I bought these
sneakers for my son. Although he can tie his shoes, he loves him some
velcro. The last two pairs of shoes I bought him were
Skechers Z straps, and he destroyed them. Although we has only had these shoes for a couple of weeks, they seem to be holding up pretty good. Plus, his dad is partial to
etnies. The white around the sole of the shoes gets dirty pretty easy, but they still look cool. He says they are comfortable, and he has a pretty wide foot, although it took a day or two to wear them in real nice.