This year’s Lunarglide 6 had
a much firmer rear-foot strike than the 5 The
midsole foam unit which extends from mid to rear-foot on both sides is actually
one unbroken piece. The diagonal blue colored ‘wedge’ is just painted over the
originally green foam. And this singular piece of foam happens to be quite
firm. Lunarglide 6 are firmer
than the outgoing Lunarglide 5 .
The under-forefoot area of
Lunarglide 6 is now a complete layer of Lunarlon foam which is softer. The LG6
eliminates the firmer midsole bed and makes the entire forefoot area Lunarlon.
But here’s the catch; when you look at the pink Lunarlon area, it appears to be
one wedge which starts from the toe bumper and ends at mid-foot. But no, the
pink Lunarlon foam is one huge component, reaching into the inner recesses of
under-heel area.
The wedge does what
Lunarglide does best; gradually help the foot roll inward after landings. Cushioning feel is pronounced at
lower/walking speeds than during a run, when it is not that noticeable. The new
outsole design also does its bit to cushion the forefoot, which we’ll come to
in just a moment. There’s another thing we wanted to point out. The initial
heel/rear-foot strike comes across as firm due to the midsole structure, but as
weight transfers to the Lunarlon foam base during the gait cycle, the
transition comes across as smooth and consistent. This behavior owes itself to
a singular density of foam underfoot – spanning right from the heel to toe.
Due to the change, the weight
of Lunarglide 6 sees a favorable change. The
weighing scale now shows the LG6 at 297 grams or 10.47 Oz for a half
pair of US 11, a full 3% lower than the outgoing LG5.
The Lunarglide 6 chucks out
the engineered mesh and instead embraces the use of open mesh fused over
synthetic underlays. Nike dumps the use of engineered mesh and moves on to a
single layer, open mesh fused over a lattice-work of synthetic underlays.
Nike dumps the use of
engineered mesh and moves on to a single layer, open mesh fused over a
lattice-work of synthetic underlays.
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