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(More customer reviews)I always run in elastic laces with a knot-free retainer of some kind, and I like to try different systems as I buy new ones. The Zero-Friction Fittings looked really interesting and claimed to equalize lace tension throughout the shoe. I had trouble installing the fittings up around the top of the lace holes, because several layers of material are bound together there (on my Saucony Triumphs) and the supplied screw was not long enough. I moved the top fitting to the extra hole past the top and a little lower, which I seldom use. I noticed that the Phillips screw started to strip a little when I pulled it from my first try hole to this new one, but all the rest went in OK. So out I go for a run, feeling a little discomfort with the fitting touching my ankle during part of the stride, but not too bad. When I finished a 4 mile run and removed my shoes, I found blood on my socks where the fitting had rubbed the skin off my ankle on both feet!
So I set about taking the fittings out of that hole, moving the third set to the next to top hole. Again when removing a previously installed fitting, I found the screw starting to strip even with the correct sized screwdriver and extra attention. It took me three tries to find a lacing pattern that half way worked, and the screws are now all so stripped that they could never be used for another set of shoes.
So I would never buy these again or recommend them. They have the potential to hurt you. They have limited life, which should probably be figured as one pair of shoes. They will not fit into every lace hole. Also be aware that this item is only the fittings, it does not contain the elastic laces which must be bought separately. I never was able to achieve the constant lace tension they claim and have had better foot comfort on every other type of lacing system I have used (which includes most of them).
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