This is a very cute and good quality costume, but it does have one flaw: if you don't wash it first, it leaves red fuzz everywhere (all over your clothes, the car seat, the stroller...).  After one wash, the lint was under control.  We own a similar Cookie Monster costume (listed on Amazon as "Cookie Monster Deluxe Two-Sided Plush Jumpsuit Costume" by Sesame Street), and it never had any lint issues at all.  So 4 stars for this one, while the better costume gets 5.  Some things that are great about both: they are nice and warm for chilly Halloween trick-or-treating, people love them, and the kids really like wearing them.