I LOVE my Eggbeaters. They shed mud, they don't require maintenance (or at least much). I can get in and out without looking, thinking or delay. I'm also not the one sitting on the side of the trail picking out small stones and sticks that lodge beside the cleat or the pedal. They are fabulous. They have never caused me to fall-- only my own occasional inept manuevers.

If you think you'd like a bit more of a platform, try the Candy version. Same pedal but has a platform around it.