You would not believe how picky my wife is about shoes and laces.  It got to the point where she was wanting me to tie her hiking boots for her because she couldn''t get the bow tight enough to not slip while she was hiking.  Don''t tell anyone, but she''s over 50.  I wasn''t about to keep tying a 50+ year olds shoes everyday, especially when she is fit enough to hike 20+ miles in a day.  I''m just saying...  So I did what any man would do.  I started looking for a way out (no, not the relationship, the boot situation!).  Eventually, I found these laces. They worked perfectly.  She has been using them for about two years in all her shoes and boots.  They don''t slip, they don''t come untied, they are suprisingly rugged and, most important, my wife can tie her own shoes again.  They also give the added benefit of helping you to adjust the tension along the whole lace path.  That''s probably the part I like the best.  Yes, I''m using them as well in all my shoes/boots.  Pretty much the perfect lace as far as we are concerned.  But I can''t find them in stores and online the shipping charges are often a deal breaker.  I recently did a major search for the best  price and RunOutlet came up the winner.   I bought enough to keep us going for at least four years.

I bought some of these laces for my husband, and now he cannot live without them.  They never come untied, which makes him a happy camper when he is out walking or walking with our very energetic dog (no time to stop!!).  He couldn''t be happier--except if I had bought him enough laces to last the rest of his life.

I am a senior citizen and tying laces over and over is not fun...so get these laces as a stocking stuffer for your Grandma or Grandpa even if they don''t run or go to the gym.