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Yankz Shoelace tech: Easy-on, easy-off

By Rain Noe - October 8, 2008

in Object Culture

Departing a dinner party hosted in a no-shoe, Asian household is always an awkward affair; the host and guest say their goodbyes at the door, then share 20 seconds of weird silence while the guest laces their shoes back on.

Taking shoes on an off can be easier with the Yankz Sure Lace System, a set of elastic laces that you retrofit to your existing kicks. Unlike Speed Laces, they don't require their own eyelet hardware; you lace 'em up normally the first time, and thereafter you tighten and release them by means of the integrated locking mechanism. Check out the Cool Tools review, and see how you can have "hiking boots that go on and off almost as easily as bedroom slippers."

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