97. 3:20I actually said this like on version
98. 3:22three of the Escalante, like it now
99. 3:24feels more like a shoe than I was used
100. 3:26to. So keep that in mind if you are that
101. 3:28like I don't want nothing under my foot.
102. 3:31You're going to feel like you have a
103. 3:32shoe on now. And the weight has changed.
104. 3:34Even though the same stack height, it is
105. 3:36now at half ounce heavier. So we're on
106. 3:39my size 12. This is almost an 11 oz shoe
107. 3:42now. And so that's a big difference from
108. 3:44where we used to be. I was This was a 10
109. 3:461/2. And even this was heavier than what
110. 3:48we had been accustomed to on Escalantes.
111. 3:50So now this almost feels, I hate to say
112. 3:53more casual, more like a shoe, but
113. 3:54that's where this shoe lies. And what do
114. 3:56you do if you're that ride or die
115. 3:57Escalante person? It's like, well, I
116. 3:59don't want that. They've now changed it
117. 4:01and there is no Escalante racer anymore.
118. 4:03So if you were like, okay, well, I'll
119. 4:05just get the lighter down 2 mm less
120. 4:07version of the Racer. That is now gone.
121. 4:10What they've done, and just you can kind
122. 4:11of see just like immediately go, ah,
123. 4:13this is the Vanish Pulse. So, this now
124. 4:16replaces what the racer was. So, if you
125. 4:18are somebody who's like, I want to run
126. 4:20in an Escalante that feels super low to
127. 4:23the ground, that has so little weight to
128. 4:24it, that still feels like an old school
129. 4:27fasty, you know, escalante used to be.
130. 4:29That's where this comes into place.
131. 4:30Like, I think in their head that almost
132. 4:32becomes, I hate saying a casual shoe,
133. 4:34but I think this almost even some of the
134. 4:36colors that we've seen on this becomes
135. 4:38something that people can putts around.
136. 4:40Obviously, still run in it, but it is a
137. 4:42little bit heavier. It just feels a
138. 4:44pinch different. But if you still want
139. 4:46that escalante experience, that's where
140. 4:48the Pulse comes in. Now, this becomes
141. 4:50your lowest level, lowest cushion, super
142. 4:53fast, super minimal rounded to toe box
143. 4:56shoe from Ultra in the Escalante family.
144. 4:58So, while it doesn't have Escalante in
145. 5:00the name, for all intents of purposes,
146. 5:02this becomes your Lecalante racer and
147. 5:04your check down from what now is your
148. 5:06Escalante 5. So, if I was kind of making
149. 5:08like a little Escalante sandwich, this
150. 5:11is how I would do it. You have your
151. 5:13higher heaviest one, your old one, and
152. 5:16now your new guy down here the on the on
153. 5:17the pulse on the bottom here. I hope
154. 5:19that kind of helps as far as like your
155. 5:21weight and like how bouncy they are and
156. 5:24just how like minimal they kind of are.
157. 5:26Yeah, that's how I would do that. Came
158. 5:28up with that on the fly. Anyway, I hope
159. 5:30that kind of helps answer some questions
160. 5:31because there is some great things that
161. 5:33I like about this shoe. It is so
162. 5:34comfortable. Like I can definitely see
163. 5:36me putting around town in this shoe. I
164. 5:38think the upgraded cushion to the
165. 5:39forefoot is a real nice benefit. It is
166. 5:4210 bucks more, but still at $140,
167. 5:44whether you're wearing this casual or
168. 5:45this is your everyday runner shoe or
169. 5:47that stylish shoe that's a zero drop, I
170. 5:50think they did a nice job at $140 of
171. 5:52giving you tremendous value in this
172. 5:53shoe. I think they did a good job on the
173. 5:55durability. They're just using more
174. 5:57durable materials in this. These shoes
175. 5:58are just lasting a little bit longer.
176. 6:00So, Ultra's done a good job of like
177. 6:01making improvements and adding value
178. 6:03without changing everything to it and
179. 6:05making it like a lower tiered shoe. So,
180. 6:07there you have it. The Escalante 5. If
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