Shoe tree - how many and where to buy?

Waesfjord · 04-02-2020 12:17am #1

Reading through the threads, this is something I should have, but don't, to protect my new leather shoes.
Unvarnished cedar shoe trees seem best as they will absorb moisture etc.
I have 4 shoes - shoudl I but four, or only 1-2 as only needed for 1-2days after each wear?
Anyone recommend where these can be bought at a reasonable price?

LLewellen Farquarson · 04-02-2020 8:36am

I found them in Tescos, surprisingly. Don't know if they are ceder (I doubt it). But they were wood, and €10 a pair.

eviltimeban · 04-02-2020 1:41pm

One pair really, two if you want to. They only really need to be in the shoe long enough to absorb the moisture, so 8 hours / overnight.

If you are wearing different shoes every day then you can have the trees in whatever shoes you had on the day before, and then switch them around.

Can't remember where I got mine but you can find them on Amazon easily enough:

05-02-2020 2:57pm

As the previous replies mention you don't need a pair of trees for every two pairs of shoes. I've maybe 6 or 7 pairs of shoes that are deserving of shoetree use and I have maybe 4 pairs of shoetrees but one pair would do me but it's be a bit of shuffling that pair around.

I got my last pair from a Chinese seller on ebay ..... they were UK£15 ish about 4 years ago, seem to be more expensive now.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Pair-High-Quality-Adjustable-Wood-Shoe-Trees-Wooden-Shoes-Tree-Stretcher/324028521373?hash=item4b719adb9d:m:m2SNERbL03WyxtxCPN2kVOA

v638sg7k1a92bx · 21-02-2020 12:57am

Buy these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00VKEH5L2?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

They’re cedar and you won’t get better even if you spend more.

If you have good shoes then shoe trees will extend the life of your shoes considerably.

Shoe tree - how many and where to buy?

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