Article by Jeremy Marie
On Cloudmonster Hyper (220$, €230, GBP210)
Introduction
Jeremy: On has been a roll recently, with many very nice releases: The new Cloud Phase tech seen on Cloudeclipse, Cloudsurfer and its trail sibling, showing that they were able to part from their usual construction and offer something new and fresh. And then the Cloudmonster and its 2nd version were well received, the simple and traditional Cloudsurfer 4 which I really enjoyed…and the CloudBoom Echo which reduced the gap to other firms on the Super shoes front…you get the idea.
Gone are the days of overly firm midsoles and sometimes cumbersome platforms, and this is for the best as far as I am concerned.
Enter the new Cloudmonster Hyper, a “training supershoe” in the vein of what we’re seeing more and more of: packed with supercritical foams, not always plated (no plate or Speedboard here), huge stack heights to ensure a comfortable cushioning for a bunch of your miles, and still packing a lot of energy and dynamism to cover everything from easy to tempo runs.
Inscribed on the insole of the Monster Hyper is “Fresh Legs, Fast Legs”. Let's see if this new shoe in On’s arsenal delivers!