Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Bought these for the Tough Mudder in Beaver Creek, CO. Worth every penny. Never slipped, even on very muddy hills. These even had very reasonable tread/grip on the snow obstacles. The laces hold tight, the shoes produced no blisters, they didn't hold very much water or mud and therefore didn't noticeably increase in weight after they were wet. I typically wear a size 12 and there was no variance in these shoes - my typical size fit perfectly. I really can't think of anything remotely bad to say about these shoes. Would definitely recommend these shoes for Tough Mudder. Also, many people throw their shoes away at the end of the race.. I think these have multiple runs of Tough Mudder left in them! Update: March, 2013: Been wearing these shoes for a pick-up flag football game. They work great there too. Playing on dry, winter-grass I see a lot of other players sliding around wearing regular football cleats, but these work great. Update Feb, 2014: Shoes finally kicked the bucket. These were brand new for Tough Mudder in June, 2012 and performed well. Since then I've been playing football, year round, in Colorado with them on natural turf. I see a lot of other players using football cleats, complaining about their feet hurting, getting blisters etc. My feet are never an issue. I never have to tie these shoes mid-game. Wore them in 4" of snow yesterday and I don't think there's any shoe besides a metal ice-spike that might help in that situation. These do not repel water, but they don't hold much either. (Salomon makes a water-proof version, these are not.) It was 25 degrees and snowing and my feet were warm, even though wet, with a thin pair of socks. They finally wore out though, the spikes were wearing down some and they are ripping at the crease-point across the toes. The rubber was also starting to peel off and I super-glued it a few weeks ago. Overall, I put probably 40-50 football games at 3+ hours each into these, Tough Mudder and some misc. other stuff here and there. I avoided wearing them on pavement to keep the spikes in good shape as long as possible. So all-in-all, very satisfied after an estimated 150+ hours of hard use. Just bought my second pair.