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SteriShoe Ultraviolet Shoe Sanitizer (Size: M - Medium) Review by Johnny D (NYC)
I started browsing for cedar wood shoe trees when I discovered SteriShoe. This shoe tree is so much more powerful than anything I have ever seen. I use it on my dress shoes and running shoes to help with unpleasant shoe odor.
The product is well built and good looking. It seems sturdy and is very easy to use ('simple push of a button').
Highly recommended and well worth the $$.
SteriShoe Ultraviolet Shoe Sanitizer (Size: M - Medium) Review by Pen name
I've been needing an effective way to get rid of any fungus my shoes might harbor, short of replacing all my shoes at once--a much more expensive proposition than the cost of the sanitizer. I am very hopeful for this product, which so far seems to be working well as designed. I've had it about three-four weeks now.
This is an ingenious device. While I liked the idea of sanitizing with ultraviolet light, I was concerned about how the device could be used without danger to the eyes--since it is harmful to look directly at such light. Based on the positive reviews here I decided to give it a try and just be super careful about the light.
When I saw the design of these, I was truly impressed. They are designed to greatly minimize any possibility of accidentally looking at a lit lamp. Each lamp sits within a shoe-tree shaped frame which compresses on a spring to fit snugly between the toe and heel of the shoe. The lamp will not work unless the shoe tree is compressed, so it must be placed within the shoe. Then, with the trees inserted, you place the shoes into provided dark-bags which, when cinched, block out the light. A sensor on the shoe trees is designed to turn off the lamp if it detects any ambient light. So unless you go about setting up the shoe trees in the dark, your eyes shouldn't have any chance of being exposed to the ultraviolet lights. I still try to make sure the lights are well enclosed within the shoes and bags before I turn the shoe sanitizers on, though.
My feet are particularly sweaty, and I've found that my shoes with thick, soft soles, like my running shoes, need about three treatments before they smell fresh. Not having a microscope handy, the fresh smell has been my primary indicator that the treatment is going well. Each treatment lasts 45 min., and the lamps have an automatic shut-off. The lamps need to rest at least 15 minutes between treatments and I'm suspecting that I get better results when I remove the shoes from the bags to air in the open between treatments. The lamps seem to generate some warmth and with very moist shoes, it seems some of the moisture evaporating from the insoles can stay trapped within the bags.
I've encountered only two minor problems. One is that the suggested method for using the device on backless shoes seems to have been an afterthought. While the method works somewhat, it seems to do so on a hit-or-miss basis. I was able to successfully use the lamps on one pair of sandals, but for other back-less shoes I had to do one shoe at a time, needing to use both of the provided straps together to get enough length to secure the device in compressed position--e.g. for back-less clogs. Certain sandals just didn't seem amenable to the device at all. But as I hadn't been expecting to be able to use the devices on sandals, I wasn't disappointed. Meanwhile, I'm experimenting with brushing/scrubbing the foot bed at the toe of my wooden sandals with a tincture made from black walnuts--which are supposed to have anitfungal properties -- and letting that dry before wearing them. It seems to help.
The other problem I've had with the sanitizers is with one particular pair of ladies' flats I own. They have a very low-cut toe box and a metal decoration that goes over a gap in the toe box, where the toes of the foot would show through. The lamps shine onto this metal within the bags, and that seems to cause a problem if the bags are touching the metal. The first time I treated these shoes, I saw what looked like a small dark stain on one bag near where the toes of the shoes came, and thought I might have accidentally got some water or grease on the bag. But the spot didn't dry up and when, after another treatment of the same pair of shoes, a similar spot appeared on the other bag in about the same position, I considered that it might be due to the metal decoration inside the bag. My guess is that since the metal was exposed to the lamp, due to the low cut of the toes of the shoes, the lamps either heated the metal or their light otherwise reacted with the metal in a way that caused the metal in turn to react with the bags. Since then, I've tried placing some cardboard toe inserts over the toes of those shoes, between the metal and the bags. These are curved and keep the bag lifted off the metal, and doing this seems to have solved the problem. I've kept an eye out in case the metal would heat sufficiently to ignite the cardboard, but it doesn't seem to get anywhere near that hot and so far so good.
For shoes with normal toe-boxes and enclosed heels, I highly recommend the product. For other designs, be prepared to tinker a bit to get the device to work right with the shoes.
SteriShoe Ultraviolet Shoe Sanitizer (Size: M - Medium) Review by Xrayphil
Is this for real? $129.00???
Don't waste your money, do what I did it works AMAZING! Maybe even better than this product.
Just Google "120 volt GTL3 germicidal bulb" (it has to be 120 volt most gtl3 bulbs are much lower) then just use any cheap incandescent clamp light and simply remove the aluminum shade and clamp (Amazon sells these for $8.38). Finally, the GTL3 germicidal bulb wont fit in a standard socket so you'll need an E26 to E17 reducer (Amazon sells these reducers for $3.99).
Also, after looking at the Sterishoe replacement bulb it's also a GTL3 germicidal bulb but they are charging $11.95!!! while everywhere else it's half that price.
So here we go...
Total investment (prices as of 12/18/2011)
qty. 1 120 volt GTL3 germicidal bulb with E17 base $6.95 (Norman Lamps)
qty. 1 e26 to e17 reducer $3.99 (Amazon)
qty. 1 cheap incandescent clamp light $8.38 (Amazon)
Total = $19.32 to do one shoe at a time. Or $38.64 (qty. 2 for everything) to do both shoes at once.
Keep in mind, sanitizing your shoes is a slightly embarrassing issue that will be done in your bedroom or closet. WHO CARES HOW IT LOOKS!!! NOBODY IS GOING TO SEE IT!
And no you don't have to worry about the bulb touching the inside of your shoes because it's low wattage and doesn't get hot. Also, I'm amused by Sterishoe's concern with ambient light. But if you want to put your shoes in a dark pillowcase or wrapped them up in a towel have at it.
This economy sucks, don't be stupid.
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SteriShoe Ultraviolet Shoe Sanitizer (Size: M - Medium)::Description
SteriShoe is the first product that safely and effectively sanitizes the inside of shoes by using germicidal ultraviolet (UVC) light. It is designed for people who have athlete's foot (tinea pedis), toenail fungus (onychomycosis), diabetes, chronic shoe odor, and people who are concerned about general hygiene. Each human foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands and sweats up to eight ounces per day. This sweat causes your shoes to become breeding grounds for the fungus and bacteria that cause toenail fungus, athlete's foot, and odor.
Bryan C. Markinson, DPM and Chief, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City) says: "Footwear disinfection is an important but often neglected consideration in the prevention of recurrent foot infections. This is especially important in diabetics and circulation-impaired patients. Shoe Care Innovations has answered the call for reliable disinfection of footwear with the invention and development of the SteriShoe shoe sanitizer."
SteriShoe is accepted by the American Podiatric Medical Association.
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