Stride Box – Running Gear Box Review

 

 

 

Runners, there’s now a gear subscription service for you. The $15 a month Stride Box offers a monthly gear subscription package designed to enhance your workouts, training and serve you some energy on race day. It’s also a way to try out products from brands that you may not have heard of.

 

 

We received the Stride Box for review, so let’s take a look at what was in this month’s box:

 

• 1x Mediterra Sesame Energy Bar – Pistachio Honey (Retail $23.95 for 12 bars)
• 1x Huma Chia Energy Gel – Lemonade (Retail $54 for 24 packets)
• 1x Purps Vita Drink – Purple Berry ($24.99 for 12 pouches)
• 2x On the Go Cleansing Towels – Shower Refresh ($.99 a towel)
• 1x Rock Tape – Kinesiology Tape and Application Guide ($2 per pre-cut strip)
• 1x Salba Chia Boost – Whole Chia Seeds ($13.86 for 14 pouches)
• 1x Stridebox Advanced Desktop Hydration Delivery Vessel ($5.99)
• Bonus:
  • GU Tabs water tablets – Watermelon
  • Youth Infusion Energy Powder – Tangerine

 

What do we think?

At $15 the Stride Box is more economical than your typical gear subscription boxes, especially other running gear boxes. For that price, you get products you may not have tried before and that you may find help you achieve goals, or at least make your training experience more enjoyable. Based on the prices given, the value of the box is a bit over $17 not including the “bonus” items.

As far as the items given, there are a lot of energy related products (goos, bars, boosts, vita powders, hydration supplements), but also other items like the wipes for post-race clean up and one gear related item. In the past they have given socks, gloves, laces, a light up running band, and other items. It’s nice to have a mix of one-use items as well as a piece of gear to add to your training routine.

Conclusion

The box is there to introduce you to new brands and training tools by bringing them to your door… oh and surprising you in the process. You will no doubt find free samples of some of these better known brands at races for free, and with a bit of leg-work could put together something similar, although perhaps not so economically (or quickly). The Stride Box puts it all together and offers  it at $15 to your door. Who knows, you may find a new favourite product that makes your training easier, more enjoyable or even better. If you’re a gear subscription fan and a runner, this economical offering by Stride Box is worth a second look.