Customer Reviews

Presto 08702 ShineOn Electric Shoe Polisher

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I live in an area where good shoe shines are hard to come by. As such I had been looking at a variety of products to keep my shoes looking their best. I wasn't impressed with the shine I received when trying some of my friends' stand up shoe buffers so I decided to try this.

Not only was I impressed with the power (I insisted on having something that would plug in rather than batteries) but the compact size (slightly bigger than a set of mens hair clippers). Now I'm able to take this with me on my business trips and bypass the guys at the airport!!!

This is also VERY easy to use. Dual applicators and buffers (one for black; one for brown), make this a super simple product. After seeing my shoes constantly shined (I try to do so at least once a week), several of my buddies have also opted to go with this product.

If you're like me and my wife (anal about keeping your shoes looking good), you won't be disappointed. I wish I had this years ago (3 shines would have paid for this).

I've been looking for a good electric shoe polisher for years, but it is surprisingly difficult to find a really good one. That is, until I stumbled across this one. It is easy to use, but powerful enough to make my shoes look like new each time I use it. Shining shoes always has the potential to be a messy proposition, but this polisher makes it about as neat and easy as possible. I like how everything is stored neatly in the tray, how easily the attachments can be put on or removed, and the speed with which I can finish the job. And because it's corded and not battery-powered, it has enough power to buff my shoes to a mirror-like shine. It's fairly quiet, too. I really can't find any drawbacks to this product at all. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well. The price couldn't be beat, either.

My 90-year-old dad's former Presto electric shoe polisher served him long and well. When the electrical cord frayed and the polisher would only work if held at a certain angle, it was time for a new one. I was delighted that my search on AMAZON was answered with the upgraded version of the polisher he had been using. Without a doubt, that was his favorite Christmas present!

I was hoping to reall like this polisher and overall it is a good quality device but I have not really had much success with it. It definately is powerful but the white softpad is low quality. Everytime I want to polish with it, it sends little bits of the white material flying.

The black attachment is fine but is not meant to buff and seems a bit harsh for soft leather. Also the storage tray seems kind of cheap, I would have preferred a decent case to move it around. All in all, I will use it here and there but am not impressed with it.

PLEASE... save your money. This product seems promising and seems like it would save you time and energy to shine your shoes - but in truth, it will not.
The "Polish Applicators" are cheap! Mine broke within the first few wipes I put onto my boots (Bates combat boots) - I was hoping for a "spit shine" appearance only to find that it removed the previous layers of polish setting me back countless hours that I have already put into them to make them "game ready"
The Buffers have, what appears to be the same prong connection type to the buffer as a blender or mixer - and that is basically what you are getting.. a crazy blender to put to your boots. It moved far too fast to have any successful use for the polish on your boots. Also, it spits white cotton everywhere from the Buffer which is cheap and falls apart as well.
I had a terrible experience with this product and feel compelled to inform you that if you want a high gloss spit shine appearance to your boots, you have no other choice but to DO IT BY HAND!

This product needs to be 10x smaller, more user friendly, and have a variety of speeds at which the buffer can rotate (actually allowing the polish to adhere to the boot. As it stands, you put a blender to your boots and "go wild" - with no positive results. Thank you for reading my review. (this is no reflection of the seller: Amazon which provide great customer service and delivers products at great prices)

Being former military I still pride myself on a great shine even as an IT manager 20 years out of the service. The cleaning wheel works great but the polishing wheels are a big harsh. I modified one of the wheels and put on 4 ply t-shirt material and I'm quite happy. I clean with the bristles, wax with the polishing wheel, then get a spit shine with my modified wheel and a little spray bottle of water.

For a quick touch up I prefer the stand up wheels with the ultra soft brush, but for an overall shine these works quite well.

I purchased that polisher because I had one of the same name brand when I was in the military. The old version was great. It was small, compact and came in an easy carrying case. This new one is big, bulky and not easy to handle. In my opinion, the brisels on the brush are not turned the right way. Therefore when you polish your shoes you can rescuff them with the polisher. When you look at the picture, imagine the brisels turning but you cannot place them directly on the shoes, you have to turn the entire polisher to the side in order to polish your shoes. The polisher works ok but I'm not crazy about it. I'll recommend this product with reservations.

This product performs as promised. Polish emerges on leather instantly. Highly recommend to anyone wanting a "professional" look to their shoes.

There were many favorable reviews, but I was still a little skeptical. How good can something for $25 be when it has a motor and cord? Well let me tell you this unit is everything as promised and more! Polishing shoes by hand was a real chore and the only part I used to get well polished in appearance was the toe where I could get a good buffing action with a strip of cloth across it while stepping on a stair. It was just too awkward to get a good polishing action on the sides of the shoe the way they can at a shoe-shine stand with your shoe up on a raised step. With the power buffer now I easily polish the entire shoe. A tip I didn't see mentioned; with the buffing bristles you use the side of the wheel, and you'll get much better control if you turn the shoe on its side when doing the toe section then if you try to control the pressure by leaving the shoe flat and holding the unit at 90 degrees.

The only suggestion I have is for the packaging. The unit comes with a nice base to hold everything as you see in the picture. It would have been nice if the box they sell it in opened from the end instead of the top (like a shoe box does) so that after use it could be slid back in and stacked on a shelf.

This is a good, simple piece of hardware. The price is fair, and the storage tray is handy.

I like it, and think it's the best option- but have two minor criticisms:
-It would be nice if there was a folding case for this polisher - You can't really stack this on a stock shoe shine kit with slanted foot rest(for which my other tools and polishes are contained), nor vice versa

-The brush bristles don't stick out as far as the plastic head, which can scratch your shoes while spinning if you aren't careful(you can of course buff that back out, but wastes time). A small soft cap would be handy to avoid that(you can't have the polisher on when brushing as that wheel is large).