There are only five contact points between you and your bike and pedals are two of them. My suggestion is to go with known quality. I have Shimano m424 pedals on three bikes and have never had a problem. They are $55.00 at REI and the same basic design, but appear to be much more robust. You don't want a pedal that fails in the middle of a ride (releases inconsistently...hard to release or releases too easily).
It's your choice. Choose wisely.
There's a bunch of hybrid Shimano pedals on Amazon I was looking at, these included. Though I thought they looked a bit small. Do you have any issue with them in that regard? Just curious.
The other Shimano pedals I was looking at were these two:
https://www.amazon.com/SHIMANO-PD-EH...6736941&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/SHIMANO-clipl...6736941&sr=8-2
I should mention I'm also in WA state so in the chance I ride in the rain with regular shoes, I'd like something where my foot can get a solid grip with good contact points (like you mentioned)