It has been pouring rain here recently where even today it was estimated that there would be over 100mm of rain. I have waterproof shoes that work great normally, but even on these days I find that the inside starts to get wet due to the heavy rain hitting in all angles where eventually enough gets in from the top where even my socks gets wet.
Now there are a lot of other things you can so such as wearing additional socks or even wear pants leggings that tuck all the way into the shoe tightly. But the other option is to actually wear a pair of long boots. Funny enough, the last time I wore long boots was when I was a kid where I even wore it during sunny days at times because it offered complete protection from even puddles and mud. You can’t exactly run well in them though.
That would still hold true today where it would give the ultimate rain protection while sacrificing mobility. But if you had to would you rather stick with waterproof shoes plus various add-ons to make it work better in the rain or would you just go with the pair of boots? I know some people would even say just go with a raincoat. Just shows you how many solutions there are to particular problems huh? That can be said for so many other things that we invest a lot of money into in an effort to solve a problem.