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 Great for those with arthritis or other hand issues, April 19, 2007
By wolfsky (Memphis, Tn United States)
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I've bought several of these and have replaced all the laces in all my shoes...they are awesome! I highly recommend these.
10 of 10 people found the above review helpful.
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secure without tightness, April 14, 2007
By ggp (USA)
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These work wonderfully on my walking shoes. With ordinary, inelastic laces, there's always local tightness on the foot when the foot is flexed. I was so accustomed to it, I wasn't aware that it was happening. With these laces, however, that local pinching goes away. Previously, I'd not regarded that local pinching as a problem. Now that I've experienced its absence, I'll not want to return to it. I'll be adding laces like these to hiking boots.
I've since bought several of these for friends, and all of them have enthused about the increased comfort and convenience. HOWEVER, I've installed them for my friends because the installation can be difficult. The main problem is that the openings in the sides of the triangular, molded-plastic toe clips sometimes have still-attached plastic debris that prevents the insertion of the cords into the smaller-diameter side notches of those holes. Once debris has been removed, it works fine. In effect, this is a brilliantly conceived product whose manufacture must sometimes be completed by the purchaser.
10 of 10 people found the above review helpful.
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Great for Triathlon, December 29, 2007
By Atherton Reader (Atherton, CA)
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Perfect for and significantly improves T2 transition time for triathlon'ers . However, you really need to run in these for 5-10 miles in order to optimize the tightness. After about 300-400 miles running and some moisture, they lose their elasticity and are no longer appropriate for running/racing (shoes are loose when pulled, but won't fall off). Even after that though, I'd still wear them for casual use for another year or so.
Another great use of these is on long airplane rides, because as your feet swell they will expand. Shoes are much easier to take off during TSA checks too!
9 of 9 people found the above review helpful.
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 Surprised and pleased, December 8, 2008
By Robert Donoghue (Columbia, MD)
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I wear size 13's and I was having a bear of a time finding shoelaces that were long enought to tie comfortably. I was using boot laces in my sneakers, and that was just a bad combination. I found reference to the yankz when I went looking to order longer laces online, and I took a shot. They took a little bit to set up (and having a partner to adjust them while I stood helped immensely) but once that was done, I was very happy with the results. I now slip my sneakers on and off, and they are snug but comfortable. I've already annoyed my family with my enthusiasm for them.
5 of 5 people found the above review helpful.
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Great for Those with Autism, December 21, 2008
By myriad2663 (CO, USA)
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Our son has autism -- his motor skills have defeated our every try at teaching him to tie shoes, and as he gets older, athletic shoes without laces get harder and harder to find. Yankz are perfect for him!
4 of 4 people found the above review helpful.
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yankz review, June 3, 2009
By Dawnette (San Diego, CA United States)
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Work great. I use them on my running shoes & plan to buy more. They're easy to use and don't flop around when I run. They are ajdustable at the toe and the tounge of the shoe for a comfortable fit. The laces themselves are durable elastic rope, that give the top part of the shoe some give. Easy to follow directions are included.
Terra
San Diego, CA
3 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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 Elastic shoe laces, February 14, 2010
By M. Knisley (sebastian, Fl United States)
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Although these laces are advertised to work in any sneaker, they don't. I haven't returned them because shipping is about 1/2 what they cost to start with. IF you have the sneakers these laces are made for. I'm sure they would be great.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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No instructions, June 17, 2009
By Wanda
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No instructions included with strings on how to lace the shoe. Picture not enough information. Therefore, so far they are useless.
1 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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 Worthless if you like a tight fit and have narrow feet - other products exist that work better, July 23, 2011
By D. Savard (NJ)
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1) I have narrow feet and I like my shoes to fit snugly. For me, no matter what I tried - following all the instructions given and in the video online - I always ended up either with:
- snug fit BUT too long of a loop (so would stick up/be floppy even when clipped OR...
- loop barely big enough to get ahold of to adjust, but shoe fits too loosely.
- - in order to get shoe to not be too loose I had to make loop so small that it was impossible to get ahold of it to adjust it/loosen it to get the shoe off.
I suspect this is only a problem for people who like a snug fit and have narrow feet - for other foot combinations it might actually work - but for my situation I could find no work-around. One solution could be that every time I put on/off my shoes I just have to adjust it at both the loop and the toeclip every time, or keep the loop tightend all the time and just adjust at the toe clip, but that would require untucking the excess at the toeclip, adjusting it, then retucking every time - this would be ridiculously annoying/time consuming and won't happen.
2) not all shoes have a good/easy place to tuck the excess. My Vasque trail running shoes, for example, don't leave any space to tuck the excess near the toe.
3) As others have said, it is not immediately straightforward how to install them and it does take a while especially if you don't have speed-lace type eyelets already.
4) I have had many shoes with this same type of lace but not this brand/mechanism, and all the others work fine, so I have no need for these.
5) Instructions are not obvious to find but ARE present inside the cardboard of the packaging in the vertical flat part - it opens like a book but is not obvious, have to really search for it, FYI
Gave 2 stars instead of one only because I imagine these might work for some people, if you have wider feet and/or like looser fitting shoes.
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Great shoelaces, October 29, 2010
By S. Murphy
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easy to put on and they work great. i bought them before i ran a 50 mile race b/c my feet would swell and it was easy to adjust them (tighten or loosen). will buy these now whenever i buy a new pair of running shoes. no more tying shoe laces for me.
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Too complicated to use, October 8, 2010
By Frances H. Mullane (Jupiter, FL United States)
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It didn't even come with instructions. I found a how-to video on line. I still could not do it. Very difficult to lace into a shoe. I called New Balance and no one could help and they admitted they are difficult. I called a running shoe place and they had someone who could help me lace up my shoes but they said they are difficult. I decided to junk them.
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