first time I am buying a Inov8. Wow treated for such a nice surprise.
Pros
Fit - bought a half size than my leg in 8.5 perfecto
Comfort - very very light and fits like a glove
Feel to the ground is just amazing and like your natural foot motion of barefoot
Grip- Excellent grip on trails, sand, rock, boulders, loose rocks, steep technical descent.
Breath ability- Very breathable shoe and not much sweat
Frontal rock protection - Goot rock protection
Ability to wear and remove - no need to remove laces and can be slipped on and so flexible
Foot plate - never felt any rocks even though the shoe is so soft and supple. Amazing grip and contact to ground and felt so sure footed running steep technical downhills, boulders, loose rocks. Was able to blast tight corners and on varying angles. Very very natural foot motion.
Can take the shoe out of box and can throw a 10miler with 5K+ vertical up and down.
Excellent racing pair and no fatigue at all.

Cons
I am not sure of mileage. Think I may get 200 tops on the trails I run compared to Adidas Kanadia 7 or Rockadia which came for 500miles and had half sole left. As the tread wears I need to see how well it performs.

Recommendation- Oh yeah, will recommend this for sure. Such a fun shoe and made me feel like a kid running trails pure bliss and never felt I wore a shoe. Just the feeling like running on barefoot.