Bought these for my grandson for his birthday at the end of May 2012. He loved them but didn't wear them much because of the summer. He wore them here and there once it cooled down, but still didn't wear them a lot. He wore them over to my house about a week ago (February 2013) and when he was getting ready to go, we noticed that the rubber had a large tear in it right next to the black smokestack on one boot. The boots look like new, but the rubber had separated from the lining.

Wrote to the Western Chief company and was told since we purchased from Amazon, we would have to take it up with them (Amazon). According to Amazon policy, these would have had to been returned by June 30, 2012.

I won't purchase anything made by this company again. Really too bad, because they were adorable. Before my grandson got these he had a pair of rubber boots from a big box store that he wore for more than a year and outgrew. They did show signs of wear, but they were really quite durable not to mention, less in price.

These seemed well-made, but as others have said, they are not. Absolutely not worth the money.