I've been looking through a lot of different shoes (mainly Salomon), running dozens of trail miles a week and finally settled on a pair of these Terraultra g270. Wow. Inov8 has created the perfect shoe for trail running in my opinion. The fit is perfect, the upper is great, love the flat laces, the midsole offers the perfect stiffness for ultra distance running, the graphene rubber is sticky and very durable (I rode a few hundred miles on my first pair and have just starting to see the first signs of initial rubber wear at just under 200 miles) and i think the blue-yellow looks pretty smooth. My only criticism of the Inov8 would probably be that it offers a few additional color options. I highly recommend these shoes and hope Inov8 can continue to make them for many years to come (hopefully with minimal updates/changes).