New Balance® Yankz!®

by New Balance

Product Features

• Never tie your laces again with this innovative new system!

Product Description

New Balance® Yankz!® is the most comfortable and innovative athletic lacing system around. Its unique design and is perfect for activities such as walking, running, aerobics, gym class, biking, and other sports. Expandable cords provide an unsurpassed level of "personalized" fit and comfort.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000IBDNXM
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,121 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for those with arthritis or other hand issues, April 19, 2007

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APIMom1999 "wolfsky" (Memphis, Tn United States) - See all my reviews

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I've bought several of these and have replaced all the laces in all my shoes...they are awesome! I highly recommend these.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars secure without tightness, April 14, 2007

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ggp (USA) - See all my reviews

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These work wonderfully on my walking shoes. With ordinary, inelastic laces, there's always local tightness on the foot when the foot is flexed. I was so accustomed to it, I wasn't aware that it was happening. With these laces, however, that local pinching goes away. Previously, I'd not regarded that local pinching as a problem. Now that I've experienced its absence, I'll not want to return to it. I'll be adding laces like these to hiking boots.

I've since bought several of these for friends, and all of them have enthused about the increased comfort and convenience. HOWEVER, I've installed them for my friends because the installation can be difficult. The main problem is that the openings in the sides of the triangular, molded-plastic toe clips sometimes have still-attached plastic debris that prevents the insertion of the cords into the smaller-diameter side notches of those holes. Once debris has been removed, it works fine. In effect, this is a brilliantly conceived product whose manufacture must sometimes be completed by the purchaser.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Triathlon, December 29, 2007

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Atherton Reader (Atherton, CA) - See all my reviews

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Perfect for and significantly improves T2 transition time for triathlon'ers . However, you really need to run in these for 5-10 miles in order to optimize the tightness. After about 300-400 miles running and some moisture, they lose their elasticity and are no longer appropriate for running/racing (shoes are loose when pulled, but won't fall off). Even after that though, I'd still wear them for casual use for another year or so.

Another great use of these is on long airplane rides, because as your feet swell they will expand. Shoes are much easier to take off during TSA checks too!

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