The shoes were perfect for my son to throw on and play outside and get wet in for the first couple of days, until the trim around the bottom of the shoe began to detach.  I cut the trim off he still wore them with no problem other than the fact that his feet would get extremely dirty in them.  The real problem arose when it got hot. My son went swimming and left one shoe in the sun.  The shoe he left in the sun shrank.  I thought he was joking when he said he couldn't get his foot in the shoe until I put them side by side.  YES, one of the shoes had shrank up like a sweater that you accidentally put in the dryer.