Customer Reviews

New Balance® Yankz!®

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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.

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.

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!

I wear size 13's and I was having a bear of a time finding shoelaces that were long enought to tie comfortably. I was using boot laces in my sneakers, and that was just a bad combination. I found reference to the yankz when I went looking to order longer laces online, and I took a shot. They took a little bit to set up (and having a partner to adjust them while I stood helped immensely) but once that was done, I was very happy with the results. I now slip my sneakers on and off, and they are snug but comfortable. I've already annoyed my family with my enthusiasm for them.

Our son has autism -- his motor skills have defeated our every try at teaching him to tie shoes, and as he gets older, athletic shoes without laces get harder and harder to find. Yankz are perfect for him!

Work great. I use them on my running shoes & plan to buy more. They're easy to use and don't flop around when I run. They are ajdustable at the toe and the tounge of the shoe for a comfortable fit. The laces themselves are durable elastic rope, that give the top part of the shoe some give. Easy to follow directions are included.
Terra
San Diego, CA

Although these laces are advertised to work in any sneaker, they don't. I haven't returned them because shipping is about 1/2 what they cost to start with. IF you have the sneakers these laces are made for. I'm sure they would be great.

It didn't even come with instructions. I found a how-to video on line. I still could not do it. Very difficult to lace into a shoe. I called New Balance and no one could help and they admitted they are difficult. I called a running shoe place and they had someone who could help me lace up my shoes but they said they are difficult. I decided to junk them.

easy to put on and they work great. i bought them before i ran a 50 mile race b/c my feet would swell and it was easy to adjust them (tighten or loosen). will buy these now whenever i buy a new pair of running shoes. no more tying shoe laces for me.

No instructions included with strings on how to lace the shoe. Picture not enough information. Therefore, so far they are useless.