These are very durable shoes!!  But my boy is very sad that the lights stopped working on one of the shoes after only a month :  Other than that, we are pleased.

ETA: Well, a month later the other shoe light went out for  good and just today the metal piece holding the velcro just broke. we've had these shoes just 3 months.  Boo!

ETA: After contacting skechers we sent the shoes to them (at our cost) to be checked for manufacturers defect.  We will be getting a replacement pair soon.