Asics Jolt 4 'Steel Blue Black'
Colorway: Steel Blue/Black · Style code: 1011B603-402 · Release date: January 24, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Jolt 4 'Triple Black' (1011B603-001) · Asics Jolt 4 'Black Lime Zest' (1011B603-003) · Asics Jolt 4 'Black Antique Red' (1011B603-005) · ASICS Jolt 4 Sneakers (1011B603-006) · ASICS Jolt 4 Sneakers (1011B603-007)
The Jolt is the least expensive running shoe ASICS makes, and price trackers place it in the cheapest tenth of the market. What that buys is a mesh upper with synthetic overlays, a rubber outsole with multidirectional lugs in the high-wear areas, and a foam midsole doing all the cushioning work: no GEL unit, no FlyteFoam, no support structure. Reviewers are consistent about where it stops: short and moderate distances are fine, longer ones expose how little is underfoot, and anyone wanting balanced daily cushioning is pointed up the range to the Excite. That is less a criticism of the shoe than a description of its job. The fourth version is what a great many people buying their first pair of running shoes actually put on, and steel blue over black is exactly the sort of colour it comes in: dark enough to hide wear, plain enough to wear to work.