Hey guys, I’ve been following this thread for a while and your advice really helped me when it came to buying shoe trees. Really appreciate the help and money saved. I’ve been buying shoe trees for some time now and I tried a few places. Thought I'd do a short write-up for you guys since you seem to purchase them as well but there does not seem to be much info comparing the possible avenues to buy them. This is how they stand on price, shipping fee, exchange policy, material, sizing (not in any specific order) from what i found out:
Price: $45 Shipping Fee: $1 Exchange Policy: No refund, only exchange of item if it was defective Material: Cedar Wood Sizing: EU 43/44
ohthatshop was one of the top suggested sites when i googled for shoe trees in Singapore and is quite popular. The shipping fee is almost negligible at $1. The sizing was a bit strict with only EU 43/44 available when I visited the site but luckily I fell under that category. However the exchange policy was a bit iffy for me as they do not allow an exchange if the shoe tree is of the wrong size.
Price: $79 Shipping Fee: Free Exchange Policy: None Material: Cedar Wood Sizing: US 8/8.5
edetal is a local store that has very exquisite shoes. I’ve been down to their store multiple times and their quality is really good. The shoe trees were at $79 though, a bit expensive for me but if your shoes are well in the thousand dollar range, you can consider swinging by their store and trying out their shoe trees in person. Their ever-friendly staff will be more than happy to assist you!
Price: $35 Shipping Fee: Free Exchange Policy: 7 day refund policy Material: American Red Cedar Wood Sizing: EU 35- EU 47
shoetree.sg retails shoe trees at $35 which I found was a pretty good price considering that shipping is free. I liked that they have many sizes which could fit those shoes of mine with different cutting . However they do not have a physical store like that of edetal so if you want to try it on physically, it would not be possible. I still went ahead to purchase their shoe trees as they have a 7 day size exchange policy.
Price: $0.99 Shipping Fee: Purchase at Ikea Exchange Policy: None Material: Plastic Sizing: Large only
I was quite happy to find out about $1 shoe trees but realised they were plastic. However I read that plastic shoe trees do not absorb moisture and will damage your shoes as mentioned in the linked blogpost. I did not want to test that theory out so I didn’t purchase a pair. However, they are very cheap as a one-time use for travelling purposes.[URL="http://www.theshoesnobblog.com/2012/06/guide-to-shoe-trees.html"]http://www.theshoesnobblog.com/2012/06/guide-to-shoe-trees.html[/URL])
Price: $35.00 Shipping: $20.00 Exchange Policy: 30 day return policy Material: Cedar Wood Sizing: EU 39 - EU 48
Their shoe trees are very affordable at $35 and they have 30 days for you to do a return. This was really helpful as I forgot about it for a week but very luckily managed to do the return in time. However, the shipping fee of $20 may turn some people away. What I did with my friends was to group together and buy the shoe trees in bulk to lower our individual shipping costs.
Price: $30 - $100 but seem to be China imports Shipping: None but the waiting time usually takes weeks as they are pre-orders Exchange Policy: Case to case basis Material: Cedar Wood Sizing: The sizing can be inaccurate at times.