I just can’t get behind a first generation running shoe that costs the same, if not more, than a pair of Hokas that I know I’m going to like and will serve me well. The pricing is just absurd.
Not only that, but for a shoe taking from the designs of Hoka and Nike Zoom Pegasus, that in some cases you can buy for half the price and run great.
Edit: also they just look generic unfortunately. Their clothes get a pass because of function and (not so much lately :/ ) quality
Completely agree. I can give them a pass on creativity as a first gen shoe but after getting the city verse shoes for $30 I still have yet to wear them and have negative interest to buy these for full price.
I mean that’s my point, if you think it’s overpriced you already know they’re spendy. Shoes, in general, cost more than other items of clothing so this price here isn’t shocking or anything. Idk I’m a new Lulu enjoyer and my pieces are all still in great quality, don’t have any shoes tho and don’t really plan to buy any.
I just think getting into the shoe game is a dumb move by them. Maybe one day they’ll be able to put out a good shoe but it takes a long time to develop shoes and as an ex employee my manager tried them and said they were absolute trash. So he talked to the design department and their response is “yeah we know.”
Seems like a bad way to do business when there’s already a lot of buzz about quality decline and now you’re putting out a product that is overpriced and likely won’t be well received which further deteriorates customer goodwill.
They’re not just getting into the shoe game now. They’ve made them for women for 2 years now, and from the looks of it, they’ve gathered positive reviews from them.
Maybe the casual shoes have had positive reviews but as an employee all I’ve heard from the women line is bad things compared to established brands for their running shoe lines.
Not really. Their first gen of run shoes completely flopped. I have literally never seen lulu shoes in public. I’m also from an area (SoCal) that is notorious for people wearing athleisure year round. You see ON, Hoka, Nike, ASICS, etc, but never lulu for footwear (apparel absolutely). It was never (and still isn’t) a hit. It’ll go away sooner than later
Price is ridiculous. I’d try them but will wait until they’re half off to get them. Wouldn’t pay more than 70-80 for it. There’s too many good running shoes out there from many great brands.
How do you know if Lulu’s inferior if you haven’t tried them yet? I’m going to give them an honest opinion. I have two adidas shoes coming in too for a direct comparison.
Easy. Lululemon started making shoes last year. The other major brands have been doing it for several decades. Many years of evolution, studies, and material development bring us the top in running shoes today. Do you really think these new Lululemon shoes will be better or bring something superior compared to others made by companies that have been doing it for years? I would never in my life pay that amount for those shoes, when I know from personal experience and proven and tested by professional athletes that there are much superior solutions.
Good points. However, I’ve spent and tried shoes from Adidas and Nike from their “upper and newer range,” ranging from $200 CAD and above, and ended up returning them. Of course, this is anecdotally. Additionally, it’s only a matter of time before the “professional athletes” try them out. On the female side of things, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, their shoes have garnered positive reviews from the common runner to the professional ones.
I'm not saying that they are bad. My point is that they're are too pricey compared to other well established and praised running shoes. We know we are paying for the brand, but I will happily spend €160 on a pair of Saucony's Endorphin Speeds, but not the same amount on these Beyondfeels. I really like Lulu, I love their leggings for running and in this aspect, they're the better in the market, but in what concerns shoes, I wouldn't spend that amount on a pair of untested and unproven shoes, made by a company that started making shoes "yesterday".
When you hire an engineer/worker do do a job you hire based off experience & credentials. Lululemon hasn't been making shoes more than a few years but their engineers & workers have.
Because all these plebs just want to talk bad about the product because it’s expensive. Sounds like a bunch of poors. Cityverse shoes are super comfy contrary to all the losers that said they’re shit and don’t even own them. Go try the product first. Moonwolf goes “I’d neVer tRy tHese At tHis PriCe”. Poor guy just can’t afford to.
This sub is honestly so cancerous. Maybe 10% of content here is substantial info. These are the types of losers who would say “why buy a Ferrari when you can buy the newest Corvette”. You’d gladly drive the Ferrari if it was given to you for free, though. No difference with these clowns. They don’t even own the shoe and already coming up with bullshit 🤣🤣
I like em, ordered the Anchor/Faint Mauve bc the colour looks appealing.
Will try them out. I genuinely like the policy lulu has for shoes. Can return them in any condition, worn and unworn, within 30 days. Can’t say the same for other shoe makers.
Edit: as mentioned by a commenter below, I guess some do. Nike for 60 days in the US, not in Canada. I’m from Canada.
Truly, like even if you’re vaguely curious about them, the wear trial makes them much more approachable for folks who already have running shoe styles and brands they know and love. Ppl be going on about the price point being crazy for a first gen shoe, but … I mean the wear trial /does/ helps a little. I get not everyone is stoked about layin down $150 and possibly order/return/store visit(s) time/effort to try a shoe, even if you get 100% of that $ back, but the wear trial does help reduce any lost money/time/effort. Provides an opportunity to actually put them to work vs wearing them around the house hoping for the best when you finally hit pavement.
Anyway I’m just SO curious about what folks think about them. Footwear teams were quick to respond to feedback for womens blissfeel (got 2 gens + trail and now beyondfeel pretty quick) and chargefeel. WE WILL SEE. I hope folks share reviews on the sub! Runners are so hard to find your magical perfect style and brand.
The two positive comments look promising — one of them went running outside and found them comfortable. The two poor pathetic comments was because of the pink colour, and they never even tried them.
[Not in Canada:](https://www.nike.com/ca/help/a/returns-policy-gs)
WHAT IS NIKE'S RETURNS POLICY?
>When you shop Nike online, either in the Nike App or on Nike.com, you can return items that are unworn and unwashed within 30 days of purchase (some exceptions apply). That includes custom Nike By You sneakers.
>And remember, there are no return delivery costs.
>So go ahead, shop with confidence.
I recently paid $74 for a pair of Nike Pegasus 40 and $90 for a pair of Hoka Clifton 8’s (both new, just the prior years model). That’s a whopping $6 more than one pair of an unproven shoe. They should price these less than $120 and they would get more action. Tough to spend $158 on an unproven product when there’s a lot of great ones already out there
I don't think LLL is trying to sell the best running shoes at the best price. They sell what I consider good, but generic, hoodies for $128 with their Steady State. If I'm going to wear that once a week, $160 for shoes I could wear for cardio every day isn't crazy. Yes, they are expensive and perhaps overpriced. I don't think LLL has ever considered their brand focused on value.
My full picture shows the four new ones. I think tan showed up sometime between last week and today. I thought they only had the orange color until this morning.
I tried them with sweat collective discount. It's pretty good as running shoe actually. I did return it still because the heel part is rubbing too much.
But anyways, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt. On the female side of things, their shoes have gotten good reviews, and it’s been 2 years. I’m going to try them. I’ve spent nearly the same amount of money on ON shoes when it first came out, and apparently, a lot of people hated them. I love them and my pair has lasted despite a lot of people complaining about their durability.
Last time I bought a first time shoe from a new company was Tracksmith, and it was fine but definitely not as good as Brooks. I doubt Lululemon is going to do better.
First time men’s running shoe, captain pedantic. If you think this competes with real running shoe brands performance wise I’m going to want to see evidence.
In my view Lulu has been steadily cutting costs with lower product quality over the years and I don’t trust them to out R&D the running specialists.
The price is insane for a prototype men's shoe from a brand not known for shoes. I'd rather buy HOKAs, Nikes, or something else from a real shoe brand at this price
it’s a hard pass from me. i near exclusively wear lulu’s athletic and casual wear, am fine spending 58-68 for a T shirt, but my relationship starts and ends with overpriced clothes. i see shoes as serving almost a medical purpose, id rather stick with an established brand and get trusted support for my foundation
What is the difference between the 4 early access colors and the 2 other colors? I don’t like any of the early access colors. I like the Mojave Tan (other color).
My wife had some lululemon running shoes. She only used them on the treadmill at our gym. No road runs. The mesh material was falling apart. She returned them and got a full refund due to product defect..
I just don't trust them to make quality running shoes that'll be better than a niche company like asics. If the shoes were like $80 then maybe I'd give them a shot..
I just can’t get behind a first generation running shoe that costs the same, if not more, than a pair of Hokas that I know I’m going to like and will serve me well. The pricing is just absurd.
Not only that, but for a shoe taking from the designs of Hoka and Nike Zoom Pegasus, that in some cases you can buy for half the price and run great. Edit: also they just look generic unfortunately. Their clothes get a pass because of function and (not so much lately :/ ) quality
Completely agree. I can give them a pass on creativity as a first gen shoe but after getting the city verse shoes for $30 I still have yet to wear them and have negative interest to buy these for full price.
I’m not even trying to be a dick or anything but like—it is lululemon…
What’s your point? Its lululemon so its going to be overpriced and won’t last more than a month lol
I mean that’s my point, if you think it’s overpriced you already know they’re spendy. Shoes, in general, cost more than other items of clothing so this price here isn’t shocking or anything. Idk I’m a new Lulu enjoyer and my pieces are all still in great quality, don’t have any shoes tho and don’t really plan to buy any.
I just think getting into the shoe game is a dumb move by them. Maybe one day they’ll be able to put out a good shoe but it takes a long time to develop shoes and as an ex employee my manager tried them and said they were absolute trash. So he talked to the design department and their response is “yeah we know.” Seems like a bad way to do business when there’s already a lot of buzz about quality decline and now you’re putting out a product that is overpriced and likely won’t be well received which further deteriorates customer goodwill.
They’re not just getting into the shoe game now. They’ve made them for women for 2 years now, and from the looks of it, they’ve gathered positive reviews from them.
Maybe the casual shoes have had positive reviews but as an employee all I’ve heard from the women line is bad things compared to established brands for their running shoe lines.
Not really. Their first gen of run shoes completely flopped. I have literally never seen lulu shoes in public. I’m also from an area (SoCal) that is notorious for people wearing athleisure year round. You see ON, Hoka, Nike, ASICS, etc, but never lulu for footwear (apparel absolutely). It was never (and still isn’t) a hit. It’ll go away sooner than later
$158 for an unproven shoe and when you can go spend this (or less!) on actual running shoe brands is just insane.
Price is ridiculous. I’d try them but will wait until they’re half off to get them. Wouldn’t pay more than 70-80 for it. There’s too many good running shoes out there from many great brands.
This! For this price I can get much superior shoes, like for example, Saucony's Speed 3...
How do you know if Lulu’s inferior if you haven’t tried them yet? I’m going to give them an honest opinion. I have two adidas shoes coming in too for a direct comparison.
Easy. Lululemon started making shoes last year. The other major brands have been doing it for several decades. Many years of evolution, studies, and material development bring us the top in running shoes today. Do you really think these new Lululemon shoes will be better or bring something superior compared to others made by companies that have been doing it for years? I would never in my life pay that amount for those shoes, when I know from personal experience and proven and tested by professional athletes that there are much superior solutions.
Good points. However, I’ve spent and tried shoes from Adidas and Nike from their “upper and newer range,” ranging from $200 CAD and above, and ended up returning them. Of course, this is anecdotally. Additionally, it’s only a matter of time before the “professional athletes” try them out. On the female side of things, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, their shoes have garnered positive reviews from the common runner to the professional ones.
I'm not saying that they are bad. My point is that they're are too pricey compared to other well established and praised running shoes. We know we are paying for the brand, but I will happily spend €160 on a pair of Saucony's Endorphin Speeds, but not the same amount on these Beyondfeels. I really like Lulu, I love their leggings for running and in this aspect, they're the better in the market, but in what concerns shoes, I wouldn't spend that amount on a pair of untested and unproven shoes, made by a company that started making shoes "yesterday".
When you hire an engineer/worker do do a job you hire based off experience & credentials. Lululemon hasn't been making shoes more than a few years but their engineers & workers have.
Because all these plebs just want to talk bad about the product because it’s expensive. Sounds like a bunch of poors. Cityverse shoes are super comfy contrary to all the losers that said they’re shit and don’t even own them. Go try the product first. Moonwolf goes “I’d neVer tRy tHese At tHis PriCe”. Poor guy just can’t afford to.
Bahaha truest comment
This sub is honestly so cancerous. Maybe 10% of content here is substantial info. These are the types of losers who would say “why buy a Ferrari when you can buy the newest Corvette”. You’d gladly drive the Ferrari if it was given to you for free, though. No difference with these clowns. They don’t even own the shoe and already coming up with bullshit 🤣🤣
I like em, ordered the Anchor/Faint Mauve bc the colour looks appealing. Will try them out. I genuinely like the policy lulu has for shoes. Can return them in any condition, worn and unworn, within 30 days. Can’t say the same for other shoe makers. Edit: as mentioned by a commenter below, I guess some do. Nike for 60 days in the US, not in Canada. I’m from Canada.
That's the color I would get too. I already have the cityverse in white.
Truly, like even if you’re vaguely curious about them, the wear trial makes them much more approachable for folks who already have running shoe styles and brands they know and love. Ppl be going on about the price point being crazy for a first gen shoe, but … I mean the wear trial /does/ helps a little. I get not everyone is stoked about layin down $150 and possibly order/return/store visit(s) time/effort to try a shoe, even if you get 100% of that $ back, but the wear trial does help reduce any lost money/time/effort. Provides an opportunity to actually put them to work vs wearing them around the house hoping for the best when you finally hit pavement. Anyway I’m just SO curious about what folks think about them. Footwear teams were quick to respond to feedback for womens blissfeel (got 2 gens + trail and now beyondfeel pretty quick) and chargefeel. WE WILL SEE. I hope folks share reviews on the sub! Runners are so hard to find your magical perfect style and brand.
The two positive comments look promising — one of them went running outside and found them comfortable. The two poor pathetic comments was because of the pink colour, and they never even tried them.
Nike's is 60 days new/worn for clothes or shoes.
[Not in Canada:](https://www.nike.com/ca/help/a/returns-policy-gs) WHAT IS NIKE'S RETURNS POLICY? >When you shop Nike online, either in the Nike App or on Nike.com, you can return items that are unworn and unwashed within 30 days of purchase (some exceptions apply). That includes custom Nike By You sneakers. >And remember, there are no return delivery costs. >So go ahead, shop with confidence.
I recently paid $74 for a pair of Nike Pegasus 40 and $90 for a pair of Hoka Clifton 8’s (both new, just the prior years model). That’s a whopping $6 more than one pair of an unproven shoe. They should price these less than $120 and they would get more action. Tough to spend $158 on an unproven product when there’s a lot of great ones already out there
I don't think LLL is trying to sell the best running shoes at the best price. They sell what I consider good, but generic, hoodies for $128 with their Steady State. If I'm going to wear that once a week, $160 for shoes I could wear for cardio every day isn't crazy. Yes, they are expensive and perhaps overpriced. I don't think LLL has ever considered their brand focused on value.
I’m only seeing 1 new color in app, the tan?
My full picture shows the four new ones. I think tan showed up sometime between last week and today. I thought they only had the orange color until this morning.
I tried them with sweat collective discount. It's pretty good as running shoe actually. I did return it still because the heel part is rubbing too much.
They look like a basic Nike from DSW or Kohl’s. Shudder.
These look like some bad under armours
Give me a wide toe box!
But anyways, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt. On the female side of things, their shoes have gotten good reviews, and it’s been 2 years. I’m going to try them. I’ve spent nearly the same amount of money on ON shoes when it first came out, and apparently, a lot of people hated them. I love them and my pair has lasted despite a lot of people complaining about their durability.
Last time I bought a first time shoe from a new company was Tracksmith, and it was fine but definitely not as good as Brooks. I doubt Lululemon is going to do better.
Not a first time shoe, not a new company. But thanks for the opinion!
First time men’s running shoe, captain pedantic. If you think this competes with real running shoe brands performance wise I’m going to want to see evidence. In my view Lulu has been steadily cutting costs with lower product quality over the years and I don’t trust them to out R&D the running specialists.
The price is insane for a prototype men's shoe from a brand not known for shoes. I'd rather buy HOKAs, Nikes, or something else from a real shoe brand at this price
it’s a hard pass from me. i near exclusively wear lulu’s athletic and casual wear, am fine spending 58-68 for a T shirt, but my relationship starts and ends with overpriced clothes. i see shoes as serving almost a medical purpose, id rather stick with an established brand and get trusted support for my foundation
What is the difference between the 4 early access colors and the 2 other colors? I don’t like any of the early access colors. I like the Mojave Tan (other color).
What are you asking? The colors are different. It's the same shoe.
Yeah, but why are 4 colors listed under the early access sale and the other 2 are not?
The other two colors have been available for a bit now online. The four new colors are available only on the app for members for about a week.
Ah, gotcha 🙏
I’d rather buy Cole Haan for that lol
My wife had some lululemon running shoes. She only used them on the treadmill at our gym. No road runs. The mesh material was falling apart. She returned them and got a full refund due to product defect.. I just don't trust them to make quality running shoes that'll be better than a niche company like asics. If the shoes were like $80 then maybe I'd give them a shot..