We tried to find these special shoe laces in regular stores in the U. S. and couldn't find any. But they look like a wonderful solution to messy, untied sneakers, they should be selling like hot cakes!

No wonder, when we tried them ourselves we realized that the ends are way too fat to easily fit through regular shoe lace holes... It took a strong handicraft needle and a lot of patience and time to get them in. I wanted them for my gardening (walking) shoes that I don't want to wear inside, dragging the dirt in, so I need to slip in and out of them at the kitchen door easily.

After a couple of hours of fiddling, they are in! Now I'm happy, they do work.