I bought these Speedcross 3 shoes for myself and my son for Christmas and they are awesome. The fit is great and the traction on non-smooth, dry surfaces is fantastic. Oddly enough though, the traction on smooth surfaces when wet is horrible. They slip and slide everywhere.Since I'm mostly wearing these for gym workouts on non-smooth surfaces indoors, it makes little difference to me.

I always purchase shoes and run them through three stages. Stage 1 is work (school) shoes. Stage 2 is hiking, running, activity shoes. Stage 3 is kick around, junky shoes. These shoes look awesome. They seem really durable. The tread is amazing. The only downside is that it feels like they run a little narrow compared to prior pairs of Salomons I have purchased. (I have bought dozens of pairs.)

I have been a great fan of Salomon shoes for the past seven years, I own twelve pairs and have even done a 100K non-stop walk in a pair of XA Pro hiking shoes. I have always bought size 9½ standard width, but lately found that the last two pairs I bought came up somewhat narrow and needed stretching.For these Speedcross 3 Gradient shoes I decided to go up a half size to size 10 but they are incredibly narrow, even in the larger size. It felt like my feet were in a vice and just a short time wearing them indoors was enough! Don't know why Salamon shoes have become so narrow these days, the 'wider' sizes are very limited to one or two models of shoe and are only available in one dull colour (brown or black).These Speedcross shoes also feel more cheaply constructed ... MoreI have been a great fan of Salomon shoes for the past seven years, I own twelve pairs and have even done a 100K non-stop walk in a pair of XA Pro hiking shoes. I have always bought size 9½ standard width, but lately found that the last two pairs I bought came up somewhat narrow and needed stretching.For these Speedcross 3 Gradient shoes I decided to go up a half size to size 10 but they are incredibly narrow, even in the larger size. It felt like my feet were in a vice and just a short time wearing them indoors was enough! Don't know why Salamon shoes have become so narrow these days, the 'wider' sizes are very limited to one or two models of shoe and are only available in one dull colour (brown or black).These Speedcross shoes also feel more cheaply constructed than the XA Pro shoes I normally buy so overall it was a bit of a let down. Salomon - please consider 1. making the standard width more accomodating, and 2. if you are offering wider widths, make them available for multiple different shoes and in bright interesting colours rather than just one muted colour.