We bought these for our 12yo for a fishing and hiking holiday in Canada.  He never wore them til we got there.  After three days the hooked eyelet broke and stripped the lace cover back to the white inner.  The boots themselves are perfect, but we will be returning and replacing.  It's unfortunate as we write this that we are in Canada for another 20 days with a substandard product.  We cannot resolve this until we return to the States so hopefully Amazon will honor a used product return