I don’t think their soft pads are especially brilliant tbh- not great coverage and people complain of them moving around- but the Bone elbows are the best you can buy IMO- they look a bit stormtroopery but they have great protection, they stay in the right place, they don’t restrict, they’re not tight, and most of all they’re less sweaty than any soft pad I’ve used- the lobstershell gives it some structure so it doesn’t need to wrap around like most pads do. So they actually end up being a better option than soft pads in most ways, while also giving the protection you’d expect from hard ones.
The shinpads are very good, but a bit gigantic- I like mine but I count them as downhill-only, they pedal fine and all but they’re just overkill for anything else, to me.