Customer Reviews New Balance Kids Fresh Foam Arishi v4 Bungee Lace with Top Strap (Little Kid)

True to size. Narrow fit. Snug around the heel. 9 year old daughter loves it

The shoes wont support the wear of AFO braces, they aren't wide enough across the top.

I got these thinking they were wide feet friendly. The strap wouldn’t even close and my son is a size 13 and i got them 13.5 thinking half a size bigger so” he wouldnt leave them too soon” but they fit him snug his toe was touching the tip of the shoe, and he hardly had any room to wiggle his toes. Unfortunately i threw away the packaging so i couldnt return them. But i don’t recommend these shoes unless you try them on in person instead.

Something about it made the ankle hit oddly on both sides under her ankle bone

Both my child and I loved the asthetic but the top Velcro strap is rigid and made wearing the shoe extremely uncomfortable. She was limping after having them on for only a few hours.

I read another consumer mentioned about not being able to use velcro straps for wide width. I totally agree with this statement. My son loved the fit and he said it was very comfortable but the velcro barely closes.. like only 1/4th? Sadly, I have already requested for return....

We've purchased two pairs of these for my 7-year-old. The first pair held up for nearly six months and were still going strong when he outgrew them. Then we bought a second pair and the upper developed two big holes within a month. Pretty disappointed since these weren't cheap.

These do not stay velcroed and the strap is just hanging off my son’s feet constantly.

There is a structured ankle that really digs into the bone. Unfortunate design.

The shoe laces on one show broke after 1 week.

Do not recommend. I bought these for my daughter in August for gym class. She has worn them one day a week for about 3 months and they are already falling apart. I've never had her gym shoes fall apart like this. These were too expensive to wear out so quickly. I've gotten her shoes from discount stores that have endured more and outlasted these.

Did not make it a week. Show string ripped on one shoe and the Velcro doesn’t work on the other.

Maybe we have a flawed shoe but on only one shoe the top area that goes around the ankle has something very stiff in the seam. But whatever it is, is turned sideways on one shoe so it cuts into my daughters ankle. This is only one shoe in one spot. She tried wearing them twice and cannot. Something in the shoe is flawed.

The bungee on the shoe broke after purchase