My Salomen's were delivered to my office today, and I have to admit when I opened the box my first reaction was "Oh my God, I hate them."  I ordered the color Poseiden,  They look like a navy blue with lighter trim on my monitor.  The color was actually a dark teal with a rather bright aqua trim.  I'm more of an earth tone girl, but this color was deeply discounted, and I'm rather practical, so saving over $30 was appealing.  A quick try on said they seemed to fit fine, and the deep treads were appealing enough to not want to send them back.  It is a very wet and rainy day, and when I got home I was wishing I ordered waterproof trail runners, but not enough to stop me.  (The teal matched my deeply discounted rain jacket by the way.)  So, looking a bit flashy for a woods runner, the dogs and I were off.  I did a 45 minute muddy, rocky, rooty, hilly run and am thrilled with them!  The deep treads really grab into soft ground, and no worries about wet slippery leaves.  I made a point of climbing some rocks as some deeper treaded shoes can be slick on rocks, but these have soft treads that held up on rocks like a champ.  Even going over dead wet trees were a go, and I've slipped on those in the past.  For those complaining that they wear out quickly, I imagine they will if you are using them on pavement regularly, but they do what they are designed to do well.  I was pleased with how stable my heal felt over uneven terrain and was very comfortable running down hill in them, something I'm usually pretty cautious about.  By the time I got home, I thought they were pretty darned beautiful shoes. I'm guessing in a week they will be looking pretty earth toned too.