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Perfect just what I needed, really does the job. I deal on brand new shoes. Thanks. Please note it will not let me answer the set answers. It is a excellent product. I do recommend it and it is value for money.
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The shoe stretcher works both length and widthways. When I very first used it I must have opened the gap widthways and when I tightened the long screw for increasing the length a plastic washer that is next to the back of the wooden foot part, split as it was being screwed into the gap. This plastic washer is not strong enough for too much pressure, so ensure it is centralised and the widthways gap in the wooden foot part is not too big. The previous shoe stretcher that I'd bought on eBay had to be returned and I couldn't be bothered to return these, but if you do buy them, be very careful about tightening the screw to avoid splitting the plastic washer.
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Good - Its well designed and in smaller shoes does an ok job of stretching them both length and width, you need to soften the leather with mink oil or lanolin and then put the stretcher in. You tighten it as far as it will go and then leave it for a week after that try the shoes on, if they still hurt repeat the above until the shoes feel ok. Bad - Advert said it will widen size 9-10 shoes, it doesn't really do that unless you put doubled up newspaper inside the shoe for the wooden part of the stretcher to lean against. The wood used in the stretcher's foot and heal parts is softwood which can easily be dented or broken, it should have been hardwood. The central screw is made of good quality metal but the nuts on it can easily ware out, so I'm looking for metal nuts of the same diameter to replace them. The cone at the tip of the central screw between the two pieces of wood can come off, even if you glue it on so you need to try and really tighten it up. The nut used to push the wooden heal to lengthen it is also made of plastic and can wear out so needs to be replaced with a metal one. A large 50p size metal washer needs to placed between the nut and the wooden heel for more surface area to allow the heel to be pushed back properly by the nut without marking the wooden heal. The above things have let this item down as the design is great. Read full review
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Bought to widen low heel boots and not really suitable. Quite simple to use. End fell off the metal rod and doesn't seem to have enough range to widen my size 9.5. Will be going to the cobblers when open
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I stretched synthetic shoes and trainers by inserting the stretchers and applying a heat gun. It has worked well. The product has a design flaw: the pointed plastic tip which spreads the two halves apart is glued on to the threaded rod. When you unscrew the rod to remove the stretcher, the wooden halves grip the tip, the glue breaks and it unscrews from the rod, leaving the two halves spread and stuck in the shoe. Struggled to remove the parts and had to use a screwdriver to dismantle it, re-attached the tip and re-assembled.
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