Somewhere in a closet, three pairs of handsome leather shoes sit unworn, too snug to slide into comfortably, and the common human habit of letting them stay there is the quiet starting point of this small consumer story. A colleague of a BuzzFeed writer chose a $9.99 shoe stretch spray over the bother of returning them, and reported that a half hour of walking around the house made a pair of chunky loafers fit at last. The piece presents this as a modest money-saving find, though it rests on one person's experience rather than any independent testing. Whether the same relief will come to stiff
A Staffer Swears a $9.99 Shoe Stretch Spray Saved Three Pairs of Tight Shoes From the Closet
Mark
Why does a spray this small get a whole write-up?
Mimi
Because it's pitched as a money story. Three pairs of shoes sat unworn, and Amanda Davis didn't want the hassle of returning them. A $9.99 fix looked cheaper than that.
Mark
What did she actually do?
Mimi
Sprayed the shoes inside and out, put on semi-thick socks, and wore them around the house for 30 to 40 minutes. Afterward she says they slid on easily.
Luke
Let's be clear about what we have. It's one person's account, written up by a colleague in a shopping roundup. Nobody tested it independently.
Mimi
Fair. And she only names one pair she tried it on, the chunky leather loafers.
Luke
Right, she says three pairs were tight, but only describes results on the loafers. The Dr. Martens line is speculation. She says she can only imagine what it would do.
Mark
So is the claim that it works on everything?
Luke
No, and the piece doesn't establish that. We don't know how it performs on other materials, or how long the stretch lasts.
Mimi
What's solid is the price, $9.99 on Amazon, and the method she describes.
Mark
Anything else unknown?
Luke
Whether it beats just wearing the shoes in with thick socks. The piece doesn't compare.
Il Polso
- Three unworn leather shoes sit in a closet, a small frustration that many shoppers quietly share.
- Returning online purchases feels like a hassle, so the shoes are kept rather than sent back.
- A $9.99 shoe stretch spray is bought on a whim and tested with socks and 30 to 40 minutes of walking indoors.
- The loafers reportedly slide on easily now, but the spray has not yet been tried on stiff Dr. Martens boots, and no outside verification exists.
Somewhere in a closet, three pairs of handsome leather shoes sit unworn, too snug to slide into comfortably, and the common human habit of letting them stay there is the quiet starting point of this small consumer story. A colleague of a BuzzFeed writer chose a $9.99 shoe stretch spray over the bother of returning them, and reported that a half hour of walking around the house made a pair of chunky loafers fit at last. The piece presents this as a modest money-saving find, though it rests on one person's experience rather than any independent testing. Whether the same relief will come to stiffer footwear, or to shoes of other materials, remains an open question the roundup leaves to the reader.
Amanda Davis, a colleague of the BuzzFeed writer behind this shopping roundup, had three pairs of cute leather shoes sitting unworn in her closet. The leather was too tight for her feet, and she never sent them back, since returns are a hassle everyone knows.
On a whim she bought a shoe stretch spray listed at $9.99 on Amazon. She did not expect much. She sprayed the shoes inside and out, pulled on semi-thick socks for extra room, and walked around her house for about 30 to 40 minutes, feeling the leather begin to loosen.
Afterward the shoes, which had once taken a minute of struggling, slid on easily. She calls one pair of chunky loafers her new favorite and says the purchase wasted no money. She has not tried the spray on her Dr. Martens, though she imagines it would help them too.
The piece is a recommendation rather than a test. It rests on one experience with one type of shoe, with no outside verification and no word on other materials or fits. Readers with tight leather shoes can take it as one person's encouraging result, not a guarantee.
Amanda Davis, a colleague of the BuzzFeed writer behind this shopping roundup, had three pairs of shoes sitting unworn in her closet. By her account, they were cute but made of leather too tight for her feet to slide into comfortably. She did not send them back. Online returns, she says, are a hassle everyone knows, so the shoes stayed where they were.
Instead, she bought a shoe stretch spray on a whim, a product the roundup lists at $9.99 on Amazon. She says she did not expect much. The roundup frames the purchase as a money-saving move: spending less on products you actually use leaves more room for small treats.
Davis describes the method as simple. She sprayed the shoes inside and out, from heel to toe, and put on semi-thick socks to leave extra room. Then she wore the shoes around her house for roughly 30 to 40 minutes. While walking, she says, she could feel the leather begin to loosen.
After about half an hour she took off the shoes and the thick socks. By her telling, the shoes, which had taken a minute of struggling to get on, now slid on easily and fit perfectly. She calls one of the pairs her new favorite and says no money was wasted on the purchase.
The pair she tested was chunky leather loafers. She has not tried the spray on her Dr. Martens, boots known for taking a while to break in, but says she can only imagine what it would do for them. Her verdict, in the roundup's words, is that the product is a must.
The piece is a shopping recommendation, not a test. It rests on one colleague's experience with one type of shoe, leather loafers, and offers no outside verification, no comparison with other methods, and no word on how the spray performs on other materials or fits. The $9.99 price and the 30 to 40 minute wear time are the only specifics given beyond her account.
For readers with tight leather shoes in the closet, the takeaway is modest: one person says this worked on one pair of loafers. Whether it works on stiffer boots like Dr. Martens is a question the piece leaves open.
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