The cap arrived in a zip plastic bag. The cap is very sleek and soft to the touch, felt like good quality. I bought this swim cap for my young daughter, to keep her ears and hair dry from chlorine pool water. It is not very hard to don the cap onto my daughter's head if she helped by holding on to the edge of the cap to her forehead, while I pull the rest of the cap back and over her head. She has shoulder length hair, but it's also easier to tie her hair up to a bun or a ponytail prior to donning the cap. This keeps much of the frays away from her face and neck, and more convenient to tuck any hair that didn't go under the cap. Initially, the first couple of times with the cap on, there was a bit of hair sticking out from the back of the head/neck region. Water will go into the cap if the hair is not all tucked into the cap. Once I had noticed that this was the cause, I made certain that all hair was tucked underneath the cap. By pulling the cap much more over her neck, this helped to secure the cap in place without any entrance of water into the cap. She does not yet submerge her head into the water, so I don't know if it is completely waterproof (at the edges). If she stays a longer time in the outdoor pool when it's hot outside, she does sweat a little inside the cap. The color is very bright and vibrant. If you have a child with this cap on at the beach or in a public pool, it will be very easy to spot your child. Also, I would assume that this color, over another darker color, would be best for outdoor use, in the sun, to prevent an increase absorption of heat from the sun. I wish that swim caps would have more of a variety of sizes for people with different sizes of heads.