{"id":507864,"date":"2026-07-03T12:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507864\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:08:12","slug":"cut-in-half-asics-gel-kayano-33-review-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507864\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut in half: ASICS Gel Kayano 33 Review (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The same PureGEL insert found in recent generations remains in place, helping soften heel landings and enhance overall comfort, which it certainly achieves.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asics-gel-kayano-33-pure-gel-2-25210534-main.jpg\"   data-zoom-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/asics-gel-kayano-33-pure-gel-2-25210534-main.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" alt=\"ASICS Gel Kayano 33 PureGEL\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, as our energy return testing revealed, PureGEL also contributes to lowering the shoe&#8217;s rebound while adding another layer of complexity to the manufacturing process. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re not entirely convinced the trade-off is worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>However, from ASICS&#8217; perspective, retaining Gel technology likely still makes sense especially from a branding and marketing standpoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The same PureGEL insert found in recent generations remains in place, helping soften heel landings and enhance overall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-507864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}