If you like walking around like a kindergartener with your untied shoe laces flapping around, then purchase these. Your favorite tennies will LITE UP THE NIGHT though. If you don't want to trip while you are dancing however, take them off and hang them from the ceiling.  They will make a great disco ornament.  Just make sure you tie them to the rafters with REAL string, not the shoe laces which are made of a rigid plastic tubing which does not stay knotted or tied.  The depiction gives the illusion that they are flexible and soft like regular shoe laces. Not only were they difficult to thread but they wouldn't even stay tied!  The idea is so cool: light-up shoes even for an adult! I bought these for my boyfriend as a gift.  He loved them but has never been able to wear them. So...buyer beware.  These shoes AREN'T made for walkin.