My internet product Review reads like my Lounge posts - full of context, tortured detail
I had no idea that medical equipment would come into my life, but all I needed was a shoe horn, but not the normal 5" thing for shoes, rather one for BOOTS. Even though, in our current unpleasantness of our bleach-murdering president and quarantine, I have had ZERO need for boots.
The last time I used boots before the quarantine, my left heel got hung up breaking the heel back, so I need a SHOE HORN, but extra long for BOOTS. So the internet has everything, and my extra testosterone answer was to buy the LONGEST one ever seen, 30 inches. So below is what happened, via my vividly detailed depiction.
So the 30" thing arrived with the USPS carrier giving me a suspicious look, like, "Is this a SWORD, dude?!1" I left him hanging.
*********** REVIEW****** 4 1/2 Stars
Did a lot of comparison reading of other products and almost all of those had complaints about flimsy metal that bent on first use or broke if plastic. This item is sturdy thickness, looks to be hard work to bend. My use is for boots, which is why I picked this long length of 30". Have tried it only once, and I use boot hooks, so the two of those plus this swordlike stainless steel horn, plus maneuvering the leg in the middle of all the hardware made for a complicated activity. Had to get somebody to sort out all the moving parts and keep the boot from flopping around, but once sorted, the heel was seated into the horn groove and it worked, just like a normal 5" shoe horn. It should be much easier for regular shoes where no hooks are used. I figured out I needed a length of about 14" instead of 30". And going to the manufacturer's website instead of the generic internet, I discovered that they have lengths of 12/24/30. I was going to order the short one, then figured out I could cut mine with a hack saw and file the cut smooth with a file and now all is fine, even sturdier. One customer complained about wanting a hole to hang it up with, and a hole can be drilled/suggestion.
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just a sprinkle in the boot where the heel sticks and another on the top of the arch of your foot.
for when you forget to pack your shoe/boot horn. or in addition.