DRYGUYUnisex's Travel Dry DX Shoe Dryers, Orange and Black, One Size

This is a convenient travel dryer. I tend to sweat when I ski and I like to dry my boots after each day of skiing. Over the years, I used 3-4 different boot dryers and have two larger size dryers in my closet. While I prefer to use those for drying at home, due to higher air flow, airplane travel imposes constraints on the size and weight of the items that one can take. I bought this dryer specifically for plane trips. It served me well during a week in Colorado in the beginning of January. It is about 2/3 of the size of regular dryer and little over half of the weight. There is a small very low power heater and a fan inside. You can barely hear and feel that it spins and it takes it a while to heat up, but it does. It takes 2-3 hours to dry ski boots. By the end of the drying cycle, the heater and the liners reach temperature of around probably 40 degrees Celcius, which is perfectly safe. The reason why one has to be careful with heating ski boots is because shell, liners, and footbeds become increasingly pliable as the temperature increases. Low temperature drying is the key to avoid unwanted alterations of the fit. The dryer comes with a 120 Volts power adapter with a car-like socket in which the dryer plugs in. This enables one to also use the dryer while driving in a car, it can be plugged into 12 Volts auxilary power outlet. A little trick which I learned is that the connection in the 12 volts socket oftentimes gets loose, so one has to check and make sure that it is completely plugged in and that the red LED on the 12 volts plug is on. There is no other indicator that the unit turned on, it is very quite.The length of the dryer is a little under 19 cm. It fits easily into my size 29.5 boots and I was able to fit it into my son's size 25.0 boots. With smaller boot sizes this dryer may be a problem because instep will make it difficult to slide into the boot. Obviously, it will not fit into kids boots with sizes below 19.It can be very easily and conveniently used to dry street shoes. In fact, this is where one finds it advantageous over the traditional ski boot dryers with long air pipes. Those would just fall down, whereas this one just slides in.The only slight disadvantage (in comparison to boot dryers with fan outside and air pipes) is lower air flow and the fact that air circulates mostly inside of the boot. This, however, does not seem to have any major impact on drying efficiency.It is a very low power dryer, like all ski boot dryers - around 30 watts. As I said, it uses slightly warmed up air and the drying time is several hours. If you thinking about a boot heater - it is not meant to do it.

Picked this up for ski boot drying when I fly to the resorts. The important part of drying boots is airflow and not heat. Even though the fan is small, it provides enough airflow inside the ski boot to accomplish drying the boots. The heat is nice in that it is basically body temp and does not impact the liners or footbeds. Not sure how quickly it would take to dry out the boots as I just ran them through the night. Very happy with them and now I need to pick up a pair for my wife!

First the good: The overall design of these dryers appears to be solid and includes sufficient lengths of cable that do NOT don't require the shoes/boots to be placed within a foot or two of the outlet. In addition, the cables are long enough to be placed inside a tall pair of boots. I also like the way they integrated a simple adapter that allows you to use a 12v power outlet in a vehicle or wall outlet. A nice feature for those intending to use in a vehicle while traveling or plug into any standard 110vac wall outlet. To my knowledge, very few dryers offer this handy feature. Price is on par with other portable boot dryers.The 'not so great': The heating elements in each unit barely reaches 100 F. degrees. Supporting claim's that the units produce little or no heat (Human body = 98.6 F.). The integrated fans aren't terribly powerful but work just fine (better if the air being moved was heated!) The fans however are placed in the toe area of the shoe, which if pushed too far forward will limit the fans ability to effectively circulate air. A small/narrow shoe will compound this problem. Therefore the best way to resolve this issue is to fully insert the dryer, then retract a 1/2"The package states 3-5 hrs. dry time, which in my limited experience seems realistic for a pair of damp, sweaty sneakers or dress shoes. I didn't have a chance to test before returning this product however I'm firmly convinced this model would NOT adequately dry a pair of wet insulated boots.During one of my drying sessions, I plugged the unit into a 120vac watt meter, which indicated both boot dryers were consuming a total of 11 watts. To put that in perspective, an incandescent night light bulb is ~5 watts. Subtract a watt or two for the fans and power supply, and you're likely to be left with ~4 watts of heat being generated by each dryer. This simply is not enough to dry a pair of wet insulated boots or shoes,Who should buy this product? Anyone who intends to use this product frequently, is concerned about energy consumption and requires a shoe dryer that will safely dry a pair of damp gym sneakers or leather dress shoes over night inside a temperature controlled environment. If you intend to use this product in a damp and/or unheated space such as a garage or mud room to dry wet boots or shoes, please consider another product!!In closing, while this product didn't meet my needs, I gave it 4 stars because the dryers will work great for those who (1). understand and accepts its limitations (2). requires a 12v travel friendly product and (3). appreciates its ability to have essentially NO affect on their monthly energy bill!

I bought these to take on ski trips and dry and warm my boots each evening. I’ve used them for one season and they worked perfectly. The cords in the plug make them a little cumbersome to pack, but I found a nylon bag that works well to hold them. They are very quiet and my boots were always warm and dry after using them overnight I’ve probably used them a dozen times and they’re holding up well, but I will update this review after another season based on their performance so far I recommend them and they are good value compared to others on the market.

Excellent for drying out your ski boots overnight. I use mine everyday for the ski season and always take them on ski trips. You can plug into a standard 12v outlet or a cigarette type lighter. Makes it handy for keeping your boots warm and ready to go on the drive to the ski hill. I have been using mine for two years without any issues Highly recommend.