I purchased these for my 9 year old he loves them. He as always wanted some converse but after a trip to the store and 20 min of trying to put them on I refused to buy them so I purchased theses and they are much better and easier then the regular converse. Update: so my son has had these for a few months now and they are easy, cute but the color black its starting to change to a light purple color, its like the dye is fading.  They are cute but change colors after a while.