User Review: Merrell Overdrive

Merrell Overdrive
Above: The current Overdrive, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed August 1, 2007 by tlenzenh

Rating:
Break-in Period: 4 weeks
Price Paid: 100AUD

The shoe felt great from the first time I put it on and it also felt great when running first couple of times on the trail.

The sole has a really really good grip, one of the best soles I have ever had on any trailrunning shoe.
However - compared to the Salomon XA Pro 3D XCR that I also own this shoe does not have a lot of stability sideways. It happened to me several times that I roll the foot on rocky trails. While the traction is excellent with this shoe I have to rate it down from a stability point of view. Maybe cause my feet are quite narrow. Otherwise the shoe fits great, there are no issues with friction and blisters at all.

Another minus is the lacing system. It is easy to tighten but for some reason a bit cumbersome to open (compared to the Salomon).

I also found the design of the upper tongue which is supposed to hide the lace ends not working very well. The lace ends come loose quite often and slip out of the little pocket from the tongue. This works quite well on the Salomon too.

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