hello everyone this is alex and we’re here to take a look into the foot fitter premium professional one-way shoe stretcher have a chance to stretch the width of the left and right shoe with ease this shoe stretcher is made entirely of high polished beach wood with internal mechanics made of nickel nickel-plated stainless steel also comes with three complementary corn pieces that can be used for additional spot stretching simply just place it in turn the handle and make sure you have the desired amount of stretch in your shoe it’s simple durable and long-lasting compared to most one-way shoe stretchers stay tuned for the next featured product.
Janine here from PrettyBigShoes.com. Having big feet, being able to make shoes bigger sounds amazing and too good to be true. So when I came across these two-way shoe stretchers on Amazon, I had to try them to see if they really work. They come in a handy storage bag, but the stretchers are very jangly and noisy.
So i was skeptical at first. Had I just bought a bag of junk? But all you need is here. There are even flat pieces to stretch shoe tops and small round bits to make shoes extra wide if you have bunions. You also get an instruction leaflet.
Some of the English is questionable, but it is helpful. So how does a shoe stretcher work? Well there’s a heel piece mid way down the long handle. And you put this inside the back of your shoe and then turn the knob to move it back, making your shoe longer. The large foot shaped part has a left and right half joined together.
To make shoes wider you turn the handle to move those front pieces apart.
Let’s see this in action. To make these leather shoes longer, put the foot end into the shoe. Turn the heel piece so the wide end faces down and place it at the back of the shoe. Then start turning the knob RIGHT.
Go quickly at first. With leather shoes you may actually hear them stretching To make the shoes as long as possible, keep going until you can’t turn any more. Here’s the unstretched shoe underneath for comparison. While shoe stretchers work best for leather shoes that have natural stretch, I’ve also used them to stretch these fabric TOMS slip-ons. I only wanted to make these longer but I found I needed to stretch them both length-wise and width-wise for this to work, probably because of the TOMS material.
To make shoes wider, you turn the long silver handle to the RIGHT. It may not show up well here, but you can instantly see your shoe getting wider as you turn the handle which is pretty cool. To make them as wide as possible keep going until you can’t turn any more. But otherwise I would just make them a bit wider at first, so you don’t overdo it. One limitation with shoe stretchers is you can’t use them for most boots because they just won’t fit inside them.
But they do work with low boots, once you can open them enough to get the stretcher in. If you just want to make boots wider, you only need to get the front foot part in. This helps because you can forget about the heel piece. I was amazed at how much I was able to stretch the width of these suede ankle boots.
If you have bunions or other extra wide spots, you can add the round attachments as needed to stretch shoes extra wide at those points.
You can see the difference these make as soon as you put the stretcher in the shoe. Once you start turning the handle right, very strong pressure is applied at these points. Finally, if you want more space at the top of slip-on shoes, you can pop the flat piece inside on top of the stretcher. Once you have your shoe stretcher in position you need to leave it to work for AT LEAST 24 HOURS. The longer the better really.
Removing the shoe stretcher is easy. If you stretched the width, turn the silver handle LEFT to close the left and right parts back together. Then keep turning the knob LEFT to move the heel piece forward until you can get the stretcher out of your shoe. So, do shoe stretchers really work? YES!
Well they did for me anyway. Here’s my stretched TOMS shoe on the top with the original shoe underneath. Excuse my fashion crime of wearing socks with TOMS to show how much easier it is to get the stretched shoe on my foot. That’s the one on the left. Shoe stretchers made my shoes slightly longer.
I’d say they feel half a size larger, especially the leather shoes. So don’t expect miracles. They work best for making shoes wider. I’m amazed at the improvement in these suede boots. They may look much the same here, but the stretched boot on the left feels lovely and comfy across the front, whereas the one on the right pinches at the sides as soon as I put it on.