I purchased this to dry our ski boots - this is a must if you ski multiple days.  A side note for new skiers:  when you ski, your feet sweat; the inside of your boots get wet from all that sweat.  Day two... your feet start getting cold b/c the insulation in the boots is wet and it gets cold.  If you're going skiing for several days, be sure you have some way to dry your boots over night.  BTW, the same is true for your gloves.

We used this dryer each day when we got off the slopes; it worked great.  I put the boots through two cycles just to make sure; feet stayed warm.

Con:  The dryer is not easy to travel with.  It's made of plastic.  You can tell from the picture that it's not very rugged.  We disassembled it and put it in our luggage, sandwiched between our clothes and other soft items in the suit cases.  It worked fine, but it takes up a lot of room.  Fortunately, it's not very heavy.

Anyway, 5 stars because it works great.

Amazon shipped quickly; arrived as advertised.