The mesh is super lightweight, breathable and wicks well keeping the foot comfy inside.
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Up top, the Torrent benefits from a high sided TPU rubber overlay, that keeps the lower parts of the lightweight mesh upper protected, reinforcing durability (a Hoka weak point in the past). Better yet, they also handle more buffed fire trail, flatter surfaces and even road with aplomb.
Technical terrain, rocky, muddy, slippery – the lugs latch onto everything like a good all-rounder trail shoe should. The aggressive design pairs square pegs at the heel with a slanted, angular tread at the forefoot to help you dig in. The outsole has nearly without exception been lauded by reviewers. Speaking of grip, this is where the Torrent really nails it. There is no integrated rock plate, but the sheer thickness of the midsole and the robust grip outer means your foot is protected from any pinchy, rocky incursions and so still suited to bitey terrain.
The slimmed down profile also positions your foot closer to the ground giving them a racier feel, one that suits shorter, faster efforts as well as longer ones. For my liking the Torrent sits a better and more preferred proprioception rating, while still giving enough comfort on longer runs. The stack height is 23mm/18mm with a 5mm drop, which still gives adequate real estate for cushioning.Runners who want more plush will still go for the Stinson ATR 5, which features an added 14mm of pillow (37mm/32mm).
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Salomon Sense Pro Max) and they remain some of the most comfortable on market. But compare them to any other brand with a tending-to-maxi offering (i.e. Of course, you can’t please every runner, all the time and those seeking a truly plush, marshmellow ride across the stepping action will find these perhaps too harsh for a Hoka. The secret sauce here is foam called Profly that while squishy up back, has a forefoot zone that has been firmed up a notch or two for a snappier response on toe off and a better foot on ground feel. For a traditional-shoe runner like me, who likes to bond a bit with the earth below, the Torrent could be a perfect ‘blooding’ to the Hoka brand. The Torrent is simply not as beefy, rather they have been slicked down somewhat to be simple, responsive, with a ‘tight’ run action that builds off a very responsive midsole. Ginger means that in a good way, in that they deliver in the measurable that Hoka is most famous for – comfort – but unlike other Hokas, they run much lighter, faster and without the clunky-ness that those who don’t wear the brand accuse them of being.
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To paraphrase the Ginger Runner, who knows his midsole from his upper: “the Torrent features the grip of Hoka’s Speedgoat 2 combined with the low profile of the Speed Instinct 2, add that to a more responsive midsole, plus a lightweight mesh upper and you have yourself a fast trail beast.”Īnd here’s the hammer drop that may get this shoe stocked even on a traditionally non-Hoka shoe rack: “These are the most un-Hoka of Hokas.” More importantly it’s better tuned to suit a broader range of trailites. Hoke One One’s (how did you say it in your head just then?) Torrent is a magic mix in that it has been bred with the better elements of Hoka’s other trail shoe models, and the result is a resilient, run-anything singletrack beast that thanks to its mixed blood is a better all-round performer than any of its parentage. Luckily, ‘strategic branding’ bollocks doesn’t always spoil the goods being sold. You want to be known as Ohnay, Ohnay, then spell it as such (yeah, I know it’s derived from a Māori phrase that means “to fly over the earth”, but the majority of your market aren’t indigenous linguistic professors attuned to these things). If there’s one thing I hate, it’s brands either CAPITALISING things (despite not being an acronym – even Qantas, which is an acronym gave up capitalising yonks ago) or, as in this instance, stupid pronunciations that directly defy their English spelling presentation. Check out T he Ginger Runner’s review of the Torrent and you’ll notice a bad overdubbing – like a kung fu classic with English voice over – whenever he says (obviously in the original filming) “One One”, it’s been overdubbed to “Ohnay Ohnay”. Which is why, when researching the Hoka One One Torrent, I had a giggle. Torrent on Trail : TRM Editor Chris Ord trail tests the Hoka One One TorrentĮverybody loves a mongrel.
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