Do any specifically marketed for Xc exist?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-lightest-flat-pedal-in-existence

lightest doesn’t equal bestest. I’ve got Wellgo MG1s: light enough, good enough, cheap enough.

+1 for MG-1s

Light, cheap, strong enough.

APF

Nano’s working fine for me, as are V8’s on another bike. It’s more about the shoe than the pedal IMO. Never seen the point of pedals with ‘thru – pins’ however, if you damage a pin you’d trash the pedal trying to remove it, unless you got the grinder out to take off the damaged portion first. How that can be any easier than just using a pair of mole grips to remove a (damaged)conventional pin I’ll never know; marketing BS if you ask me.

Nanos and v8’s here, don’t really notice much difference between them, but there’s a noticeable difference between shoes