Customer Reviews KEEN Kids Newport H2 (Toddler/Little Kid)

First Keens. Overall the kid loves to wear them. The strap/velcro mechanism can be a little more kid friendly. If they pull the strap off, a parent/adult will need to put it back. Single strap mechanism would be helpful. The shoes would smell on sweaty feet although they advertise as odor less.

was very hard to get on my 4 year old’s foot, soles were the same size as his other keen’s kids but a size smaller

hard for child to put on independently. will not be purchsing these again

hard for child to put on

I was looking forward to get them, with all the positive reviews, but at the end was disappointed. They look and feel very bulk. My 5 year old cannot put them on by himself and when I try to do it, I can barely do it myself because they are very tight fitting. We’ll be getting lighter summer shoes...

We love Keen shoes for our 4 year old son -- he has worn them since he was 18 months. I will steer away from this style in the future specifically because of the strap. It is not long enough to go over my son's foot through the loop and back again to the Velcro. If the strap were an 1 inch longer, they would be perfect. If your son's foot is long and thin near the ankle, then these shoes will be great.

Too wide. Shoe says M. If your kid has Flinstone feet, this might be okay, but the widest part is in the toe box, which is a bit odd.

These are adorable with one major flaw, they make my son's feet smell so bad! Literally the first time he wore them his feet smelled. I've washed them and nothing seems to help. Guess they're just not built to breathe.

We get these every year. They hold up. They are heavy and not flexable but they don't fall apart and they stay on any toddlers foot!

Love Keens for my active toddler, but these were not good for him. Very hard to get on and off. Returning them for the hook and loop style.

I am sending these back. I love these shoes for my toddler, but you can put them outside in the sun all you want and if they start to stink there is no coming back.

Longer than expected for my son. Somewhat difficult to get foot into the shoe.

Awesome shoe, terrible stink. They are such great shoes that it really is a shame. All the moms I knew said the same thing. Even after washing them in the washing machine. And the stink transfers to my son's foot. It's like the episode of Seinfeld about the "b.o." Quite a funk.

Sizing is good, but it is pretty narrow around the opening. Yes, it is velcro, but fits really snug. When we take them off he has indention marks, even when we fit the velcro loose.

It is unclear to me if Keen changed the design of the Newport H2, or if we had a different style before, but these shoes were not as good for our 3 year old as the previous pair we had. The problem is simply that these are hard to get on and buckle. The loop back strap seems too tight for my toddler to get the shoe on and so she tends to pull the strap out of the loop in the middle of the shoe. Once this strap is pulled out, it is next to impossible for myself or my daughter to feed it back through. Also, even when the strap is properly installed it seems too short to easily fasten. For us these shoes are unusable and I will be checking with Zappos if there is anything we can do to return them.

These are too hard to put on. It's important for a child to be able to put on / take off their own shoes and my 3 year old can't do it (I struggle to get them on and off!) They should have designed them better. I really love Keens but they should put more thought into these toddler shoes.

We got these a month ago. My son loves them and they must be popular because any kid on the block wears them. I was disappointed to see when I received them that the insole is plastic (was trying to spend sometimes away from the Crocs) and noticed yesterday when giving my son his bath that these make his feet smell very bad (which never happened with any type of shoe before)! This will be okay for the summer but back to healthy shoes for school in September.

I'm definitely a little disappointed. I love Keens for my kids. I have bought them every summer for the last 3 years and it's been really easy for my daughter to get them on and off by herself. I love the styling and the color of this shoe, but the functionality is terrible. I'm not sure why they've designed it differently this time around, but the shoes are extremely difficult for even me to get them on and off her. They used to just have a simple velcro closure, now they are looped in and out of another loop and are a pain to get on! If I had more time, I would have returned them and bought something else. Keen! Please go back to the old design! This is way too complicated for an adult! Let alone a little kid with wet feet!

These seemed like great sandals and for the expensive price I was sure they would be perfect. But after wearing for a couple of weeks they started to smell. And my son has never had this problem before with any other shoes. They are also not that easy for a child to slip on and off. If you child doesn\'t like strapping his own shoes then I don\'t recommend these. And the smell, ugh! I even tried washing them. I hate to throw them away because of what I paid but I don\'t like my son wearing them. I wish I could return them now. I should have just gotten crocs for half the price and they never small. They do seem to have decent support but it doesn\'t matter if I won\'t put them on my son.

I thought these were the perfect daycare solution - closed toed sandals! But they gave my 3-year-old blisters on the inside of each foot. Even if they'd eventually break-in and be okay, there's no way I'll convince him to put them on again. I was talking with another parent about my sandal dilemma and she said her daughter had blisters in the same place with these Keens. Bummer.