Stride Rite Little Kid/Big Kid Outrider H&L Sneaker

Stride Rite Little Kid/Big Kid Outrider H&L Sneaker He'll love the Outrider sneaker from Stride Rite. The leather upper has synthetic and mesh insets for a cool, performance athletic shoe look, and the Velcro-close straps are quick and easy, but the best part about this shoe is its comfort: The thickly padded collar, tongue, and i...	Stride Rite Little Kid/Big Kid Superball Sandal Superball technology has finally come to his fun-in-the-sun sandals. This cool, casual style from Stride Rite features a mesh and synthetic upper with an airy, open design, self-contained bungee lacing, and adjustable Velcro straps to keep his step secure and warm-weather comfort...	Stride Little Kid/Big Kid Landon Lace-Up This classic oxford from Stride Rite takes them from the classroom to the playground in comfort and style. Smooth matte leather upper in a casual oxford style featuring a round toe, stitching and matching overlay accents, four eyelet lace up front and lightly padded tongue and c...	Stride Rite Little Kid/Big Kid Angler Sandal This versatile fisherman sandal is dressy enough for special occasions yet built for play, with great durability and terrific comfort features. The classic closed-toe fisherman design protects vulnerable toes while leaving plenty of gaps for feet to breathe. The soft leather up...	Stride Rite Little Kid/Big Kid Outrider Lace-Up Sneaker He'll love the Outrider sneaker from Stride Rite. The leather upper has synthetic and mesh insets for a cool, performance athletic shoe look, and the full, lace-up closure will give him a snug but cozy fit, but the best part about this shoe is its comfort: The thickly padded coll...
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Well worth the price
We bought these for my seven year old going back to school. I was surprised they had these in his size (4.5 youth). He still has to master the art of tying shoe laces, so the velcro strips were a huge bonus, and they continue to stick (he has worn them for about a month so far...every day without fail!) We were very fortunate to get these on sale, but I would definately pay full price for the next school year. You are getting what you paid for with these sneakers....well worth the price.

Seems sturdy, but beware sizing
We just got a pair of these from Amazon, after dutifully going to the Striderite website, downloading its size chart, confirming that it was printed to accurate scale, then measuring our youngster's feet carefully. Unfortunately, we'll probably have to send them back. We ordered a pair of these shoes that should -- theoretically, according to all our careful measuring -- have given us at least one half-size of extra room for growth, maybe even a tad more. Well, the shoes arrived and they fit just fine. The kid likes how they feel. *Today*, that is. In other words, these shoes do not allow the extra size that we thought we ordered. If our kid grows at all in the next month, these shoes won't fit anymore. And they seem to be built pretty well, so it seems unlikely that they'd be worn out before they're outgrown. It'd be a big waste. Why not just send them back and get a bigger size? Well, these shoes *are* bigger than the old ones -- on the *outside*. They provide more bulk, without a fully matching increase in interior space. As a result, our child had a couple of those awkward, feet-too-big missteps when first trying them on and walking around a bit. A kid can adjust to that kind of thing, but if they were yet another size bigger, I'd be worried about trips and falls. Basically the shoe design seems to waste space, and does not accommodate as much foot as it claims. It might be okay for some kids, I guess, and the price right now on Amazon is pretty good compared to other shoes, from other manufacturers, at other retailers. So I'm giving them a half-hearted 4-star rating, despite our disappointment. Every parent with growing children faces the problem of trying to get that little extra space in all the shoes and clothing they buy. So in these days of online shopping, you would hope that the manufacturers would get their acts together and be sure that they actually meet the specfications of the sizing charts they publish. The shoes look okay. They're a little hard to put on, which might change after a breaking-in period, but it would surely be helpful if they put a pull-up strap on the back of the shoe, or on the tongue, as some other kids' shoes have for this age range. Despite being almost too short for our child's feet, the shoes do seem to be comfortably (appropriately) wide in the sole, for a Medium size. That means they're basically accurate to the Striderite *width* chart, if you want to look at the bright side! Plus, the velcro straps seem to allow for some adjustment in that area, for kids who might be just slightly narrower or wider than average, or have a higher arch, or whatever. We probably won't be able to give any real-world wear reports, but just looking at them, they seem likely to last much better than the New Balance lace-ups that we've fully outgrown, after a few months. Those other shoes looked worn after the first couple of weeks, and by now they're practically in tatters. But they fit great for most of that time, even when they were theoretically "too big" at the very beginning, and as a result we were able to really get our money's worth, which I don't think we'd be able to get from these. Oh well!

Great shoes!
My six year old has truly enjoyed these pair of shoes. He always wore the Stride Rite light ups and when I couldn't find those available in his size at the time I needed them I decided to go with these. I was pleasantly surprised to see that these are true to Stride Rite standards. Good fit (my son is a 1) and look great with most school clothes. Great buy!