Shoelaces seem to be designed to come untied. It is annoying and unsafe to have to keep stopping and retying your shoes. These gizmos and systems help keep your shoelaces tied. They come in a few varieties: Tacky stick to make your existing laces less likely to untie, lace locks you place on or over your existing laces, and lacing systems to replace your current shoelaces.
1. Lace Stick
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This is a good option to try for all of your laces - dress shoes as well as athletic shoes. This stick puts a safe, slightly tacky coating on your laces so they won't come untied easily. The advantage is that it is invisible and doesn't add any time to tying and untying your shoes. It lasts for weeks and is very inexpensive.
2. Wonder Laces
Wendy Bumgardner © 2012
These elastic laces promise to stay tied, plus they expand and contract with your feet. I tried them and found they really work as promised. They come in white or black and short, medium, and long. The medium length is plenty long for your athletic shoes, even if you use fancy shoelacing techniques like I do. It's a joy to be able to tie a bow and have it stay tied through walk after walk.
3. Yankz Sure Lace System
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A complete system of laces and lock. The instructional video is amusing with a tongue-in-cheek nod to "space age technology to keep your shoes tied."
4. Xtenex Ultimate Shoelaces
Wendy Bumgardner (c) 2005
These elastic laces have collapsible knots that allow you to achieve a custom fit between each eyelet.
