not surre where they found it for 33 bucks....i ve never seen it for more then 19.99 but whatever...for 20$ its good - i also looked at petzl products but for the price to value ratio...this one won me over...primarilly because of its waterproofness. .i personally had some bad luck with this after about 2 years...the inside got all rusty but then again that was cuz i was using it like for underwater diving...hahaha (even so...it has a lifetime warranty so i'm gonna take it back and get another one :) )
but yea, for the money its good for caving, climbing camping etc.good lucky and rock on!!

true they are stiff - thats because of the 4mm XSV...these things are solidly built but takes alooong time to break them in and the sole lacks sensitivity. neccesarily recommend for beginnners as a first shoe. just my 2 cents.good lucky and rock on!!