Just decided to give Five Ten another crack and order a set of freeriders, which I’m going to attack with waterproofing stuff as soon as they arrive. No idea if this’ll work or not but worth a try I reckon.
My old set were exactly as awful as everyone says with regards to bad weather- soaked up tons of water, took ages to dry out, and fell apart after a winter seemingly because of the wet (and, IMO, pretty bargain-basement build quality). But they were good shoes in most other ways.
I was a big fan of the Shimano AM40- some water protection, and a great shoe otherwise… But not sure I like the new version, it lacks the tunable stiffness sole of the AM40 and feels a bit clumpy and short on feel by comparison. Also, of course, looks like hell 😉