I bought these shoes for a recent trip to Europe where I was doing tons of city walking, but also a few short day hikes. I did need to break these in for a few days prior to my trip, but they performed beautifully in all kinds of conditions.  We did the Priekestolen hike in Norway and my shoes got soaked, but they dried and were awesome for the rest of the trip.  They look like real-person shoes and not just hiking boots, so I could walk around in the cities and not feel like a dork. My only complaint is that they ate my socks a little bit in the back, but I just wore socks that had a rolled up edge at the back and the problem was solved.  Another plus, these shoes are really really light.