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Feb 03, 2017
might be too big for small feet?
These fit great in my size 12 dress shoes. In fact, I don't know how they'd really fit in truly small mens shoes, e.g. size 6 unless they were EEE widths. But the wood and finish is as good as those costing 4x as much.
Now if your shoes are size 14 or more, the length of the spring may not be long enough but you could always add a PVC plumbing cap or something on the end to lengthen them.
I prefer this simple spring style over more elaborate mechanical styles (saves a second every time you use them) but if you're careless, you can permanently deform the spring so take that into consideration. But this is as good a spring as any. (Decades ago, the finest USA shoe trees were exactly this style.)
If you buy good shoes, you should buy shoe trees for each pair. These are great, at least if you have larger or wider feet.
May 20, 2023
Take care of these--think before using
It's a "new old stock", but still old, piece of rubber. It's pretty stiff...I've removed it from the small box and am successively stretching it round on larger and larger plates. Will probably Armor-all at that point before using.
But the thing is, my old one would have lasted another decade had I not gotten careless. It is absolutely critical you remove these for storage and then store in the pot in a sadde/Pringle shape. MOST IMPORTANTLY...coat these with cooking oil before re-inserting these into the lid before each use. Otherwise you get little regions that leak and the steam cavitates away small chunks of the rubber. I'm keeping my old one...it will probably still work if I coat it with Crisco instead of oil to seal the cavitated regions.