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The Vaporfly 4 is NOT What I Expected (100% honest review)

2025-04-06 Sports
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Ben Parkes
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Top Comments (10)

@smith12whu 2025-04-06

Has a shoe ever fallen off that rail and into the river?

593 12 replies
@MichaelWalton-i4h 2025-11-02

Fantastic shoe, sliced over a minute of my 5k PB from 23:01 to 21:53 straight out of the box at 64 yrs.

46 4 replies
@menlo7256 2025-04-07

That wiggle on the rails gave me a heart rate spike.

42 1 replies
@eaudeneem 2025-07-01

I just purchased the Jakob Ingebrigtsen colorway

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@TheOption_C 2025-04-07

Fully agree. Great review… it‘s super smooth

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@andrewdhome 2025-04-07

Great review - and so much more incisive than those reviewers who have simply been bashing the new version

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@ss-xv5cu 2025-04-06

I will be ordering a couple pair the vaporfly 4 loved the vaporfly 2.

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@nicknz100 2025-04-06

Would love to hear your thoughts about the VF4 vs the Edge Paris , ta!

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@lumpen87 2025-04-06

Asics S4 Yogiri? Looks exciting!

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@elementE5 2025-04-06

Black/Olive Aura/Metallic Medium Ash is the colorway I want.

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