Buying cheap athletic shoes that are good is the subject of this page. Of course by cheap we mean discount athletic shoes that still feel and perform well.
So you want good athletic shoes but, like me, shudder at the thought of paying over $100 for them.
Well, Consumer Reports has just come out with a list of top ten athletic shoes for men and women. (Scroll down for our pages on how to choose athletic shoes and Consumer Reports list of best athletic shoes.)
Cost did not figure in on the rankings so we decided to develop a formula that includes overall score and cost to figure out best athletic shoes per dollar. The scorings are objective based on CR surveys and cost of the athletic shoes.
The formula is simple: divide Consumer Reports score by its cost. So, the higher the quotient, the better the deal.
Mens athletic shoes best buys
For men, the best buys were (in order) Champion C9 Jones (Target) which retail for $30, the Champion Amp2 (Payless) which sells for $45, and Avia A104M which also go for $45.
Champion athletic shoes when bought at either Target or Payless, are excellent bargains. Avias were also good bargains.
Womens athletic shoes best buys
For women, the best buy was a tie between Champion C9 Rocksie (Target, $28) and Avia A104W ($45)
Again topping the list of cheap athletic shoes were Champion athletic shoes (with Avias making a strong showing). Both topped the list for best buy for women as they did for men.
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