Hi,
These fins were almost perfect -- soft, pliable, and effortless for a 3-year-old to kick through the water. Out little guy learned to swim wearing them.
However, they do come off often, which in itself is not a problem. But it does mean having to put them on again and again. The problems with the fins are the reinforced holes where the straps fit through.
Putting them on over and over again and tightening the straps weaken the rubber around the holes, and one strap broke through rendering the fin useless.
I got a full refund from Amazon! So the only hard feelings are from having to return a wonderful product that really opened up the water to our toddler.
If FINIS finds a stronger way to attach the straps to the fins (like grommets), then I'd highly recommend them. Our boy loved them.
Even coming off often is not that big of an inconvenience, since tiny feet don't exactly fill up the space. It's as if FINIS put a lot of research into making a perfect fin for little swimmers, but not enough research was spent on finding a good way of attaching the perfect fins to tiny feet.
Thank you. FINIS Kids Child Finz (Blue)
We bought these flippers for fun in the pool. The packaging says they fit sizes 11-2. We tried them on 4 children sizes 11, 12, 13 and 1 and they fell off of each child while swimming. They would stay on for a few minutes if you placed the velcro over the ankle instead of behind the heel, but no more than a few minutes at a time.
I expected something like the uncomfortable hard plastic fins I've seen in the past, but these fins are made of a high quality soft rubbery material which seems very comfortable. My 2 1/2 YO son really likes them and shows no signs of discomfort. They also seem to be a good size, not so big as to hinder his swimming.
I bought these for my 4 year old son who loves everything that has to do with scuba diving, the ocean, sharks, etc. He has a mask and snorkel and wanted flippers to complete his outfit. (He also wants a wet suit and an aquarium tank, but we'll have to wait a while for those!!!) Anyway, he loves these. I think there was another review of this product stating that the strap in the back broke, but we have not had a problem. Maybe they have been redesigned as the strap is not plastic; it is a velcro strap that seems to be pretty secure. Granted, we have confined our use of the flippers to the bath tub, but still very happy with this product.
These would not stay on my kid, no matter how much we adjusted the backstrap. We got the yellow toddler size and we thought perhaps our toddler was too small for them even though his size was within the size range. Every few months we would give them a try and they still fell off. The Finis Baby ones though twice the price never once fell off in the two years of baby/toddler swim lessons we had. The only pro for these is that they are smaller more compact and lighter if you are traveling with them, but if you are going to the ocean, I'm afraid the waves will just take these away.'
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