I dunno why the performance campus pedal would get a bad review, I've done about a year and 1000 miles of commuting on mine, they've held up just fine. For $40 I was totally satisfied. They are great for either clipless or platform and it doesn't take you very long to get used to flipping the pedal to the correct side (it doesn't really matter, if you come down on the wrong side you can still pedal a turn or two before flipping it to the correct side).