 Alright, check it out. It's time for another shoe review, and today we are reviewing the Hoka One One Bondi 6 Alright, some out here. It's Cold I'm wearing my jacket in my hat, but I wanted to do this review outside. So that's what we're doing This is the one. I don't know if I'm pronouncing it perfectly, but Hoka Hoka Hoka Hoka. I don't know Hoka One One One. I know that part is right though because it's not one one. It's one one. One one. I don't know It's a difficult name to pronounce, but the Bondi 6 anyway. So the Bondi 6 is the latest Bondi model From Hoka it came out this year just a few months ago just a month ago or something like that And so it's fairly new. The Bondi is historically the most cushioned shoe in the Hoka range Possibly even the most cushioned shoe in the world. I don't know. It is very cushioned This is the number six and I've been wanting to try Hoka's for a while now. I've done I run mostly just in ultra or exclusively in ultra shoes and I've done a lot of those reviews I'll put a link to one of them here and I love ultra shoes, but I've always been intrigued by Hoka I guess I'm also affected a little bit by the marketing. I think they do a great job marketing and they do a great job Designing the shoes. I mean they look Really cool. So I wanted to try them. I also like to the idea. I like the idea of maximal cushioning too You know, it just it makes sense to me for a lot of reasons that I I will probably get into in another video maximal versus minimal and all that but I Bought them. I try them. These are actually the wide model The the bondi wide because I have so wide feet That's why the ultras are most of the time good for me But even them are actually quite narrow sometimes in the middle there So I went for the wide model and it's it's just wide enough for me. It's not perfect But it's all it's almost perfect So I enjoy them first time I headed out on the on the run with them. It was just like What? That felt good. Okay. That was nice just having that cushion It was just like heading out on on the forest floor on the trail even though I was on the pavement You know the less cushioning I have when I head out on the pavement The more I feel like it's difficult to enjoy the road You know what I mean like it's just so hard With these though I can head out and I can actually enjoy it all the way through So I would say that this is obviously a shoe that you would use probably on Longer road runs like your long run or use is a volume shoe Whereas if you're doing a speed workout You're doing a tempo run even You probably want to consider doing it with a slightly lighter shoe, right? A little bit less cushion to have a little bit more contact maybe with the ground a little bit more control But most of all the weight because let's talk about the weight I don't know the exact spec, but I think I weighed this one. This is a 46 This is size 46 and two-thirds European size, which is a pretty big shoe. I have big feet and And I think it weighs something like 350 grams Which is a lot Okay, that is a lot. So they're pretty damn heavy and you notice it as well when you're running in and they are heavy But it's not a problem I mean you do get used to it and it's sort of it's just like it's fine It's fine, but it's not it doesn't feel like a fast shoe But but because of the cushioning and the sort of springiness of the shoe You still feel like you're sort of floating along fairly nicely. So I would say they're heavy But it's not a problem I was actually originally wanting to try the Clifton's which are slightly less cushioned But they didn't have them in the wide size. So I went for the Bondis It's pretty firm. I can't really twist it much so not very flexible But yeah, very comfortable still the upper is also very comfortable. I don't know it's it's fairly Sometimes I can't find the the right words to describe what I'm trying to explain But let's just say it's comfortable. The upper is comfortable and feels pretty sturdy I like the the laces. I like these kinds of laces of flat ones. They just feel like they're easier to tie up and they're a little bit elastic Which is nice as well. What I do is that I loosen the laces down here to make my Foot more comfortable there at the widest point and then I tighten it up here the outer sole looks a pretty sturdy. Yeah, it's It doesn't look like it's gonna break down too quickly, but then again, I've only only run about Well, I don't know 50 kilometers or something in them so far. So it's difficult to say the fit was quite nice in terms of like how it fitted around my my Ankle and stuff. It felt comfortable. I wasn't slipping out and in and out of the shoe or anything like that. It's firm I have one big issue with it though. I do have one big issue My my big toe keeps bumping into the upper around here and it feels really as though it's made for people with Halux valgus, is that what it's called? I think where the big toe is sort of going inward like that You know, that's a problem with a lot of shoes They sort of force your toes together and that's what I love about Altra The Altra brand that they have a wide toe box allows your toes to display So most shoes they force your toe in like that and the same is true for this They will force your toe a little bit in and I don't think it's a healthy biomechanical thing and Also when your toe is forced in like that, you're missing out on on having that big toe Stabilized and and and when you're towing off you should really get some of your power going through the big toe But if it's forced in like that, you're sort of missing out on that So I think that's a big problem that Hoka should definitely Attend to creating a little bit of a larger toe box, especially around the big toe The other toes were fine though. I can't remember exactly how many millimeters of drop. I Think there's five millimeters of drop and the cushioning is something like 30 millimeters I can't remember exactly but there's a link in the description to the shoe It's actually an affiliate link. It will take you to Amazon where you can buy these shoes if you want them And if you do click that link, we will get paid for sending you there if you choose to buy But the price remains the same for you anyway, so if you do that it's a good way to support the long trail But you can also read there about the specs, etc I'm not used to running with a drop I've run in ultra shoes as I mentioned a few times now and they have zero drop meaning it's a completely flat shoe from Heel to toe I Prefer that but I wanted to try how it feels with a little bit of heel to throw drop anyway so these have a five millimeter drop as I said, I think and That I can feel it I can definitely feel it's kind of strange It it it makes me run slightly differently, and I know I don't know if that's a good or bad thing yet I haven't filmed myself and studied how my running style is altered But that's something I will do so I think this particular color isn't the most awesome one I would prefer the the blue one the typical hoca You know light blue type color, but this was all they had in the white one. So that's what I had to do anyway That's it super awesome shoe. I'm enjoying the cushioning. I'm experimenting with different types of shoes And this is a very interesting one. I dig the brand Check out the affiliate link that I just mentioned it in the description and let me know in the comments Have you tried them? Are you a fan of hoca? Have you which models have you tried? pros cons If not hoca or ultra at all what brand do you run in? Let me know in the comments I want to know and of course check out some of my other shoe reviews on Ultra shoes. I'll put a link to them somewhere here Thanks for watching. Please subscribe And click a little bell button as well so you get notified whenever I upload a video. Hope you're having a good day. Bye. Bye