I love keen because they look great after taking the abuse my active kid can dish out!! This is his third pair of keen and they are wonderful. The Velcro lets him do it himself and is quick and easy, while still sharp looking! I will say these do run large they provide a size chart to go buy, trust it, don't try to get the next size "to grow into". My son is three with big feet and he is in a 10 in keen with room while other shoes the 10 is tight.