I got this to stretch a pair of shoes for my mother. I didn't realize that she only paid $10 for the shoes in the first place, so my investment here was a little far fetched. However, the shoe stretcher worked to the point where it will stretch the shoes, but the shoes seem to snap back in a few hours. After about 3 tries and a week, I think I got the shoe stretched out enough to warrant my investment.

As for the product itself, they are very poorly made. Just thrown together and the wood part seems to be hand made. Very sloppy work, as I seem to have two left feet. After trying to set them up by counting turns, etc. I realized that it was impossible to do it this way, so the only thing I could do was eye it up and go. The little black plastic inserts do come in handy and work as advertised.

All in all, if you have a bunch of shoes that need to be stretched out a small amount, then this may bail you out. However, don't expect too much as I don't think you can even go up a half size using this type of gadget.