Trail Glove 8
Trail Glove 8 extends Merrell’s barefoot approach to the trail, prioritizing natural movement and ground connection in a minimalist platform. A thin FloatPro midsole, Barefoot 2 construction and FLEXconnect help it flex with uneven terrain on long outings. The burrito tongue and external rear sling secure the foot and heel, while Vibram TC5+ supplies wet-and-dry traction for trail runs, hikes and active walking.
- Intended uses:
- Trail
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a lighter Trail
- Weight
- 220g
- Of 811 known values: 115 lower, 11 equal, 685 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lighterLower 15.5%, including ties / average -47g
- Drop
- 0mm
- Of 815 known values: 0 lower, 48 equal, 767 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- lowerLower 5.9%, including ties / average -6.8mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- -
- Not registered
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- FloatPro / FLEXconnect
- Outsole
- Vibram TC5+
- Reference price
- $130
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Merrell US official product page lists 220g as half-pair weight.
- Plate note
- The exact Japan and U.S. official pages comprehensively list the upper, insole, Barefoot 2 platform, FloatPro, FLEXconnect, and Vibram TC5+ without identifying any carbon structure. It is classified as non-carbon under the complete-official-spec policy; this does not assert that every non-carbon reinforcing element is absent.
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Weight
This shoe 220g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 0mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
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