American Athletic Shoe Adjustable Double Runner Ice Skates

These skates work great with 2 minor modifications. I read the reviews on the downfalls of these skates and proactively made some mods which worked great:1. Add red loctite to the screws. There are screws that allow you to adjust the skates size, and these screws also hold the skates together. Other reviewers state that these fall off causing the skates to come apart. Red loctite will keep them in place. Red loctite is super strong, but the screw can still be removed with a wrench if you need to adjust the size in the future.2. Wrap velcrow around the strap locks. Reviewers stated that the strap lock comes off due to pressure. Wrapping the strap lock with velcro prevented the straps from coming undone.With these mods my daughter had a great day skating. The double blades allow her to stand and walk around on the ice.

I read the other reviews before buying them knowing that I'd have to rig the straps or modify them with Velcro straps. Took my two year old skating for the first time with the skates and the straps stayed on as I knotted them and then tied the extra strap at the ends together. A side note the straps are not how they appear on the box- a bit misleading. Instead of the straps falling off as I expected the wing nut fell out when she was skating and her skates fell apart. That was the end of our skating. I will buy another wing nut- easily fixable. Many people commented on how cute they were. My daughter was confident enough to try to skate on her own with these skates. For the price they are worth buying them and modifying them.

These skates were the best invention ever for babies that want to skate. My 2 yr old daughter who wears a size 5 in infant shoes is very independent and wants to do everything her big sister does. I already imagined a meltdown had I not found these for her to participate with us for holiday skating. The quality was great. I did wish the velcro went all the way around but with some thread and needle I was able to tailor them to her foot size to fit snug. They worked great and held on tight for the 2 hrs she skated. She had a blast. She was even able to skate a few seconds without assistance (although I hovered like a military helocopter). Highly recommend!!! They extend to fit your kid as they grow!

Best ice skates for young toddlers! Of course they don't stay strapped over boots for very long and you have to put them back on alot, but that's to be expected. Child was using Bog boots, so maybe their rubber is just too slippery.

The plastic on the bottom is sturdy and the metal runners are also. The strap is pretty terrible. It would be so easy to put something else on for a strap. They work perfect for my 4 year ok to scoot around on the ice. For the price they are perfect. Buying an expensive pair of skates would be a waste. He will use them this year and probably next year before passing them down to his little brother. So I definitely will get my moneys worth. Now he keeps asking to go ice skating!

My 3 year old has room to grow, but my 5 year old has already topped out on the maximum size this skate offers. I've had to put feet back in the skates numerous times to get through an entire skating session. I could make some modifications to make the product work better for us, but that's not why I bought it.

These work great for my two year old. The blades are very wide apart, so be can stand and even shuffle around without support. This is important for us because I have two other kids that need help at the Dr time! I like that they will easily adjust to fit larger sizes. Straps are okay, not great...they could be a little better quality. Fasteners are plastic and can loosen. But for our purpose, they are fine so far. I don't know if they will be easy to skate on once my son gets more confident, since the blades are so thick and kind of heavy. But they are perfect for a small beginner.

The skates are a great idea however the supplied straps don't hold very well. It is an easy fix to replace the straps with velcro