Neo Vista 3 vs Vomero Premium 1

Mizuno trimmed the Neo Vista this year instead of making it bigger. Our spec sheet has the 3 a little lower than the Neo Vista 2 at heel and forefoot, at much the same 266g, and the RRP comes down to £150. The change reviewers noticed first is the fit: the heel now holds your foot properly, and the length complaints about the last version have gone. Underfoot it's still a big, soft max-cushion super trainer with no carbon plate, and most testers liked it more than the 2. Where they part ways is pace. Some found real spring for uptempo finishes, while one lab measured only modest energy return and called it bulky once you push. Doctors of Running graded the performance highly but marked the fit down hard, mostly for thick heel padding that bothered a tester's Achilles. We'd buy it as a long-run and recovery running shoe and leave the intervals to something lighter.

The Vomero Premium 1 is Nike's most indulgent daily trainer, a max-cushion running shoe that takes the everyday Vomero name and pushes it well upmarket. You get a towering 50mm heel stack of ZoomX foam, the same bouncy compound Nike uses in its racers, plus four Air Zoom units underfoot for a soft, springy landing. It is built for easy miles, recovery days and long steady runs where comfort matters more than speed. At 326g it is a heavy shoe, and the RRP of 210 pounds sits at the premium end of the daily-trainer market, so this is a treat rather than a workhorse. If you want much of the same plush ZoomX feel for less, the Vomero 18 covers similar ground. But if you love a deep, cushioned ride and want Nike's softest foam under a max stack, the Premium delivers. We rate it as a soft-day luxury, not an everyday do-it-all.