@Akira -mate of mine bought two pairs of these, one red, one black to put on a Yeti Big Top build ( he couldn’t decide on a colour scheme!!)
Eventually went for the red and offered me the black ones at a discounted price. Great I thought, bit of bling and Hope products are usually very good.
Tried then with Trail Walking shoes ( which I ride in a lot) on some of my local bridleways and my foot just kept slipping off on rocky terrain. Tried again with 5:10s same problem, lost my pedal a lot.
Got the wife to try them and she had same problem.
My mate on the other hand loves them.
The Hope pins are very smooth, whereas the DMR pins are very “sharp”, think that’s the main difference, as the platform size of the Hope’s is good.
Compared to the Vaults, they are terrible, the difference in grip is huge!
All our bikes currently running either V12s or Vaults, they are so reliable and the grip is amazing.
Hope this helps