I had been using those curly-que type and they were hard to get right. If you had to redo them you got snap back when you pulled one out of the shoe lace hole. So I was still looking. Then I found these as well as the plastic race tracks. These work relatively easily but still do need a little fiddling to get them just right. But they are far better than the others. Then if you pair them with the race-tracks that screw into the holes on your sneakers the adjustment is almost not needed except to walk around a little. With the plastic lace tracks the lace has more room and give to move freely into position. The only thing I had to do was tighten/loosen a tiny bit with the lace holder when I first got to the track. That said I have not had to do anything since then. I wish they were a tad cheaper and easier to find locally but if Amazon carries it then it's really no problem.