We live in an area that doesn't actually get very much rain, but we had a couple of rainy days after Christmas, so my daughter, of course wanted to wear these boots. She loved them! they are a bit big on her (but despite large feet, she's otherwise small for her size. These worked great. I don't know that I'd want her to wear these on a daily basis if we were getting that much rain because the opening around the leg is rather wide, but for low to moderate amounts of rain, these are great.

She's had them for less than a week, but she might never get a chance to wear them in actual rain again. She does, however, want to keep wearing them.

The boots came very nicely boxed in a box that my daughter has already converted to other uses (it's got a cute Hello Kitty design on it). I've seen other reviews of the Western Chief boots complain of a smell, but these had nothing out of the ordinary to them, and certainly nothing that would prevent me from buying them again.