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I currently use a locking slider mechanism on my trainers laces and I've just been looking on ebay for alternatives. There seems to be several - curly elastic, knotted elastic, silicone hooks, etc... Anybody tried any of these - recommendations?
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Depends on how tight you like your laces to be, but I found the knotted elastic ones were quite slack even when tightened to the point where I could hardly put my trainers on.
The pull tab ones with a locking slider are much better but the number of times the end comes off was kinda annoying.
The pull tab ones with a locking slider are much better but the number of times the end comes off was kinda annoying.
I've got these on my running shoes, I found it helped accommodate swollen feet without having to stop and re-tie laces. A dab of superglue in the pull tab after trimming the laces stops it ever coming apart.
Downside: look like a triathlete.
Phew - just in time OP!...
What is the advantage of some other solution over shoelaces?
Rachel
What is the advantage of some other solution over shoelaces?
Get shoes on and off quickly (triathlons)
Lets my feet swell up on runs (me)
Shoe seems to fit better if it get's soaked on a run and the material shrinks/goes baggy.
Or to flip the question around, is there an advantage to traditional laces?
What is the advantage of some other solution over shoelaces?
Faster, easier - originally developed for triathlon transition.
Also the laces don't wear out from the repeated tieing/untieing.