Shoe was great, I wore them on a hiking trip at the start of April in New York.

They are not waterproof and I knew this going in, we crossed so fords(river crossing) and my feet got wet, they were soaked for 3-4 hours of the hike which I was fine with, when we got the shelter we stayed at I took them off hung them up with the soles out and they dried next to the fire in about a hour.
Even though i feel like they were a bit snug and I still think i should have gone a half size up( which i recommend that you do) I didn't get any blisters, my feet didn't ache, i barely even noticed i was wearing them. The only time i did notice i was wearing them and noticed they were a bit snug was when we were going down and i found the toebox kind of bummed my big toes quite often going down.

The plate reduces how much you feel the rocks but you still feel them, they don't hurt but you feel them its kind of weird.

In all honesty if i would have gotten a half of size up i would have rated 5 stars. The shoe is great if you get the right sizing.