On’s Cloudmonster sneaker has escaped the lab again.
The holey-soled sneaker, first released back in 2022, is one of On’s best-ever silhouettes and has earned itself the reputation of being an exceptional everyday go-to over the past few years, thanks in part to its maximalist CloudTec.
Now, for 2024, On’s Cloudmonster has been given a timely glow-up and returns this year as an evolution of its former-self. Everyone, meet the On Cloudmonster Hyper.
Retaining all the good bits of its Cloudmonster predecessor (like the CloudTec and about 75-percent of its overall appearance), the Cloudmonster Hyper arrives in a duo of colorways with extended coloring scaling up from the midsole.
What’s more, the sneaker also brings On’s new Helion HF into the Cloudmonster equation: the brand’s new Pebax hyper foam that’s said to “do the leg-work while you train” thanks to efficient energy return.
Unlike the majority of energy-returning running sneakers nowadays, On’s Cloudmonster Hyper doesn’t house a carbon fibre plate, but is instead billed as “the ultimate training shoe”.
On’s Cloudmonster Hyper, which drops online April 4, comes one month after the release of the Cloudmonster 2.
While virtually identical to the OG, the Cloudmonster 2 boasted more CloudTec cushioning of any On running shoe thanks to a slightly chunkier midsole, while "ON RUNNING" also arrived on the sneaker's upper.
On, founded in 2010, is still in its infancy compared to most of its competitors, but this hasn't stopped it becoming one of the most innovative footwear brands on the market.
Take On's Cloudneo, for example, a sustainably-focused sneaker that bears a midsole made of recycled coffee beans. Or, as we've already mentioned, On's CloudTec, a game-changing piece of tech for the Swiss label.
Of all of On's sneakers, though, its Cloudmonster series is by far its most widely-appreciated. But now, hyped up to the max by way of some extra tech and an even chunkier midsole, On's beastly runner has gotten beastlier!
