I was intrigued by this product having annoyed my wife with a constant stream of half-dry running shoes lying around the house. That's the problem with running in the UK - a couple of days a year you can stay dry and leave your shoes out ... See More
I was intrigued by this product having annoyed my wife with a constant stream of half-dry running shoes lying around the house. That's the problem with running in the UK - a couple of days a year you can stay dry and leave your shoes outside to air, bit the rest of the time you need other methods.
I tried these out as soon s the arrived and the seemed to take a bit of the remaining dampness away from my shoes, though certainly didn't live up to any of the claims about odour reduction - another problem with shoes sitting damp for a long time!
After the next few, relatively dry, runs I used these overnight to dry out the shoes ready for the next run - I can't say I ever really felt the shoes were dry, just not noticeably damp.
After a few wetter runs I thought I'd re-activate them, as per the instructions, by putting them in the oven. I was a tad wary of letting them.get too hot, so I kept the temperature a bit below the recommended 100°C and kept an eye on them. Once they'd been on the (lower) middle shelf for an hour or so, I pulled them out and thought they felt quite a bit drier and lighter. Unfortunately though, this was as one of them had a hole burnt through the bottom so I had to spend a while picking silica gel beads out of the oven and hope it doesn't affect the food cooked in there!
Very disappointing for something that's not that cheap, for what it is, and doesn't quite live up to its marketing hype.