Having run a pair of Pearls I can say they are extremely comfortable and fairly long lasting. Only problem I’ve found is that very few stores carry them, including my local running shop.
However this Ad campaign makes me want to buy another pair. I especially love “if you’re not sure whether you’re running or jogging, go faster.” That and we don’t make shoes for conveyor belts. Right on.
That campaign made me so angry that I actually wrote a letter to the company a few months ago. I found the ads elitist and negative. In what is becoming a sedentary and overweight country, the last thing we need is a media message putting down people that are actually doing good for their health (IMHO). I feel so strongly that I will not buy any of their running and cycling gear in the future.
It is interesting that we saw the same ads so differently.