Customer Reviews New Balance Kids 680v6 Bungee (Little Kid/Big Kid)
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Customer Fit Survey:
93%"Felt true to size"
95%"Felt true to width"
96%"Moderate arch support"
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My 12 year old son loves these shoes. They fit very well, they don't rub his heels. He's autistic and has trouble tying knots so he needs shoes that doesn't have shoelaces to tie. These shoes look really cool and he doesn't have to feel embarrassed about not being able to tie his shoes. Zappos has a great selection of hook and loop tennis shoes that are great for kids with sensory and learning problems like my son. I'm very impressed with how well made the shoes are. They are worth the price.
Julie, Zappos Customer,
14 found this review helpful.
Overall4Rated 4 stars out of 5
Reviewed at New Balance
I followed the sizing guide on line for my 3 & 7 year old boys. These are true to size and are a regular/medium width. My boys measured at a 10.5 and a 2.5 on the sizing guide. These are the sizes I ordered. The shoe fit correctly but didn't leave much room for summer growth. With kids growing so quickly, I sized up a .5 which left about a thumbnail space. These are bright, colorful and durable! I always feel confident ordering from NB!
LH,
12 found this review helpful.
Overall3Rated 3 stars out of 5
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The issue my son had with these shoes is that the tongue would not stay in place. This issue really irritated my 6 year old.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
9 found this review helpful.
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Not Happy! I usually only buy new balance for my son with wide feet. Here we are, one month into school and the laces are shredded.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
7 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
Reviewed at New Balance
My son is very active and wears through his shoes quickly. This shoe is one of the few that can withstand the (figurative) beating he gives his shoes until he is close enough to the next size. I love the velcro/bungee combo, so his laces aren't constantly coming undone and shoes falling off.
Mom O,
6 found this review helpful.
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My son has had numerous pairs of New Balance tennis shoes before. This was his first pair without traditional laces. We liked the ease of putting them on and taking them off, but after just 1.5 months, he has holes in the net front part of the shoe! I was shocked and wish I could get a refund still. These were too expensive to last such a short time, especially because his previous NB shoes have always been at least around 6 mos. or so. What we did like was the color combination and the comfort. Not sure if I'd buy these kind again though...bummed!
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
5 found this review helpful.
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I have ordered several pairs of these for the boys. I have never been disappointed on how they wear. They are comfortable and they outgrow them, before they look worn. There are enough colors that the boys can choose different colors. Moderately priced, so a great value.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
4 found this review helpful.
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Such a problem! My grandson needs an XW but even though I tried 1/2 size bigger and a whole size bigger, he screamed that the heel hurt him a lot! He wouldn't even try to stand up in them or walk around in them. We need the Velcro strap so I am going to have a really hard time finding a pair that is wide enough in the heel area to make them comfortable. This also happened in the 519 v1 style. I will have to try the $79 pair which is double what most New Balance styles cost. AARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
3 found this review helpful.
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Faulty - holes in both shoes within a month of wearing. Do not recommend!
He isn’t even tough on his shoes and active, he just wore to school for 1 month and both have holes in and now shoes are unwearable.
I'd also recommend:
Nike
Sara, Zappos Customer,
3 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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We have had the shoes for less than two months and they have already fallen completely apart. We love new balance for the width but the quality hasn’t been good lately.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
3 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
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Picture isn’t accurate. These came with the Velcro strap at the top, no laces. Since kids hate laces, he was thrilled with the Velcro. Otherwise great shoes, very comfortable. Order the wide even if you don’t think your child has a wide foot. The M is much too narrow.
Pharmama, Zappos Customer,
2 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
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Bought these in 11.5Wide for my 4yo. They fit great. He can put them on himself and the strap is long enough so it doesn’t pop off. He wished they lit up like his old shoes but those are hard to find in wide width.
Julie, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
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Fit and size were fine. Shipped quickly.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
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My son is really comfortable with these shoes. He claims he can run faster now :)
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
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the quality is no, but this one disappointed
I am an Asics fanatic
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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My son liked this shoe. However, in less than 2 months of wear, there are holes at the top of the toe area in both shoes. I would not recommend these shoes.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
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My son has worn these shoes for two weeks now. Both left and right shoes are coming apart at the toe seams and the left shoe velcro strap is separating in two places. I know kids can be rough on shoes but c'mon two weeks? He also wore these in rotation with another pair of shoes making this breakdown even more ridiculous.
Christy, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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Like the other 1 star reviews said, the built-in elastic laces are super tight which causes immediate discomfort. So I decided to cut and remove the laces, that did not help because I then discovered it was still tight without the laces so the design on this particular model is flawed. The length and wider was fine but the tightness over the top made these shoes unbearable for my son to wear, he complained about the tightness immediately. I stuck my hand inside the shoes and yes I can feel the clearance is very low and tight where the laces go. In the past I only wore NB due to needing extra wide. Then NB designs started getting weird and no longer fit correctly so I switched to Asics and love them! I really wish Asics would start making kid size shoes!
Nik, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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This is my kiddo's 6th pair of NB sneakers. He's always worn average width, so I bought 2 pairs for school (1 for everyday, 1 for P.E.). The shoe was so tight width-wise! The elastic straps were cut much shorter, causing the shoe to be very tight across the top (the top of the shoe actually squeezes in). I love NB, so I gave away the brand new, but too narrow shoes, and ordered the same shoe in wide width. It is still too narrow! NB is cutting corners by cutting the elastic too short. Going to give this pair away as well and buy another brand. So disappointing.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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We bought two pairs last year for my little one to have a pair for school and a pair for gym class, so we did the same thing this year. These are much tighter than last year's, and you can see it in the sneaker. Last year's looked like a regular sneaker, these look like the stretchy laces are much too tight, causing the sneaker to pull inward. They're so tight that my kiddo has trouble putting them on, takes them off before he gets home and has red marks all over his foot. School has just begun and we're buying new sneakers!
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
Overall1Rated 1 star out of 5
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Shoe is way too narrow for a regular width. It was too tight and made the shoe feel smaller. We had to return it.
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
1 found this review helpful.
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Nice sneakers. My daughter loved her blue green and black ones Bc they looked like “Billie eilish” colors
Anonymous, Zappos Customer,
0 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
Reviewed at New Balance
My daughter loves it very much, fit perfect on her, no squeezing of her toes. New Balance can look forward of me to always buying her shoes from them.
Peter,
0 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
Reviewed at New Balance
He says he runs so fast and loves the way they look!!
Tiffi,
0 found this review helpful.
Overall5Rated 5 stars out of 5
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My 5yr-old picked these out and loves them.
DJaynes, Zappos Customer,
0 found this review helpful.