These shoes are VERY DURABLE!  Over the years my son has gone through several different pairs of Keens and I just now realized how awesome they actually are. Just now I was looking online for back to school clothes and shoes when I came across the last time I bought these shoes, it's been a year and a half! They are still in decent shape and my son loves them, in fact they are his go-to shoes.  He has rather flat feet which is why we started to buy Keen shoes in the beginning.  We definitely will continue to buy Keens.