Customer Reviews New Balance Classics MR993 - Heritage

I am very happy with these sneakers. I use them primarily for commuting from work and I find them to be very comfortable. I accumulate roughly 20-25 miles per week on these shoes and find my feet and knees to be in good shape upon getting home. I am a heavier walker at about 220 lbs and find them to be stable, pretty supportive and balanced nicely. I bought them in the all black and the glow in the dark sole is kinda cool. The styling is typical New Balance 900 series. Stylistically I prefer the 574 series but the 9s are better for exercise. Overall, I would recommend this shoe, especially if you are a larger framed person. The all-black are subdued enough where you could almost wear them to work on a casual day and not draw attention to the fact that they are sneakers.

I have to agree with the bottom review. The glow in the dark 993s are the hottest color to date in series that NB has created so far. I think the shoe is very comfortable, but like the other review said, the standard colors are geared for the older crowd. The only drawback is they need to make the limited colors in wide widths. The 993s do stretch out over time, though. NB has just released a dark grey, black sole with baby blue trim 993 for men as well. NB is starting to get it right.

This is the only narrow sneaker that fits my husband. He is has a 13 AAA narrow foot. The shoes are comfortable and hold up well. We have tried the black version of the same shoe, but it was not comfortable. We have bought this shoe four times.\r\n\r\n

I measure Women's 11 AA but Women's New Balance 13 AA is too short. So ordered the Men's 12 1/2 AA, fit pretty good with my orthotic on top of the one that comes with the shoe and the laces tied tightly!

This is the best, if not the only running shoe for my 14AAA pair of feet. BUT, I must question if NB has cut corners with this new model. I\'ve purchased at least a dozen pairs of this model\'s predecessors (992, 991) over the last ten years or so. While the 993 is lighter than the most recent 992, the sole on both shoes is wearing down much faster than previous pairs. Is anyone else seeing this? I have owned mine since May and only run 15-20 miles a week. This has always been a high quality shoe. I hope my experience with this 993 pair is an exception to the rule.

Because I wear a large women's size, I frequently have to resort to wearing men's shoes and the old NB 992's were perfect, even the arch. After reading the reviews, I had high hopes that the new 993s would be equal to my 992s. I put the 993s on and they felt shorter than my 992s. Have no idea why because, otherwise they were comfortable although I also could not feel the the arch like I can in the 992s. I went to a local store to try on a half size larger and they were too big. In the meantime, the store found a pair of 992s, which I love, so I bought them and am sending the 993s back for now. Don't know why shoe makers have to redesign shoes that are already good. DUH! But I will probably be back to try them again. These shoes are so comfortable when I work, on my feet on a concrete floor!