Anyone used these for alpine summer or Scottish winter yet? Be interested how they are.

I would be very interested in how these compare in the field to Salomon X-alp carbons (which I have)

How are they wbo? They look a bit more stiff running shoe with integral gaiter than these?

I haven't and they do look super funky but interestingly I am reviewing these http://www.scarpa.co.uk/mountain/zodiac-tech-gtx/ for UKC currently. the Zodiac Tech are quoted as 1240 grams a pair for 42, as opposed to 1220 grams for the Ribelle. So 20 grams more but almost half the price. The arrival of a new member of our family stopped any alpine style trips for me this summer to try the Zodiac Techs out, so I've been using them for British hiking and scrambling and very happy with them. I went over to N Wales last weekend to try and catch some winter conditions to test them in. As it was the forecast snow level was a bit over optimistic and I never needed to get my crampons out but I did kick through some snow with them and did Crib Goch and Y Gribin in wet, greasy and in places snowy conditions in them and was again very impressed. Standing on little incut nicks on greasy slabs, in a gale, in a hail storm, while down climbing Y Gribin was a fine test for them - rather like the feel of front pointing on easy angled but thin ice. I have no worries about using them on easier routes this winter where you are going to be doing more hiking and scrambling than actual climbing. It will be interesting to hear if the Ribelle are similarly multipurpose or more specialist.