I live in Woodinville outside of Seattle. If you hadn't ever heard, it rains here. ;)
I wanted a shoe that was waterproof, easy to get on while wrangling children, still felt like a shoe (not a brick with no movement), and reasonably attractive. After quite a bit of looking around, these are just right. They've been through their share of water and snow and muck already (puddles and wet grass, pumpkin patches, christmas tree lots, back woods) and held up just great. The zipper means I don't need two hands to get them on. They're not as "sticky" as rain boots and not as rigid as snow boots (but also not quite as flexible as your average pair of normal boots, just FYI). And I've gotten plenty of compliments on them already. I'll update my review if anything comes up, but I expect to get many good miles out of these muck-about shoes.