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Saucony Peregrine 16
A technical trail shoe that publishes what most brands hide: 32/28 mm stack, 4 mm offset, 4 mm lugs, full-coverage Vibram Megagrip, 9.5 oz, $150
Scored on the published rubric, from documentation, pricing and verified user reports.
Best for: A first technical trail shoe for runners who want the numbers in writing: Saucony publishes stack height, offset, lug depth, outsole compound and weight for both genders, which almost no road trainer page does.
Verdict
The Saucony Peregrine 16 has the most complete spec sheet of any trail shoe in this section, and at $150 it is not the most expensive. This is a documentation review: the figures below come from the men's and women's product pages on saucony.com, the Saucony Limited Warranty page and the returns notice on the product page, all read on October 30, 2026. Nothing was worn or run by us. Saucony prints a 4 mm offset with the stack height behind it, 32 mm at the heel and 28 mm at the forefoot, which settles the single question most trail pages leave open. It also prints 4 mm lugs, a full-coverage Vibram Megagrip outsole, PWRRUN foam, and separate weights of 9.5 oz (271 g) for men and 8.4 oz (239 g) for women. The gaps are narrower than usual but real: the Traction and Cushioning rows on the page were blank when we loaded it, the review widget did not render its written reviews, and the standard SKU comes in one width only, with wide feet sent to a different product page.
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Where it is strong
- Publishes the stack height, 32 mm heel and 28 mm forefoot, which neither the Brooks nor the HOKA road pages we have read do
- Names the outsole compound and the lug depth: full-coverage Vibram Megagrip with 4 mm lugs
- Separate published weights by gender: 9.5 oz (271 g) men's, 8.4 oz (239 g) women's
- $150.00 for the standard and the Wide version alike, so a wide fitting carries no price penalty
- One-year limited warranty against defects in materials and workmanship, stated in writing on the Saucony warranty page
- Gaiter compatibility and added toe protection are stated features, not inferences
Where it falls short
- The standard SKU lists one width, Medium, so wide feet have to move to a separate Peregrine 16 Wide page
- Returns are 30 days and only for unworn shoes, so the shoe cannot legally be trail-tested and sent back
- The Traction and Cushioning rows of the spec panel were blank in the page we loaded on October 30, 2026
- The review widget showed 4.3 from 85 ratings but did not render any written review text we could read
- Men's half sizes stop at 13, with only whole sizes 14 and 15 after that
- Saucony does not say which size its published weights refer to
At a glance
| List price | $150.00 men's and women's (saucony.com, Oct 30, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Pricing note | $150.00 on saucony.com for the men's Peregrine 16 (style 60848M) and the women's (60850W), checked October 30, 2026; the Wide version is also $150.00 and the GORE-TEX version is $180.00 |
| Category stated | Technical Trail |
| Stack height | 32 mm heel / 28 mm forefoot |
| Heel-to-toe offset | 4 mm |
| Weight, men's | 9.5 oz / 271 g (reference size not stated) |
| Weight, women's | 8.4 oz / 239 g (reference size not stated) |
| Midsole | PWRRUN foam |
| Outsole | Full-coverage Vibram Megagrip, 4 mm lugs |
| Upper | High strength mesh, added toe protection, gaiter compatible |
| Sizes, men's | US 7 to 13 in half sizes, then 14 and 15 |
| Widths in this SKU | Medium only; Wide is a separate style at $150.00 |
| Other versions | Peregrine 16 Wide $150.00, Peregrine 16 GTX $180.00 |
| Returns | 30 days, unworn only, free return shipping |
| Warranty | One year against defects in materials and workmanship (US only) |
What the Saucony Peregrine 16 actually is
The Peregrine is Saucony's technical trail line, and the page says so in a field rather than a slogan: the Category row reads Technical Trail.
That phrase has a practical meaning here. The shoe is built around grip and rock protection rather than stack height, and the numbers on the page follow that logic.
Saucony prints an offset of 4 mm with the stack behind it, 32 mm at the heel and 28 mm at the forefoot. The midsole foam is named PWRRUN. The outsole is a full-coverage Vibram Megagrip with 4 mm lugs.
The upper is described as a high strength mesh with added toe protection and gaiter compatibility. Saucony lists three feature blocks on the page and all three are about terrain, not comfort claims.
This is a documentation review. We read the men's and women's product pages, the returns notice and the Saucony Limited Warranty page on October 30, 2026, and nothing was worn or run by us.
If the vocabulary above is new, our primer on reading a running shoe spec sheet explains which rows matter and which are decoration.
Who the Peregrine 16 is best for
Read against the road trainers in our daily trainers guide, this is the buyer the Peregrine 16 fits:
- Runners who want the numbers in writing: stack, offset, lug depth and outsole compound are all printed, which the Brooks and HOKA road pages we have read do not do
- Road runners stepping onto trail for the first time who want a modest 4 mm offset rather than a zero-drop design
- Buyers who care about grip above cushioning: Vibram Megagrip at full coverage with 4 mm lugs is the headline, not the foam
- Anyone who runs in wet or rocky conditions, where Saucony's own copy aims the shoe
- Runners who use gaiters, since compatibility is a stated feature
- Who should skip it: wide-footed runners who want one page and one SKU, anyone who wants to decide after a trail run, and anyone who wants a wide toe box
How the pricing works across the three Peregrine 16 versions
There is one price for the shoe and one surcharge for waterproofing.
On October 30, 2026 saucony.com lists the men's Peregrine 16 at $150.00 and the women's at $150.00, both in stock, with no strike-through price and no discount badge.
The Wide version carries the same $150.00. That matters more than it sounds: several brands charge nothing extra for a wide fitting but only sell it in two colours, and Saucony's wide page is a separate style number.
The GORE-TEX version is $180.00, a $30.00 difference by our arithmetic. Saucony does not publish a weight penalty for the waterproof version on the page we read.
Shipping is free over $75.00, which a single pair clears. Returns are free.
For context, the road trainers we have read list between $150.00 and $170.00, so a technical trail shoe here costs about what a daily trainer costs.
Ease: one width on this page, and a separate shoe for wide feet
Ease scores 4.0, held back by width coverage rather than by sizing.
The men's size run is US 7 to 13 in half sizes, then whole sizes 14 and 15. Seven colours were listed. The width list on this style has one entry: Medium.
Saucony's answer to wide feet is a different product page, the Peregrine 16 Wide, at the same price. That works, but it means the width decision is made before you reach the size selector, not inside it.
By comparison, the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 25 lists four widths inside one page. Our note on width letters and returns explains why brands split widths across styles.
The page carries a size chart in centimetres and inches and a measuring guide, and it recommends choosing a size up from your usual lifestyle shoe size for performance models. That is Saucony's own advice, printed on the page.
Features: Saucony prints the stack height its rivals hide
Features score 4.4, the highest in this section, for one reason: the row that is usually missing is present.
Every road trainer page we have read, including the Brooks Ghost 18 and the Hoka Clifton 11, publishes a drop and leaves the stack height out. Saucony publishes 32 mm and 28 mm.
The outsole is named rather than described: full-coverage Vibram Megagrip, with 4 mm lugs. Vibram is a supplier brand, so the compound name is checkable against a third party rather than being a marketing term Saucony owns.
The midsole is named PWRRUN and Saucony says this version has more of it than the previous one. It does not quantify how much more.
Two rows let the page down. The Traction and Cushioning labels were present in the spec panel with no values beside them when we loaded it on October 30, 2026. We could not read either figure, so we are not guessing at them.
The ASICS GEL-NIMBUS 28 is the only road shoe in this section with comparable materials disclosure, and even it does not print a stack.
Value: the most complete spec sheet at the middle price
Value scores 4.3. At $150.00 the Peregrine 16 is $10.00 below the Merrell Agility Peak 6 and $5.00 above the Altra Lone Peak 9 and the Topo Terraventure 5, by our arithmetic on list prices read the same day.
What the price buys that the cheaper two do not is a published lug depth and a named outsole compound in the same panel as the stack height.
What it does not buy is a worn trial. Altra and Topo both let a buyer run on the trail and still return the shoe; Saucony does not.
That is the trade in one line. The Peregrine 16 gives you the best information before purchase and the least room to change your mind after it.
Support: 30 days unworn, one year against defects
Support scores 4.1. The warranty is clear and the return window is narrow.
The product page states that Saucony will accept a return of unworn merchandise within 30 days from the date of purchase, that exchanges are always free, and that standard shipping is free over $75.00.
The Saucony Limited Warranty page is more specific. Wolverine World Wide, owner of the Saucony brand, warrants its footwear free of defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the verified date of purchase.
That warranty applies in the United States only. It excludes misuse, negligence, normal wear and tear, accident, improper care, improper fit and modification. Proof of purchase is required, and claims can take six to eight weeks to process.
A customer service number is published on the warranty page, (800) 282-6575, along with a defective product form.
Normal wear and tear is the exclusion that matters for a trail shoe. Our note on when to replace running shoes covers the difference between a worn outsole and a defect.
What owners report, and what we could not read
Saucony's own widget showed 4.3 out of 5 from 85 ratings on the men's page and 4.4 out of 5 from 53 ratings on the women's page on October 30, 2026.
Those are the aggregates Saucony displays. We did not recalculate them.
What we could not get is the written reviews. The review widget on both pages had not rendered any review text when we loaded them, so there is no owner comment we can quote and no fit breakdown we can report.
That is a gap, and it is a real one. The Brooks Adrenaline GTS 25 page publishes a percentage breakdown of fit votes, and this page publishes none.
We will not fill the gap with ratings copied from retailers. If owner fit data is what decides your purchase, the Brooks pages give you far more of it.
Limits stated by Saucony, and gaps we could not close
Two limits are printed on the page and worth reading before you order.
The return policy covers unworn merchandise only. A shoe that has been on a trail is outside it.
Items marked Final Sale cannot be exchanged or returned at all, per the notice in the page header. The Peregrine 16 was not on that list when we read it.
Gaps we could not close: the Traction and Cushioning values, the reference size for the published weights, the weight of the GORE-TEX version, and any written owner review.
Our pages were read from Vietnam against the US store, with prices in USD and the US returns and warranty text. Prices and policies quoted here are for US orders.
Alternatives
Choose the Brooks Ghost 18 if your running is on pavement and the trail is occasional. It is $150.00, a 10 mm drop, four widths on one page and a 90-day return window that allows running. Otherwise choose the Peregrine 16 for grip.
Choose the Hoka Clifton 11 if you want a rockered road shoe at a published 9.97 oz and an 8 mm drop. Otherwise choose the Peregrine 16 if the ground under you is loose or wet.
Choose the New Balance 1080v15 if you want the lowest road drop we have read, 6 mm at a published 261 g. Otherwise choose the Peregrine 16, whose 4 mm offset is lower still.
If you are still deciding between road models first, the Brooks Ghost vs Hoka Clifton comparison puts two pages side by side on the same date.
Trail pace data is a watch question rather than a shoe question. The COROS PACE 3 is the cheapest unit in our watch section with a published battery figure.
The Garmin Forerunner 265 has a gear log instead, for tracking how far a given pair has gone.
Bottom line
The Peregrine 16 is the best documented trail shoe we can point to at $150.00.
It publishes the stack height, the offset, the lug depth, the outsole compound and a weight for each gender. Four of those five rows are missing from most road trainer pages.
The weaknesses are structural rather than hidden. One width on this page, a 30-day window that only covers unworn shoes, and two blank rows in the spec panel.
If you want to know exactly what you are buying before you buy it, this is the page to read. If you want to find out on the trail and still be able to send the shoe back, read the Altra and Topo entries instead.
Buy it if
- You want a trail shoe whose stack height, offset and lug depth are all printed by the brand rather than estimated by reviewers
- You want a named outsole compound: full-coverage Vibram Megagrip is on the spec panel, not in the marketing copy
- You are moving from a low-drop road shoe and want 4 mm rather than 8 mm or more
- You want the lightest published men's weight among the four trail shoes in this section, at 9.5 oz
Skip it if
- You need a wide fitting from the same page: the standard SKU lists Medium only
- You want to decide after running on the trail, because Saucony accepts returns on unworn shoes only
- You want a 0 mm drop and a very wide toe box, which is a different design question entirely
- You want more foam under the heel than 32 mm
Frequently asked
How much is the Saucony Peregrine 16?
On October 30, 2026 saucony.com lists the men's Peregrine 16 (60848M) and the women's (60850W) at $150.00 each, in stock, with no discount shown. The Wide version is also $150.00 and the GORE-TEX version is $180.00.
What is the stack height and drop of the Peregrine 16?
Saucony prints the offset as 4 mm and gives the stack behind it as 32 mm at the heel and 28 mm at the forefoot. That is unusual: most road and trail pages we read publish a drop figure and leave the stack unstated.
How much does the Peregrine 16 weigh?
Saucony publishes 9.5 oz (271 g) for the men's shoe and 8.4 oz (239 g) for the women's, as of October 2026. The page does not say which size was weighed, so treat the two numbers as brand figures rather than measurements of your size.
Does the Peregrine 16 come in wide?
Yes, but on a different page. The standard men's SKU lists one width, Medium. Saucony sells a Peregrine 16 Wide as a separate style at the same $150.00, and a GORE-TEX version at $180.00.
What outsole does the Peregrine 16 use?
A full-coverage Vibram Megagrip outsole with 4 mm lugs, per the spec panel on October 30, 2026. Saucony names both the compound and the lug depth, which is more than the Altra and Topo trail pages in this section do.
Can I return Saucony trail shoes after running in them?
No. The product page states that Saucony accepts returns of unworn merchandise within 30 days of purchase, with free return shipping, and that exchanges are always free. Altra and Topo both allow a worn 30-day trial instead.
Does Saucony offer a warranty on the Peregrine 16?
Yes. The Saucony Limited Warranty page states one year from the verified date of purchase against defects in materials and workmanship, in the United States only. It excludes normal wear and tear, and claims can take six to eight weeks.
Sources
- Saucony Men's Peregrine 16 product page (price, stack, offset, weight, outsole, sizes) - checked October 30, 2026
- Saucony Women's Peregrine 16 product page (price, weight, offset) - checked October 30, 2026
- Saucony Limited Warranty (one year, United States only) - checked October 30, 2026
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