So now I am into a pair of the new slip ons and two new pairs of the his...
The slipons, oddly, felt WAY better to me initially than the previous model (where I would have to cut the fucking tongue straps to fit my foot), but the left one was incredibly hard to get on. I didnt skate in them - I just wore them around for the day and, predictably, I got a massive heel blister on my left foot, which meant I skated all day yesterday in my old style half-cabs, in pain.
I've got one pair of black/white new half cabs as well, and I am thinking about ordering the NJ SS brick ones. All hail Gall.
Overall, for me, jury is still out. the stiffness is not great, but I will say that that does break in and get better. They just have a...flatness, at least in the Hi's, that is still weird to me.