Sadly this is the second pair with the same defect.  Both times my 2 year old son barley wore them and the Velcro strap fell off.  I exchanged the first pair and received a new pair and the same issue happened with in a couple weeks of barley wearing them.  Also they are only eligible for return for a month they were shipped on June 8th and the return window closed on the 11th.  We were on vacation until the 13th so unless Amazon will stand behind there product I'm SOL.  Not the quality I would expect for a Merrell product.  I got my 2 year old daughter the Keens she has had them since April with no issues.  They are wider then I would like but they haven fallen apart. I will be purchasing my son the Keens as well now and hope Amazon will consider the circumstance and refund me the money.