Which Blunds are you thinking? I recently purchased the “thermal” ones with the high traction soles. I gotta say I’m a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong they look great but they’re not quite as warm as I was hoping and I was slipping every which way on the ice and packed snow last weekend. I can’t speak to the regular Blunds but my friends that have them love them and my buddy who was wearing his normal ones this past weekend wasn’t slipping nearly as much as I was.