Boots-on-Buddy Shoehorn for Ski Boots
This ski season has been my 4th year in my Lange XT 100 ski boots, and I've been having an issue with the foam padding in the back of the liners disintegrating into little chunks and sliding down to the bottom of the liner each time I try to put them on, leaving me with an irritating wad of foam under my heels and driving my foot forward into the front of the boot making my toes hurt (I wonder if this has something to do with drying them in my HotGear bag?).
Since I'm naturally cheap and these are the first boots that really, really fit me with a minimum of fussing and frustration, I've been railing against the thought of either buying new boots or plopping down a ton of money for an after-market liner for these shells (cuss, swear, mutter, mutter, mutter).
Then, on our trip out west last week, I ran across the Boots-On-Buddy (BOB) in the resort store at Monarch Mountain. I did a quick double-take, then realized the price tag said $5! I figured "what the heck", and gave the salesperson my money.
The next morning, I pulled all the padding and loose liner material up where it belongs, then slid the BOB all the way down inside the boot and shoved my foot in after. Huh! My foot slid right in and I pulled the BOB out to find that all the liner material remained right where it belonged and my boots fit correctly again for the first time in quite a while. Yay!!
Since I had a specific problem I was trying to solve with the BOB, I didn't exactly follow the directions on the tag, so I passed it over to my mom, who has no weird issues with her Langes other than they're just a pain to get on. She followed the directions and was thrilled with how much easier they went on. It then got passed to hubby who was equally impressed.
I have to heartlily give this thing a bunch of thumbs-up!!!
