From a distance, these look like Vapor cloves. These are not Vapor Gloves, I used my Vapor gloves for running, both on trail and road, long runs, short runs and in the gym.  after a few years of daily use of  my Vapor gloves, whey wore out and I bought a pair of Xero sandals to replace them,  The only problem with the Xeros is that my Gym requires closed toed shoes.  I wasn't going to spend almost $100 on another pair of vapor gloves when I had already bought fancy running scandals to replace them, but I still wanted a pair of light, zero-drop shoes to wear in the gym and on the 1.5 mile run too and from a few times per week, so I ordered a pair of these.

After about two months/ 50 miles in these shoes, there is definitely some wear in the outsole.  I suspect that if I were trying to use these as my primary running shoe like I did with vapor gloves, they would only have lasted about a month.  Also, they aren't very puncture resistant.  I stepped on a branch of a bush that had some big nasty thorns and one poked through into the bottom of my foot, which was unpleasant. I don't think that would have gotten through the bottom of my Merrels or Xeros.  They also look very narrow, but if you leave the laces loose in the toe area, they spread out with your foot.

For my purposes running to and from the gym, these are working fine. I doubt they'll last much longer, but I never expected them to. I wouldn't take these on long road runs simply because it would only take a few runs before I run holes into the bottom, and  I wouldn't take them on the trail because of my experience with the thorny branch which happened to fall across the sidewalk.  I live in the desert where all the plants bite, and  I don't want to subject my feet to more puncture wounds. I don't regret buying these though.  They've given me something to wear to the guy while I figure out a more permanent solution to my gym/running shoe delema.