I got these shoes for my son for Christmas and he absolutely loved them. He thought they were the coolest shoes ever and so do his friends. The lights change from red, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, and flashing lights. He can make each shoe a different color or match them to be the same color. He wears them about 3-4 times per week and I only have to charge them once a week, which is great. Plugging them in for one night is all we really need for the entire week.I was very happy to find them in this blue metallic color that is vivid and metallic-- very attractive color to a 5 year-old. I was nervous that the metallic finish would be hard to keep clean, but that has not been an issue at all. I have to clean the white light area more often, but nothing out of the ordinary compared to other shoes with white soles.The reasons I am giving this product 4 stars and not 5 is because one of the lights on the left shoe went rogue and is stagnantly purple. It is the only one that doesn't change when he tries to change the color. This happened about a month after I got them. Also, his shoe laces are always coming untied with these shoes so that is very annoying. I would like to have a thinner lace.Sketches has outdone themselves on this shoe and like shoes, They have USB cables, (split cables) one Insert USB< to charge both shoes at the same time, The shoes will flash red until charged then they will turn green, Ready to use. There is several setting on the shoes, with tons of fun ones and stones for your child to enjoy, we actually bought several different styles of the shoes, and all of them are the same on the sole and different colors, but they are incredible and I am sure you child will love them. My Son has worn 1 pair so far to a 4th of july event, Without incident, and the strobes on, the lights last around 5 -7 hours depending on setting used, They do stay on instead of turning off when your not walking. But hitting the tongue of the shoe to off will conserve battery life, when they are sitting or in a family or school environment. SUPER SUPER cool. Glad I invested in them.This shoes was a birthday gift for my son. He chose the shoe color himself. He is loves the silver look as well as the lights at the sole of the shoe. He also likes that he can change the color and color pattern of the lights. I had to return the first pair and size up on my second order. This was to make sure that he would not out grow the shoes in two months time (He is in the age range of 8-10.) He says that she fits good. What I dislike is the shoe strings. The material the shoes are made of makes if difficult for the shoe lace to remain tied. May want to change out the shoe string.I got these for my son because he’s been wanting sketchers energy lights for a while and needs new sneakers for school . First of all I couldn’t pass up getting brand new sketchers for less than $20 !Well I can’t say too much now because he’s saving them for school and only wears them around the house .They light up and have a lot of different setttings. They look really cool . I’ve even considered getting a pair for myself lol.For the negatives they are a bit stiff and a little narrow . My son has feet on the wider side and had a little trouble getting his foot in at first .I plan on getting him a different pair for gym class as these are more of a fashion sneaker .I’ll update my review after he gets more wear out of them and we actually try charging them.My son picked these out for his birthday. They fit great, and he absolutely loves them. However, when I gave him the box and he opened them, we noticed right away that there was a thick cloudy layer of something all over the metallic blue of both shoes. It looks like someone might have put some kind of shoe protectant all over them, noticed it looked horrible, and then returned them... and then we were unlucky enough to get them next. Not sure why they would be sent back out like that, if this is in fact what happened. I spent quite a few hours trying to get it all off, trying everything I could think of. Whatever it was did NOT want to come off. I did finally manage to get most of it off, but I'm worried whatever that stuff was might have caused permanent damage and might have some effect later on (loss of the metallic blue color, turning cloudy, etc, who knows). I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I would have just returned them, but my son was SO excited about these and he really didn't want to have to wait while we sent them back, ordered new ones, etc.My daughter received these as a Christmas present and did not stop smiling. She immediately took them out of the box and one of the shoes was charged so she kept watching the different light patterns and colors. I was unsure about them when we plugged the other shoe in and it took over 2 hours to charge for the 1st time but so far they have been good shoes. We have to remind her to not get them wet as the charge port is in the tongue of the shoes. She has not taken them off her feet unless we make her. I am waiting for someone to say something at school about her playing with the light patterns there, but so far so good. No complaints at all. "I really enjoy them" is what she said when asked to describe the rating for them.My daughter loved these for the week, but then got bored with them (probably predictable). They are good shoes as toys, very flashy and fun, but they are not good sneakers for running/playing/living in. They are too bulky and stiff and the shiny material looks like it will degrade quickly. We'll probably never know since I don't think she will be wearing them now that the novelty has worn off. All of this is probably to be expected. If you buy them as a novelty to entertain the kids they will probably do the trick for a while, but in the end you'll probably end up looking for some "real" sneakers.They arrived quickly and in perfect condition. They’re very sleek, lovely, comfortable trainers and the LED lights are brill. My son loves them a lot. The soles are well padded and I love sleekness of the trainers. The only little complaint I have is that within a couple of days we noticed one of the lights is now out of sync with some of the lights (not all the lights though) which is a bit of a shame. It’s only on the inside of the left shoe. Right shoe is completely fine. The exact same thing happened to my daughter’s pair as well but it happened on her right shoe and again the other shoe is fine. But it’s not too noticeable to be fair and they’re still really cool. I also love the rechargeable aspect. I’ve had no problems charging the trainers at all. I would still buy Sketchers trainers.This product arrived in a box that was falling apart. Certainly I could not have gifted this item in that box. The trainers were scuffed along the side in keeping with having been worn already. There was no charger to charge the lights.These trainers had been worn before and were presented in terrible condition. Absolute disgrace.very shiny as you would expect, wear well with every day use.Brilliant. Quick delivery well packed love the productI was all excited to have these shoes. They are such a sharp metallic blue. Unfortunately they were great for about 2 weeks of use and then I had to recharge them. One charged back up fine but the other one didn’t so now I have one that turns on and one that doesn’t. I even changed the charging cable in case it was faulty. Overall I am disappointed. The one part that makes these shoes so cool is the part that breaks too easily. I will not buy them ever again.