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Nike Vomero Premium Review: More Tech Doesn’t Mean More Comfort

October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 by 100wears

Price: $230

Why Buy?

The Nike Vomero Premium will stand out in a crowd, and if you’re really pushing offers great squish

Why Avoid?

The Nike Vomero Premium’s comfort is conditional, and the Vomero Plus remains a great alternative at a more affordable price

Specs

Model	Vomero Premium
Height	Low
Materials	Nylon Knit / PEBA / Rubber
Size	13
Weight	422 g / 14.89 oz
Construction	Cemented
Country of Origin	Vietnam

History

A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the Nike Vomero Plus – a great sneaker, if maybe a bit short of what I was hoping for. If you’re interested in the review, I’d encourage you to take a look. My guess at the time was that Nike couldn’t pull out the stops for it because they had to be careful not to step on the toes of the sneakers we’re taking a look at today – the Nike Vomero Premium.

Nike claims that this is the most extreme sneaker they’ve ever made. That it takes everything they’ve learned about comfort and cushioning, removes any constraints on world athletics legality, and offers something out of this world comfort wise.

Looks

Upper

The upper of the Nike Vomero Premium is actually pretty simple.

The majority of the upper is a single piece of thin mesh. Everything else on the upper is an accent – the reflective bars up front, the plastic eyelet panels, the black Nike swoosh, etc.

One of my favorite designs of the sneaker is the inclusion of the “AIR” along the side as an homage to the Air More Uptempo. Why is Nike paying homage to a mid- ‘90s basketball sneaker on their ultraplush runner? I have no idea, but I’m here for it.

The only additional panel on the upper is a small fabric pad at the back – embroidered with a Nike Swoosh. Some of the extraneous features of the Vomero 18 and plus are noticeably missing here. There is no pull tab, double layered upper, etc.

The tongue, which is heavily padded, features the Nike Run logo alongside Vomero. Speaking of heavily padded, the entire back of the sneaker is built like a pillow. Not that anyone will notice the upper anyway.

Mid- and Outsole

The midsole of this sneaker really hits you in two waves as you first take it in.

First, you almost can’t believe it. This thing is massive. Further, Nike does a great job of highlighting the Zoom Air units in contrasting color with painted on halos coming off of them.

Second, you start to realize that other than the size, there really isn’t all that much going on here visually. The design of the midsole is really just a rounded line running along the side. It’d almost go so far as to say these are kind of boring.

There are a few details. A plastic heel cup helps spread weight across the width of the midsole, and it’s also stamped with a warning that the sneaker isn’t approved by World Athletics. You can see why when you flip it over – in between the visible bottoms of the Zoom Air units, it notes the height of the sneaker at 55.5 mm in the heel and 45.5 in the forefoot. The women’s pair is less – and that’s a good thing which we’ll get to later.

The rest of the outsole is Nike’s modern small waffle stretch pattern that lines up with the rest of their running lineup.

Summary

The Nike Vomero Premium is a sneaker that will certainly make you stand out. From adding around two inches to your height to being absolute boats on feet, you’re not going to be sneaking up on anyone in these.

While I appreciate Nike trying to make the midsole the star of the show on these, I find that they are not as wearable as I would like. The squared-off midsole feels choppy and doesn’t really fit with athleisure, and everything else means they don’t really fit with jeans or chinos.

You might say how they look isn’t the point, but from a purely style standpoint these are a good attempt but don’t blow me away.

Fit & Comfort

Fit

The Nike Vomero Premium generally fit true to size, and the amazing plushness of the padding around the upper means that you can probably go a half size in either direction and still fit them. These are an extremely accommodating sneaker.

I got these in my standard size 13, and would recommend going true to size if you can.

Comfort

I’ll cut to the chase: The Nike Vomero Plus is more comfortable than the Nike Vomero Premium.

Of course, these are not uncomfortable. They are extremely soft and squishy and the upper is probably the best I’ve ever felt on a sneaker. However, there really are two major flaws that don’t exist in the cheaper model.

First, these are incredibly unstable. At least for me, if you’re not running or walking with perfect form, my knees start to hurt after a while. That might not be a huge deal if you’re actually using these for exercise, but if you bought these for comfy walks to Starbucks, that might be a problem.

Second, you either need to be running hard or extremely heavy to activate the Zoom Air units. I could definitely stand to lose a few pounds, and unless I was running or really trying, the only padding the shoes gave me was the ZoomX foam – and there is actually a little bit less foam in these than there are in the Vomero Plus since the air unit is around 8 mm thick.

Of course, I’d still be more than happy to wear these all day – maybe improving my walking as I wore them – but these are not the king of comfort in the Vomero line.

Materials & Construction

Materials

The upper of the Nike Vomero Premium is made of a thin nylon mesh – though I wouldn’t be too worried about durability. The super high wear areas all have either overlays on top or padding along the back that should keep the upper in good shape. The interior lining is a poly blend, on top of a thick slab of open-celled foam.

The insole is a closed cell foam. Not particularly thick, but it doesn’t need to be given the huge stack of soft ZoomX foam underneath. Speaking of ZoomX, Nike’s current premier foam, makes up the majority of the midsole, broken up only by a heel and forefoot Zoom Air Unit. I was not able to confirm, but based on feel this midsole feels like the older PEBA foam rather than the newer “TPE-based” ZoomX Nike used in the Plus.

If you’re not familiar with a Zoom Air unit, it is a plastic air unit that has plastic strands running top to bottom. The air acts as a cushion and strands force the unit to quickly return to shape to provide padding again.

Other components include the rubberized plastic eyelets, the plastic heel counter, and the rubber outsole.

Pricing & Value

The Nike Vomero Premium comes in at a price of $230, a $50 premium over the Vomero Plus and $80 more than Vomero 18. Though on the day I’m writing this, Nike dropped new colorways of the Plus at a higher $190 price point.

This puts the Vomero Premium at the top of the athletic sneaker market, only just barely coming in under super shoes like the AlphaFly or Adios Pro lines.

Wrap Up

So, with all that being said, are the Nike Vomero Premium worth it?

In my opinion? No.

While the Nike Vomero Plus didn’t wow me in the way that the Invincible did, there is no denying that it is an extremely comfortable, easy to wear sneaker. There definitely are times where the Premium version excels – running up hill on asphalt feels like running on a treadmill compared to most other sneakers.