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    Big 5 Sporting Goods

    2.7 (80 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Sunil R.

    In the era of Amazon, always happy to see a legacy retailer. I came here looking for licensed apparel which they did not have but picked up some gym stuff. Helpful staff. Take that Amazon!

    top to bottom: men's 361 Strata 2, women's 361 Spinjet, women's 361 Kroozer, all size 9
    Robert C.

    Would you drive 42 miles round trip for a pair of shoes? Checked the weekly Big 5 internet ad new each Sunday, and saw they were selling 361 Degree running shoes for $30. Tried on three, the 361 Kroozer, the 361 Spinjet, and the 361 Strata 2, in the Sunnyvale store, a 7 minute walk from my house. Bought one pair of each and used a $10 off $30 purchase in a mail flyer. Jogged a short distance on hard level concrete pavement trying out each pair of shoes, being careful not to trip on the sidewalk dividers. White bottoms in the first two, so had to use care to clean off the bottoms, before returning the Kroozer and Spinjet. Settled on the 361 Strata 2, but had to get a size 9, as my usual size 8 was too narrow for comfort. Ran a mile on the softer asphalt side streets against traffic, and no impact pain on the knee joints, unlike 99% of the Big 5 running shoes, which is saying something as my knee joints just turned 67! Trying to find running shoes to replace my 2016 Hoka One One Clifton 4 mens size 7.0 EE running shoes purchased on sale in 2017 from Footwear Etc. Hokas are still the softest on my knee joints and lightest at 9.2 ounces. Discounts hard to find on the internet even at www.sierratradingpost.com, which sell gray Clifton 4 size 7.5EE for $70, compared to $91 originally. Add 9.9% tax and $10 shipping, and it's $87. 361 Strata 3s have just been introduced in July 2019, at $150. Strata 2s are closeouts, originally selling at $150 when first introduced in January 2018, but now down to $52 at Nordstroms, and now $25 at Big 5. State of the art, premium running shoes, they are designed to stable over pronators, with a horseshoe shaped highly cushioned bottom, weight 11.1 ounces, about the same as my 2014 Saucony Grid Stabil 3s purchased online from www.sierratradingpost.com for $60, down from $120. Only problem with Big 5 closeouts is that they have a very limited supply of these shoes, usually about one pair of shoes for each full size 8,9,10,11, at each store, and often only in black, the least desirable color. Saturday 9am, I drive to 9 miles to Stevens Creek Big 5 and get another pair of Strata 2s. Tried phoning, but nobody picked up the phone for the shoe dept -dudes don't wake up that early after staying up late Friday night. 100% plus employee turnover in these jobs every year. To get anything done you need to talk to the store manager in person. Drove another 5 miles to the Campbell store, but they were out of size 9s. However the manager, John Brown, called up the Blossom Hill store, and had them hold the last pair of size 9s for me. He even printed out the address Wife was navigating using Google maps on her phone. I drove another 10 miles down into Almaden valley to get the third pair of Strata 2s. No DWA, on the 18 mile drive back to Sunnyvale. Shoes were so comfortable, that the wife got a 361 Kroozer, and a 361 Spinjet, and she doesn't even run! They are having another sale on these 361s at $25 this week at Big 5. However if you have men size 9, you are SOL looking for blue and orange 361 Strata 2s, as yours truly got the last ones in Santa Clara county! When it comes to running, even at age 67, got to use it or lose it!

    Henry M.

    Came in with pops looking for knee supports for him. As I looked around, I was able to find one of 2 supports that would fit him. One employee asked if I needed help "yes please, I can only find one support, do you have one more?" He replied, what ever we have is there you have to look.......Wait what?! "Lazy A##!!!" I went to the register and asked that person if they could check stock for me? She said yes and said they should have 5 on hand. I told her I couldn't find another one. She said oh just ask the guy in the back he'll help you :c I told her that jerk blew me and my dad off!! She got the manager and he personally went back and got me one. The store is really nice inside, I would have given them 5 stars but due to the inconsiderate employee..... 2 stars is all this person can muster up.

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