Which road pedals?

I recently switched to speedplays from shimano 105 as i got fed up with feet skating over pedals if slightly out on clip-in. Cant fault them so far. Much easier to clip-in, amazing float & used with Keep on Kovers, no issues with clogging.

I've just moved from mtb to road pedals. I went for the shimano 105 5800 pedals. No real difference I can see from 5700 apart from all the pictures of the 5700 pedals they have that annoying plastic odd shaped bolt that holds the pedal on, the 5800's just have a standard shaped hexagonal 17mm bolt than can be undone with a regular spanner, meaning maintenance is far easier as you don't need adapters to take them apart.

I prefer my Shimano 105 5700 pedals to the Ultegra I have on another bike. They come with the yellow cleats that have plenty of float for me.

Look Keo, old style, non blade.

The cleats wear fast, like the Shimano's, choose your float by cleat colour.

The more expensive versions just get lighter / more bling, the bottom of the range ones are great valu at around 40'quid.

Speed plays are really nice pedals, very easy to get in and out of, in a hurry if needs be. However, they are a bloody nightmare to maintain, especially if you use them in 'British weather'. And they ain't cheap. I tend to go for carbon body Shimano SL's and blue cleats. There is sod all difference between the 105, and the Ultegra versions, other than the price. I've got the Carbon 105's on my Carbon bike, they work well.

The fuss about Speedplay can be found relatively easily on the net, it was not a great example of good customer relations.

Shimano 105 pedals for me; they get battered over time, but keep on working well.

shimano pedals to suit your budget, adjust float using cleats and tension is built in.
not speedplay coz they have tried to sue their users that try to modify (lighten) or service their own pedals (also the cleats are bloomin expensive, difficult to walk in and clog with mud nd dirt if you even think about putting your foot down.)

I'd also recommend Speedplays, nothing really compares to them for float and they are staggeringly easy to clip into (and double sided). There is a adjustment for the amount of float with Speedplay Zeros but nothing for release pressure, not that i've particularly wanted it - they seem to have that pretty much bang on IMO. Not cheap mind, but I don't think i'll go back to anything else.. if I did it would probably be Time iClic2 or Xpresso - good clip in, decent amount of float with a small but nice feeling resistance, big ol'cleats which wear quickly though. All personal opinion of course.

Speedplays give you everything that you've asked for.