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I Spent £300 on Chinese Running Shoes, Were They Any Good?

2026-04-19 Sports
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Top Comments (10)

@jogoncrago 2026-04-19

Welcome mate- nice to have you over 🤝

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@rapssss 2026-04-19

We need Chineese competitors on runnning shoe market more and more visible in Europe. Prices for such shoes skyrocketed during past few years and they are just overpriced now. Good that Decathlon with Kiprun series like Tempo is giving us a great affordable shoe and now these Chineese options. Crossing fingers as competition is always good for us, consumers.

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@HarrisonMoore-p2z 2026-04-19

Hui is great!

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@HarrisonMoore-p2z 2026-04-19

Also, let’s see a review of the Feidan 6 Elite!

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@71oliver1 2026-04-19

For the price of one Superblast 3 I bought a LiNing RH9 Ultra, Dynafish Xiaonian and Xtep 2000 5 Pro of Taobao delivered to Australia. Absolutely awesome shoes that cover all needs.

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@quinnfontaine2236 2026-04-19

Awesome to see you covering some Chinese brands Ben! Like you said, prices are a headache when buying from overseas. I live in Hong Kong and here are what those shoes cost from retailers here without the foreign markup: Feidian Challenger 6 = £37.6 Xtep 2000km 5 pro = £39.5 Red Hare 9 Ultra = £45.4 Looks like you’re normally having to pay 2 or 3 times as much! Hope they eventually lower the prices for all of you guys interested in buying from abroad. Loved the video!

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@run-are 2026-04-19

Thanks for the shoutout mate!

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@RaphaRunsHK 2026-04-19

Let’s put it this way, for the price of a daily trainer from Adidas or Nike, you can have the top of the line racer from Li-Ning, Anta, Xtep, 361, etc… For people in the market for Chinese brand running shoes, just wait for the big sales for Golden week in May, or June 18…

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@glitch_xix3266 2026-04-19

@TheHuiWay the Chinese shoes authority. 💯👌

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@SmiileySmiiles 2026-04-19

I just hope the added competition in the shoe market will spur manufacturers to make better and more value shoes for the elite and everyday runners ! 🎉

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