I bought these for my avid skating daughter, turning 11 years old. The boot is hard, and 6 months into things, skating 2 hours a week, the wheels are squeaking while skating, and the bearings are not standing up well. When she tried to exchange the toe stop for a plug, bolts didn't match up, and somehow the original screw got lost in the undercarriage. It took the skate guy quite a while of jiggling the skate upside down before he could get the screw to fall into place so he could put the toe stop back on. For the price of this skate, we expected a bit higher quality than what we received. We've done better with cheaper kid skates a couple years ago.