I have purchased New Balance for many years, and they are quite satisfactory. I now have a couple dozen miles on these and they are as good as any shoes I have had in the past. I pay close attention to the cushioning abilities due to heel pain. The MR1064 has good cushioning, but like many synthetic rubbery materials, it will lose its resiliency over time. I chose these because I anticipate fairly frequent replacement due to loss of cushioning, and prefer to give my money to a company that is at least partially American-made. I just replaced a pair of Spira shoes with the steel cushioning springs, and while the cushioning is excellent, the other materials wore out crazy-fast around the springs - so frequent replacements would send more money to China. Just FYI, the picture does not reveal the extreme silvery nature of these shoes - the silver color is very shiny and almost overwhelming.
Edit: One additional factor which has now come to pass after about eight months of usage - the shoes do not have traditional "riveted" eyelets for the laces on all tie points, roughly half the eyelets are cloth loops through which the laces pass. After enough wear and tear and tugging, several of the loops on my shoes are torn and unuseable, and I now seek a replacement pair, but not another 1064. The other factors such as cushioning remain good. I have changed my rating from 3 stars to two stars since I got most of a year's use from them, my average.