I've worn through my monty shoes, so I decided to try these out. I am very impressed with how comfortable these shoes are. They are better constructed than any of the trials shos i've ever owned. The thickness and stiffness of the sole is also adjustable, so you can customize the shoe to the way you want it.
The sole is very grippy on my echo SL pedals. It is definitely an improvement to the davos sole on ribo and monty shoes.
At first I didn't really like the way the shoe looks, and i'm still not a big fan of the silly chinese writing on the back of them. However, after wearing them for a while, the look is growing on me. They certainly look less stupid than trials shoes.
These plastic sole inserts can used instead of the rubber ones to stiffen the mid sole.
This is the mid sole in the shoe, which can be removed altogether to make the shoe even thinner. The rubber insert can be replaced with the plastic one, as mentioned above.