These have lasted me longer than any other brand I've tried. I've found with other brands I bend the axles eventually, enough that you can tell when you rotate the cranks by hand. Not managed that with the Hope's yet and the bearings/bushing has also lasted well. The anodising holds up as well as can be expected I think. If you're riding with mud on your shoes it's bound to wear, but my last pair were still pretty good after a couple of years, I sold them because the blue really didn't match the current bike! They still had no play. I'm comfortable in the air, so they get the odd hard landing. I find them the best shape for grip although that will obviously depend on your foot size & shape. Old reviews where the pins were solid are likely to talk about grip being not so good, but the hollow pins are great and seem to stay good. One tip is to leave out the centre pins, I think they grip better like that as then your soles have more pressure on the outer pins.

The only "weakness" is price but they've been easily good enough value and the machining is more complex than on many others.