[Closed] Shoe drying techniques-what's best

one of these (this is first google result - shop around)

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I tried the 'heated stone' type ones but they didn't move enough air to dry inside shoes, just made them wet and warm.

Anyone using an electric shoe drier they can recommend?

I have just re-built our understairs cupboard, waiting on a new socket, then I shall be investing in something like this.
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Clas Ohlsen used to do this one

http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Shoe-Dryer/18-4300?awc=6625_1501078395_c24ddd33de5d667ced0b080c362ad82c&utm_source=AWIN&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_campaign=AWIN_RevShare

I have one its great, maybe have a hunt on amazon?

Dare I say, waterproof shoes/boots for the commute, and keep a dry pair at work?

I have just re-built our understairs cupboard, waiting on a new socket, then I shall be investing in something like this.

I hope your understairs cupboard is well ventilated...

[i]waterproof shoes/boots for the commute[/i]

you still get rain in the top and they're a pain to dry quickly enough they don;t end up smelling rank after a few weeks. The fan heater's pretty good on them (if you remember to use it 😳 )

Clas Ohlsen +1

It will dry out soaking Spesh shoes in under 2 hrs and even a sodden pair of Fivetens, in about 3 hrs

We have had one of these for a few years, works well for us

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I've always sworn by a liberal sprinkling of baking powder inside the shoe then packing with scrunched up newspaper and leaving on a radiator.

Silica gel packs in an old sock ?

[i] baking powder inside the shoe then packing with scrunched up newspaper and leaving on a radiator. [/i]

Your shoe doesn't dry but you get a surprisingly good steamed pudding after a couple of hours 😉

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/pso/Portable-Shoe-Dryer-Boot-Disinfectant-Warmer/B009R6TC5W

I'm a skinflint but this seems to work well enough for my purposes

Clas Ohlsen used to do this one

Another vote for the Clas Ohlsen one, great bit of kit for the daily commuter.

I hope your understairs cupboard is well ventilated.

Have you smelled my three teenage son's feet?

I think we're all hoping that my answer to that is no, right? 😉

I stick mine in front of a fan at work in another room and that works well for me. Needs a decent amount of circulation but the lack of heat isn't a problem.

Have you smelled my three teenage son's feet?

No, but have you consulted a professional about the extra limb? 😉

Rice and newspaper?

It's rare my shoes get that unbelievably wet on a wet commute.

If it's a bit bad I take out the insoles and let them air dry
If it's worse then I do the same but add scrunched newspaper too
Worse again and newspaper is changed a few times
Even worse then I just wear another pair of shoes for the next day (I have 2 pairs of SPD shoes)

Similar approach for mountain biking with flat shoes

The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 high-bypass turbofan is Captain Flashheart's shoe dryer of choice I believe..........

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No, but have you consulted a professional about the extra limb?

I hate a misplaced apostrophe.

Nah. RR Trent 1000.

I use something similar to that Amazon one up there that's a fiver. Works fine for me. 🙂

It's rare my shoes get that unbelievably wet on a wet commute.

Mine were soaked this morning even with full guards, but I don't mind wet feet on the ride home. Shoe dryer is in the garage so I just stick them on that when I get in.

It's far to warm for waterproof shoes at the moment.

Newspaper and into the airing cupboard overnight. We have a drier at work for clothes, but not used it for shoes yet.

Another solutions is Sealskin waterproof socks, your shoes might be sodden, but your feet won't be (well, besides the sweat from riding 😆 ).

As Prawny said, don't need heat, just airflow, either from a fan or a fan heater with the heat turned off. Just try and direct some of the flow into the inside of the shoes.

Thanks all, some good ones to look at there.

These work quite well, they are basically silica gel. Better than newspaper anyway. http://tioram.co.uk/

Newspaper works OK. Better though, buy 500g of silica gel (pellets) for about £5 on eBay. Split this between two tights and tie them shut, then stuff into shoes to dry. The pellets can be recharged in the oven once they've been saturated from a few dryings. Excellent for ski boots too.

Full length mudguards, neoprene overshoes work for me.

I can never recall a time I thought to myself, 'my feet are too hot!.' 😆

And for MTB, 2 pairs of five tens.

Full length mudguards, neoprene overshoes work for me.

I can never recall a time I thought to myself, 'my feet are too hot!.

I have full length mudguards but my feet still get wet, guards stop a lot of it but they don't stop the rain falling from the sky 🙂

I never find overshoes last well for commuting and I'm not bothered about my feet getting wet in summer.

When we rebuilt the house, I said I wanted an explicit boiler room. It's not big, and contains the boiler, hot water tank and my network patch panel as well as a rack of drying washing, but it's always super warm and it's the best thing I've ever used for drying kit.

The downside is that we needed to replumb the house to make it, so probably cheaper to just buy some boot heaters, but if you have the chance, I highly recommend it 🙂

Our boiler cupboard is great in winter for drying stuff but not on for long enough (and the hot water tank too well insulated) to dry anything durign the warm, wet, 8 months of the year we normally get when the heating's kept off.

The room itself is pretty well insulated, so there's enough heat produced from the boiler and tank just from the hot water system to get the room warm and once warm, it stays warm. I suspect it's costing me a few quid in gas, but you can't put a price on dry feet...

Another vote for the little shoe heaters linked above. I have a set under my desk at work which make sure my shoes are toasty warm and nice and dry before I put them on for riding home.

Cheers, Rich

take the insole out

open as much as possible - newspaper and remove at lunchtime/after an hour (liking the silica gel in tights idea)

spare socks for the ride home

mudguards obviously and shoe covers

Such a lot of faff going on here.

Soaking wet happens often as no guards.

Stuff with newspaper, change after 4 hours if necessary, by hometime they're dry enough. Repeat at other end.

Always a DM or Sun lying about somewhere that needs a purpose in life.

I live in London, it rarely rains heavy and often enough to get regular shoe soakings

Guards help with the spray