I bought these shoes for my 3 yr old son and love them. He just grew out of size 10 stride rite. We recently just went to buying pedipeds as I'm not too pleased with stride rite shoes anymore they just seem cheaply made(striderites).
I love that the shoes don't have shoe strings they are not too bad to get on. With elastic you can just pull it open and put the foot in and the elastic always go back in place. I would say this shoes would be best for a child 2+. The canvas seem to be pretty durable and not thin like converse. The sole is pretty flexable even though this is the first flex model I have bought is comparable to the srt stride rite. I ordered the olive color its like a grayish green. Cute color. Lots of padding in the tongue and ankle area.
Nice arch support too.
Once again so far I'm pleased with pedipeds over stride rite shoes.