AimlessWanderer
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I have been using these for a while, in one of my pairs of shoes, and have been very impressed with them so far.
There are two types of these laces. Round ones for "dress shoes" like these, and flat laces for use in trainers and the like. Aside from converting a laced shoe to slip-on, I have found other benefits too.
Firstly, they are more comfortable than conventional laces, especially when wearing the shoes all day. As my feet expand, the laces give, and I don't finish the day feeling like my feet are in a vice. Secondly, as the laces are individual ... one lace per pair of eyelets ... you can choose which eyelets you want clinching tighter, and which you want more relaxed.
For example, you might be able to tell from this pic, that the two top laces are tighter than the two bottom ones. The round lace type come with two different length laces in the box (10 of each), and I placed shorter ones in the upper holes, and longer ones in the lower holes. Having the lower laces as a more relaxed tension, is so much more comfortable than when the shoes were conventionally laced, but with the tighter tension in the upper holes, the shoes do not feel any less secure on the foot.
They might look a little odd to the purists, due to not having the lace bow. However, as the cuffs of my trousers sit over that anyway, nobody has ever noticed that the shoes were missing that bow.
The flat laced ones are different, in that rather than being 10 each of 2 different lengths, they are two each of 10 different lengths.
(Stock image from their website).
I haven't tried the flat laces yet, so I don't yet know if this lengthy variation will help or hinder me. I have however, ordered a big batch of these laces to convert a load of other shoes. That's how much I have liked these in the shoes shown above.
I have ordered 3 packs of round black, and 4 packs of round brown, for converting other dressier shoes which tend to have thin round laces. I have also ordered 4 packs of brown flat laces, plus a pack each of blue, black, and grey flat laces I don't have any sportswear here, but intend to try these out in deck shoes, cupsole casual shoes, and a few boots too.
When they land, I'll share pics of the laces, the shoes that get converted, and give feedback on whether the shoes wear any better or not after switching to the silicone laces. I expect some might work better than others, and I might well revert back to conventional laces for some of them. However, there are some items of footwear than I'm not happy with in conventional laces, and I am hoping I'll like the silicone ones a lot more. I'll explain more on that when I convert them.
There are two types of these laces. Round ones for "dress shoes" like these, and flat laces for use in trainers and the like. Aside from converting a laced shoe to slip-on, I have found other benefits too.
Firstly, they are more comfortable than conventional laces, especially when wearing the shoes all day. As my feet expand, the laces give, and I don't finish the day feeling like my feet are in a vice. Secondly, as the laces are individual ... one lace per pair of eyelets ... you can choose which eyelets you want clinching tighter, and which you want more relaxed.
For example, you might be able to tell from this pic, that the two top laces are tighter than the two bottom ones. The round lace type come with two different length laces in the box (10 of each), and I placed shorter ones in the upper holes, and longer ones in the lower holes. Having the lower laces as a more relaxed tension, is so much more comfortable than when the shoes were conventionally laced, but with the tighter tension in the upper holes, the shoes do not feel any less secure on the foot.
They might look a little odd to the purists, due to not having the lace bow. However, as the cuffs of my trousers sit over that anyway, nobody has ever noticed that the shoes were missing that bow.
The flat laced ones are different, in that rather than being 10 each of 2 different lengths, they are two each of 10 different lengths.
(Stock image from their website).
I haven't tried the flat laces yet, so I don't yet know if this lengthy variation will help or hinder me. I have however, ordered a big batch of these laces to convert a load of other shoes. That's how much I have liked these in the shoes shown above.
I have ordered 3 packs of round black, and 4 packs of round brown, for converting other dressier shoes which tend to have thin round laces. I have also ordered 4 packs of brown flat laces, plus a pack each of blue, black, and grey flat laces I don't have any sportswear here, but intend to try these out in deck shoes, cupsole casual shoes, and a few boots too.
When they land, I'll share pics of the laces, the shoes that get converted, and give feedback on whether the shoes wear any better or not after switching to the silicone laces. I expect some might work better than others, and I might well revert back to conventional laces for some of them. However, there are some items of footwear than I'm not happy with in conventional laces, and I am hoping I'll like the silicone ones a lot more. I'll explain more on that when I convert them.