Just got these out since we are expecting snow tomorrow here in the No. Ga. mountains. The rubber on each one has split in two at the main front toe section on each side. You can easily see the rubber just cracked in several places and broke in two. They were stored in my closet in a cloth over the door shoe holder. Obviously there was some sort of quality control rubber problem with these.

They are now worthless since there is no way to repair the splits....

I've just ordered Yaktrax....That's what my neighbors swear by and theirs from last year are in perfect condition and.....less expensive !