Nike Streakfly 2 Reviews

This runner finds the Streakfly 2 basically a Dragonfly spike with a road sole: fairly uncomfortable, track-only, and unlikely to last 50–100 road miles.

Calls the Streakfly 2 insane but says their calves need days to recover after a hard session in them.

After a first run, a Streakfly 1 fan finds the Streakfly 2 a road spike: aggressive, less forgiving and harsh with a narrow operating window, demanding on the Achilles and ankles, but special for fast training.

An owner of both prefers the Streakfly 2 for 5K/10K races, finding its slightly wider forefoot more comfortable than the Takumi Sen.

A sharply focused shoe for intermediate and advanced forefoot runners: overwhelmingly light with spike-like ground feel and superb forefoot rebound. He planned to use it for regular speed work too, so he wished it were more durable. The thin upper looks fragile, and it's expensive and demanding of fitness.

Rated A: it feels more like a spike (a Dragonfly) than a shoe, and he could hold 1500 m race pace on the road, so he could replace spikes for some sessions. Very light, great on the track and for hard sessions. It runs slightly small and narrow, it's not for heel strikers, and the price rose about ¥6,000.

Refreshing in a marathon-focused market: bold updates make it a true PB-breaker for 10K and under. Propulsive, true to size and comfortable out of the box. Its limited application makes it an extra super shoe rather than your only one.

Five smiles from one tester: bespoke and epic at track-rep paces, where ZoomX and the plate give a smooth toe-off. It's more forgiving than spikes, with a phenomenally grippy outsole. Very specific and unversatile, harsher than most road shoes, for forefoot strikers only, and durability is likely limited.

It finally separates this shoe from the do-it-all Vaporfly, and one tester thinks it now stands apart from every other 5K racer. A cutthroat, short-distance specialist rather than a versatile shoe.