Puma Deviate Nitro 3 | Full Review

Meg and Thomas review the Puma Deviate Nitro 3, an excellent rainer featuring PUMA’s cutting-edge NITROFOAM, carbon fiber PWR Plate, lightweight engineered mesh, and PUMAGRIP outsole for excellent multi-surface traction.
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[@twrandolph2]

Still remembering the days when Meg refused to be on camera. I’m glad we get the dynamism of the Thomas & Meg combination on camera. Great energy, good fun, and a great review!

[@doncarlospipely8852]

Soon the word will get out about how good Puma running shoes are. Until that happens, I’ll enjoy getting Velocity Nito 2’s, Deviate Niro 2’s and Magnify Nitro 2’s for an absolute steal. Great shoes.

[@DM56_run]

I've had 3 pairs of the 2's, one of my favorite running shoes ever. The 3's look sick

[@umberto2907]

Hey! Just wanted to ask you a question since you have experience with the previous versions. I've never had puma before but I would like to try these. Should I stick to my regular size or maybe go for half down? I've heard they have quite a lot of room in front. Thanks

[@karls8989]

This vs the Hyperion max 2 would be interesting

[@freddaneker]

Elite Foam, yes, but Elite Foam "Version 1", it's actually not the same elite foam as in the Elite 3, it's the previous Elite Foam that was in the Elite 2 and Nitro 2 :)

[@notyourmomma7663]

I got the nitro 2 elite, and i love it . I will get this model, maybe next year when it's on sale.

[@Keeperholder2]

01:27 i assume the plastic spoiler keeps the shoe together in the back. On my deviate nitro 2s both shoes started to split on the external side, right above the letter p from the word puma. No problem on the inside. Seams that the grey reflective tape is not sufficient enough and puma opted for a more radical solution with the plastic spur. I have seen the same thing though in minor degree on other people's deviate nitro 2. Note, i'm always scrupulous when i put running shoes on or i'm getting them off.

[@irritablearchitect]

I know the V1 has been, for me anyway, a real Goldilocks shoe (Yes, I bought several pair when I found out how good they were...I do this), with a fit that only a couple of other shoes have ever compared with. Hoping this continues with the update.

[@kev60625]

So are these wider than the 2nd version? I absolutely LOVED it that shoe, but it was not wide enough for me. Would I be wasting my time buying these? I know they made a wide version for the 2's, but I don't see it for this 3rd version

[@ElteHupkes]

I'd like to know this too. I always like Puma shoes on paper, but despite not having a particularly wide foot they are so narrow in the midfoot that they give me almost immediate pain.

[@RyanOruns]

I had the standard width of the V2 and they were definitely narrow for me, bearable but definitely narrow. I tried on the wide version of V3 and they felt perfect. I think for me the standard width would've been to narrow for me. Just my 2 cents

[@ADeleven]

Are you guys absolutely positive that it does not have a layer of nitro Elite? Because it does look like that it has two separate layers and that would be a step backwards from the last Model if it did not have the elite layer. I absolutely loved the second one, I own three pairs of them

[@pbnotj1]

In small pop up with a pigeon they admit they made an error. There is layer of elite foam.

[@byronpaisleysr4151]

I really like those I will be getting a pair for me and my wife

[@robertarmero6320]

Love DN3 so far

[@snowwalker9999]

As a daily trainer for a specific type of run?

[@tuckertech]

You can get these on sale at Puma right now. Just picked up a pair. 30% off.

[@ADyess086]

The 3? It just came out

[@tuckertech]

@@ADyess086 yup. Puma running a 30% site wide sale. It isn’t an exception. Ordered mine this morning.

[@MrGodofcookery]

How did you get the SAVE30 code on puma wdbsite to work? The code didn't work for me when I tried checking out with these shoes. I figured the code didn't work with newly released product.

[@jeroen1989]

Just a bit confused... Didn't they rebrand the old nitro elite (peba) to just regular nitro, and the new nitro elite uses aliphatic peba? Or something... Or did this went back to the old nitro foam? The infused eva...

[@EdwienGusmantara]

The old nitro is nitrogen infused TPEE not EVA

[@timobrien256]

Wow…just watched another review that said it was super slippery and didn’t have any energy return…..now I am confused…..will have to watch more reviews before considering this shoe….I am still wearing the original which is my go to shoe

[@gendij]

Super slippery? Hard to believe. Puma grip is well known as one of the best outsole grip.

[@SiopaoSauc3]

​@@gendijPumagrip is great. I ended up almost tripping on my first couple of runs in the DN2 since it dug in to the asphalt so much.

[@gendij]

@@SiopaoSauc3 lol 😅

[@proudbacteria1373]

I know which review you are talking about. 🤫

[@gendij]

@@proudbacteria1373spill please 🙏🏻😃

[@timnewell5120]

I ordered this shoe directly from Puma. When checking out, they offered a "gift" which turned out to be not a gift, but a discount on one of their little backpacks. I picked one out because I thought it was free. They charged me $15 dollars for that. I then got an e-mail from Puma saying that one of the items in my order had been cancelled. Turns out it was the shoes that were cancelled. So the little backpack that I did not even want came, but no shoes. Funny thing was the day after the shoes were cancelled, I was able to put the same shoes, same size, in my Puma shopping cart - but I did not purchase them because I had such a lousy experience. Reply

[@zeke4665]

Look at you just going around commenting this on every video review of this shoe you can find. I love that for you. Incredible dedication

[@timnewell5120]

@@zeke4665 Thanks Zeke. I was venting.

[@raymondmorrow7926]

Better of the two vids dropped today.

[@Manuel-901]

Good morning. Fantastic description. Like to Meaghan and Thomas. Happy saturday.

[@muscfiorentina]

I tried Nitro Deviate 2 to me there was NO pop I have the Boston 12 and there is no comparison. The Boston 12 is clearly a better shoe.

[@luna.0701]

Dn2 es un zapato sobrevalorado.

[@4035darryl]

Puma claims that the top layer is still nitro elite although it’s not written on the shoe, I don’t know what do y’all think.

[@SeoulMan2020]

Fun when Puma puts NITRO big on their shoe…tacky when Skechers puts SPEED in big letters on theirs 🤷‍♂️

[@jimoconnor8597]

Remember when EVERYONE blasted Skechers for putting SPEED on the side of their shoe. And now Every.Single.Brand puts huge lettering on the side of their shoe. Skechers really did lead the way with foam and design.. LOLOLOL I finally got a pair of the DN 2. Nothing special at all really. Pretty narrow toebox and pretty firm. Don't reach for them much. Super glad I didn't pay full price $65US only.

[@Believeintherun]

We actually loved the big Speed on the side, but yeah they did get blasted by the shoe geeks

[@minimumtrade]

As the mid tier line - If the DN2 ride was muted by its thic, knobby but practical outsole, they've muted the DN3 by the slab of carrier foam under the elite foam in the midfoot.

[@runnin3216]

It's the same midsole setup as the 2. The regular Nitro foam still went the length of the shoe.

[@minimumtrade]

@@runnin3216 Nope. Look at runrepeat cut in half pictures of the DN2. Its solely elite foam under the ball of the foot.

[@runnin3216]

@@minimumtrade yeah, the Nitro extends to the end of the plate. You're looking at the cutout from where the plate is visible. There is exposed foam that extends into the forefoot and it is a continuous piece of material. I don't need to cut my shoe in half to see that.

[@scherry2900]

I don't like the change of drop from 6 to 10mm. Beside this Puma shoes are really great.

[@sunnlands]

Backgroud music, why?

[@erindwyer5567]

Unrelated to the shoe and maybe it’s just me but I found the background music to be distracting….

[@FrankbullittSFPD]

Big branding slapped on everything is totally from the 80s. Its back.

[@marcoantoniomanjarrezdiaz9976]

Cada quien compra lo que se le acomoda me gustan que sean de 10 ml. Y una placa un poco flexible. Tengo d2 y me fue bien. Quien busque de 6 ml. Que compre new balance y quien quiera placa de fibra al 100 tambien ya sabe donde conseguirla nada mas que les pesa gastar mas pasta y ahi andan de llorones. Ja.ja.

[@dimka11ggg]

Puma Deviate Nitro 2 was too heavy and plate too soft also too wide for my feet. Good for long runs but not for high speed.