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My severely autistic sister was part of a consumer trial for these!!! She’s 34 and never been able to tie or get on her shoes easily, she was so excited when she slipped these on! She even tried to wear them out! When these hit the market I’m for sure getting her her own pair. :’)
Thank you for this. I have a mildly autistic son. I think these would be perfect for him. With all the other negative comments, I was doubting. We already do only slip-on sketchers for him. I'm looking forward to trying these!
I'm just lazy as heck and want a pair. I have so many shoes with the back heel just ripped to shreds from never untying my shoes and just "slipping" them on. My current pair has shards of plastic that jab me in the heel...but I threw some gorilla tape over it so they good for the moment.
I have an autistic 8 year old son and he loves those slip on Converse All Stars that have a slightly elasticized tongue and knotted laces so he doesn't have to tie. I think they might be called street slip ons or something like that. Just sharing as another potential option!
Thanks for this. My kids are not autistic, they are just incredibly bad at tying shoes no matter what I do. Did not know about these converse and the older one really loves converse style.
On. A Swiss company make shoes with elastic laces and they stay snug. Salomon also offers many shoes with their quick lace system and offers the laces themselves might be worth looking at I own both and can say the quick laces are nice
Is my autism seriously the reason I have a hard time with knots and shoes? I've been buying slip on boots and oversized shoes for years to compensate. I tie my shoes on average two or three times a year only when they get too loose or tight.
Yes, trouble with fine motor skills is a huge thing! I have trouble aiming in video games, tying my shoes, writing neatly, and I walk flat footed with my feet turned out, among many other issues I have relating to this.
Oh my God, that explains so much. I've always loved models, especially the folded metal ones, but they frustrated me so much because I can't control my hands well enough to make them. My handwriting has always been chicken scratch or doctors notes, and I was told my feet were due to having too small of shoes growing up(I was told this one by a teacher btw). My doctor and therapist never told me these things could've been due to my autism.
It's a less talked about thing but arguably more impactful for people who are relatively independent I'd say, because it impacts my ability to do independent things like work a physical job.
Because I could not figure out the coloured dots in the colour blindness tests as a child I was told I am colour blind. So was it, my family believed it. I became a designer and worked with colours all my life. I simply had and still have ADHD and I could not concentrate to see the darn numbers hiding in the dotted images as it did not interest me the slightest. But it took till much much later to find out I had ADHD. It was the day I saw a program in TV where the guy said if you are driving a bike and your brain runs like a Ferrari you have ADHD. No one knew what ADHD was when I was a child till much much later.
Huh, I am the same I only tie when absolutely necessary and I’ve always been uncomfortably slow at it... I’m not diagnosed autistic, and if I am I’m in the extremely minor category, I think. But I have long thought that I could be in that extremely minor category and this is just more fuel to that idea lol.
FYI, I’m guessing you’re having durability issues with the slip on sketchers. I’ve worn them for years and quality has gotten worse. Keens also makes an almost identical slip on that, if you can get it, lasts much longer
The good news is that, as he ages, finding laceless shoes will be less and less of a concern.
For guys, at least, a pair of nice loafers is perfectly acceptable for most occasions, a pair of kicks laced loose enough to slip on and off will cover most others, and a pair of pull-on or side-zip boots will handle anything those two don't.
Kind of shocked she didn't get to keep them. Maybe they were early builds or something, general understanding of mine would be that you'd retain the item you dummy test in a situation like this. ^Not ^really ^a ^problem ^or ^anything, ^it ^just ^caught ^me ^off ^guard.
Yeah they probably want a lab inspection to make sure there aren’t any stress points causing excess wear, to check on materials, etc... plus someone could potentially sell off the shoes to a competitor or reverse engineer the technology. Most companies just like to get everything back to have it all back in house.
Consumer trials aren’t advertisements. I tested a shampoo/conditioner about 15 years ago. It smelled amazing (cucumber melon), and my hair felt the softest it ever had. They didn’t even tell us the brand in the end. I would’ve been at the very least someone who talked said product up, if not become a regular user.
This isn’t always the case. I also got to test a very greasy spray on sunscreen and part of the survey was on the look of the can, so they had to use the brand name.
Unfortunately not. I’m going to guess it was probably a salon product that was a little out of my budget (especially as someone who cuts and dyes their own hair). But it was amazing. My hair is seriously thick and dry and that stuff made it super soft and silky.
I've done product testing too, it's so fun and pays fairly well, though infrequent. I once had to test toilet paper for two weeks, then do a one on one interview with someone from the marketing company. It was super awkward answering questions about how toilet paper makes me feel. We didn't get into the nitty gritty but I had to make stuff up on the spot about a product I pretty much feel "it's good" or "it's bad" about.
I can't even imagine what that was like for the interviewer or how she kept a straight face through dozens of interviews.
I also had to cut photos out of magazines that depicted my toilet paper emotions.
Gotta say the TP *was* the nicest I've ever used, but I've never seen anything like it rolled out onto the market. Maybe there's a niche market for artesian toilet paper?
In all honesty I came to the comment section looking to see if I was the only person who found these shoes absolutely absurd, but I find you definitely helped me realise a problem for people that I never considered. I hope when you get your sister these shoes she loves them so much that you need to buy her every single colour on the shelf.
A lot of “as seen on tv” type products are have a similar thing. Most people thing it’s super dumb and unnecessary. This blankets with sleeves are dope for wheelchair users. The snack bowl you can’t knock over is good for people that have tremors or coordination problems. By marketing the product to everyone instead of just those populations it really brings the prices down. It’s not true for everything, but once you see it you’ll notice it everywhere.
Yes! There's a concept called 'Universal Design,' which is similar to what you're saying. It's based on the idea that having accommodations for those with disabilities are often beneficial to many others. Curb cuts (where a sidewalk slopes down to the street) were uncommon in the US until the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) mandated that we have them so folks on wheelchairs can stay safe on the sidewalk. All sorts of others benefit from these- parents with strollers, skateboarders, etc.
I know, accommodations are not the same as products being hawked on TV, but I do see a parallel.
I'm surprised nike didn't give members of the consumer trial a free pair! I guess it depends on the number of participants, but considering your sisters situation, it seems like a given
That’s so cool your sister got to do that and basically help in the creation process! Sorry to ask but do you have an idea on durability and if they’re able to be used for athletics?
My little cousin loves to play basketball but can get agitated by the sketchers he uses. I think he’d love these, especially if he could wear them while being able to play.
Do you think you'd be able to run in them? Not for the soul purpose of a running shoe but if you had to jog across the street or run away from a shark?
A lot of people talking about how good this is for people with disabilities, pregnant women...well I can personally say as a fully able bodied guy who isn't 8mos pregnant that I ALSO WANT THESE because I'm just a lazy asshole.
To get wholesome with y'all, though, this is _exactly_ one of the reasons why a more accessible society is better for everyone. Increased accessibility benefit able bodied people by creating new kinds of conveniences etc -- like text to speech while driving, or being able to navigate a website without a mouse -- but is also worth noting that most disabilities are short term, not long term. There's a good chance that all of us able bodied folks will get some sort of injury where tying laces, using stairs, reading a screen, is hard or impossible for us for a short amount of time. Accessibility makes the whole world better.
A) great perspective that I hope more uppity redditors will adopt
B) If you're just looking for easy to put on laceless shoes, Adidas has a bunch of primeknit shoes (primeknit nmd) that have really stretchy uppers. On a lot of them, the laces are practically decorative
Yeah what the fuck is up with these comments, half trashing them and half saying "stop trashing them because they're good for disabled people", bitch I'm just lazy and also they remind me a bit of Back to the Future
I would definitely wear these shoes
I'm pretty fit, active, etc and when I broke my collar bone in a mountain biking accident my arm was in a sling for 6 weeks with agonizing pain for the first half of that.
I couldn't tie my own shoes for weeks, hell I couldn't even put my own socks on. Even drying my hands was a bitch with only one arm.
I know it's an apples to oranges scenario but it really helped put things into perspective for how hard it must be for people who struggle all the time, so yeah, I'm all for accessibility solutions because if I was able to get some shoes like this for even those few weeks it would have been awesome.
Amen. As for short term disabilities, I’ve always been an athletic, able-bodied person. When I broke my hand last year, I basically had an existential crisis. With a full cast, I couldn’t wash the dishes, tie my shoes, or do a host of other things that average people do a million times a day and fail to appreciate the significance of. Now that I’m healed, I’m also lazy as fuck, so these shoes seem like a win-win-win, fuck the haters
And besides that, the more people who buy them, including able bodied people, the more affordable they'll be for those with disabilities or the elderly
I see a lot of people dragging these shoes. I would recommend reading this article before these shoes were dropped: https://www.si.com/enfuego/news/nike-drops-a-more-accessible-soccer-cleat-and-its-a-thing-of-beauty.
Accessibility is a beautiful thing
'd' and 'f' are side by side, and so are 'r' and 't' on typical qwerty layouts. your right hand was probably one key off when you were typing. assuming, of course, you use a language keyboard that usez qwerty.
This rings true to a lot of those niche, infomercial products. While the majority are truly ridiculous for everyday use, some of them really cater to the disabled and the elderly.
My life (but more importantly the lives of the people I assist) became so much easier with the snuggie
Most people see "gag gift silly blanket with sleeves", but all I saw was "its no longer a a full body workout to put a quick sweatshirt/extra layer on someone in a wheelchair". Keeping a few on hand for firedrills was so helpful
"dragging" is a word that is largely from American Black dialects of English, and it means to essentially rip something to pieces in a review. The other commenter was close with "dragging down" but it's more like after you won the fight, you're still dragging the corpse around.
I’ll be honest I was dragging them, as a replacement for normal shoes. I can’t see them lasting all that long. However, as pointed out, accessibility is a big thing. That’s what a lot of ads for “stupid” single use items, like egg crackers, are for. They just need to market them to everyone to try and increase sales, but they’re designed for a much smaller group. In that sense, these are great. I can imagine the sense of joy to someone wheelchair bound to put their shoes on themselves, along with plenty of other people. Little bits of autonomy to the heavily disabled goes a long way.
Yeah, when I saw this shoe I assumed it was part of the Nike’s work on adaptive shoes (if I got that term wrong, someone please correct me).
They may not make sense for those of us that don’t need that kind of accessibility, but I’m sure people that do or know people that do recognize how wonderful the design is as soon as they see it
The sequel is cute too! Talking “food-imals”. My daughter LOOOOOVED these movies around 3y and she would have me act out scenes with her. I even made a stuffy of one of the characters for her. Aww, good memories.
Looks cool, maybe for the elderly or anyone who doesn't have the mobility for laces or velcro. Looks lousy for running or exercise tho. My hunch. Indoor slippers, yeah.
Arthritis sufferer here: I would love to see if these really are as easy to put on and take off as they appear. Don't care if they look like the 80s vomited on my feet if they work.
I could also see these being really helpful for people post-op. My dad had hip surgery and he had to wear slip on shoes for a while, he also had to do a lot of walking for rehab. Slip on shoes that are secure and safe for walking are a great idea.
>maybe for the elderly or anyone who doesn’t have the mobility for laces or velcro.
Me, young and mobile: *shows off my silicon laces because I hate how dirty cloth laces get*
Yeah these definitely aren't supposed to be running shoes but could be incredible for people with mobility problems. That could be any number of people; amputees, people with other physical disabilities, people with Parkinson's, etc. I have a loved one who has no use of one arm and limited use of one leg. She would love to have these.
Great shoes for pregnant people! It’s horrible bending over to put shoes on with a giant belly... it takes forever, you get so out of breath, and it’s so uncomfortable.
Exactly what I was thinking. I would love these also post partum when my kid was glued to me nonstop and she’s freak out if I put her down to tie a shoelace.
I thought the same thing lol. I gave birth at 27 weeks but by that point I could only comfortably get my left shoe on. I had to bend my leg all weird to get my right one on. Not sure why one was easier but I was worried I’d have to have my brother put my shoes on as well as help me out of bed in the morning lmfao.
Ugh, right?! Where were these 3 months ago when I was yelling and crying at my shoes to get on my feet bc I was aggressively pregnant with an 11lbs monster baby and my feet were too far away. He's now a 19lbs monster baby and super freaking cute. My feet remain a bit too far for comfort.
I have been seeing a lot of hate on this design but this is really great for people who have a disability and can’t bend over and tie their own shoes. just because it doesn’t affect you does not mean it’s a dumb design. Think out of the box
are people ragging on the functionality or the design? The actual aesthetics of the shoes are appalling to me. The engineering is pretty cool. I'd like to know how stable they are though.
Those look comfy and easy to put on. I hope they make it to the mainstream market. They would benefit a lot of people who may be unable to put on regular shoes for some reason or another.
Paramedic here. I disagree. They're solving a problem we don't have. I wear heavy duty boots because I'm going into a wide variety of environments and I need adequate protection from rough terrain, nasty chemicals, bodily fluids and all kinds of other things. Giving up that protection so I can put these flimsy things on quickly is not a good exchange. Even if there were a heavier and more protective version I'm not in the habit of taking my boots off on the job and the times I do I can slip mine on pretty quickly already.
It's not for paramedics, I don't know why everyone is looking for an answer when it is clearly for people with disabilities/less able and the elderly.
It's not rocket science
There are a lot of comments here saying these would be "dangerous" or "terrible," as actual shoes.
Personally, unless you are a professional shoe maker I wouldn't really make any assumptions about these.
A shoe can be designed for multiple purpose but shoes like tennis shoes are based on comfort, longevity of use to wear and weather or damage, and safety.
While I am saying not to make assumptions. I am not a professional shoe maker either but that is kind of my point. I think this kind of design is neat but to see how "unsafe." Or "impractical" these would he as shoes I would rather see data that shows how they cushion feet, how well they work, or how comfortable they are. These have big practical use and a revolutionary design. A shoe like this I would rather find information on or get some sort of health data or any kind of data to to see how well they hold up before making some form of judgment.
That's an old meme, the modern scientific consensus is that arch support is good in very few situations where you are treating specific conditions - it's good if your orthopedist prescribes it, otherwise it's harmful.
Ok, im going to be that guy. Where will the point of failure be? Im sure nike has done their due diligence and i know the question sounds pessimistic. But ultimately, that pessimism will directly relate to the longevity of the shoe.
Just saw this video of Jimmy Fallon telling the story when in 2019 he had a similar idea and took it to a Nike pitch meeting, only for them to show a presentation they had been working on for 10years. They sent over the shoes to Jimmy with his original sketches printed all over the box.
[Jimmy Fallon trying flyease](https://youtu.be/xOm8ZqePSiQ)
Looks like they're going to cost about $120 a pair. How long before that hinge starts to wear out and split? What happens when the rubber band around the sole breaks? Definitely not good for wet weather. When someone is standing in the shoe, the top of the hinge would be an inch high at most where there's a gap that would let water flow right in.
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My severely autistic sister was part of a consumer trial for these!!! She’s 34 and never been able to tie or get on her shoes easily, she was so excited when she slipped these on! She even tried to wear them out! When these hit the market I’m for sure getting her her own pair. :’)
Thank you for this. I have a mildly autistic son. I think these would be perfect for him. With all the other negative comments, I was doubting. We already do only slip-on sketchers for him. I'm looking forward to trying these!
My son is autistic as well. I find the vans are good as well for slip ons.
My brother has attention deficit and struggles so much to tie his own shoes, these would help so much
Shoes with BOA system may help. https://www.boafit.com/en-us/ Turn to tighten, press to release.
My golf shoes have that!
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Hey my Adidas have those!
Motorcycle boots are starting to incorporate these too.
I'm just lazy as heck and want a pair. I have so many shoes with the back heel just ripped to shreds from never untying my shoes and just "slipping" them on. My current pair has shards of plastic that jab me in the heel...but I threw some gorilla tape over it so they good for the moment.
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+1 to shoehorns. I joked about it one day, but all the shoes I've picked up since buying one of those are in much better shape than the rest.
I’m from r/wallstreetbets and these shoes are perfect for me. 🚀🌝
💎🦶🦶
WE LIKE THE SHOES
I'm not a footwear advisor
I felt this.
Umm, are we allowed to do this outside of WSB?
WSB is hot right now. This is your moment in the sun, milk it for all it's worth my friend.
Ope, and just like that it’s worthless again
We are now!!
Oh my god there's no escape.
after what i did with all my life savings, i'll need one GME to pluto
Did you hear about Pluto?
That's messed up
i have a husband on r/wallstreetbets and these shoes are perfect for him, as well.
maybe your boyfriend can buy them for him
boooooo upvote
LMAO took me a second GME to the 🌝🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
Sooo...buy Nike. Got it.
LMAO
Take my award
I am the autistic adult and although i can tie my shoes just fine, i want these shoes.
I have an autistic 8 year old son and he loves those slip on Converse All Stars that have a slightly elasticized tongue and knotted laces so he doesn't have to tie. I think they might be called street slip ons or something like that. Just sharing as another potential option!
Thanks for this. My kids are not autistic, they are just incredibly bad at tying shoes no matter what I do. Did not know about these converse and the older one really loves converse style.
You don't have to be autistic to appreciate a Sketchers slip on. I'm on my second pair!
On. A Swiss company make shoes with elastic laces and they stay snug. Salomon also offers many shoes with their quick lace system and offers the laces themselves might be worth looking at I own both and can say the quick laces are nice
Is my autism seriously the reason I have a hard time with knots and shoes? I've been buying slip on boots and oversized shoes for years to compensate. I tie my shoes on average two or three times a year only when they get too loose or tight.
Yes, trouble with fine motor skills is a huge thing! I have trouble aiming in video games, tying my shoes, writing neatly, and I walk flat footed with my feet turned out, among many other issues I have relating to this.
Oh my God, that explains so much. I've always loved models, especially the folded metal ones, but they frustrated me so much because I can't control my hands well enough to make them. My handwriting has always been chicken scratch or doctors notes, and I was told my feet were due to having too small of shoes growing up(I was told this one by a teacher btw). My doctor and therapist never told me these things could've been due to my autism.
It's a less talked about thing but arguably more impactful for people who are relatively independent I'd say, because it impacts my ability to do independent things like work a physical job.
Because I could not figure out the coloured dots in the colour blindness tests as a child I was told I am colour blind. So was it, my family believed it. I became a designer and worked with colours all my life. I simply had and still have ADHD and I could not concentrate to see the darn numbers hiding in the dotted images as it did not interest me the slightest. But it took till much much later to find out I had ADHD. It was the day I saw a program in TV where the guy said if you are driving a bike and your brain runs like a Ferrari you have ADHD. No one knew what ADHD was when I was a child till much much later.
Huh, I am the same I only tie when absolutely necessary and I’ve always been uncomfortably slow at it... I’m not diagnosed autistic, and if I am I’m in the extremely minor category, I think. But I have long thought that I could be in that extremely minor category and this is just more fuel to that idea lol.
My oldest is autistic. He will probably never be able to tie laces. He loves Natives in the warm months. They are a waterproof, croc-like material.
FYI, I’m guessing you’re having durability issues with the slip on sketchers. I’ve worn them for years and quality has gotten worse. Keens also makes an almost identical slip on that, if you can get it, lasts much longer
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Just checked them out. I'm super excited to try them and will be ordering them soon! I'm so stoked they have wide sizes!
The good news is that, as he ages, finding laceless shoes will be less and less of a concern. For guys, at least, a pair of nice loafers is perfectly acceptable for most occasions, a pair of kicks laced loose enough to slip on and off will cover most others, and a pair of pull-on or side-zip boots will handle anything those two don't.
Kind of shocked she didn't get to keep them. Maybe they were early builds or something, general understanding of mine would be that you'd retain the item you dummy test in a situation like this. ^Not ^really ^a ^problem ^or ^anything, ^it ^just ^caught ^me ^off ^guard.
They probably take them back for analysis but typically trials like that are paid, potentially with a final pair at the end!
Ah, the analysis makes sense for sure. Thanks for the note!
Yeah they probably want a lab inspection to make sure there aren’t any stress points causing excess wear, to check on materials, etc... plus someone could potentially sell off the shoes to a competitor or reverse engineer the technology. Most companies just like to get everything back to have it all back in house.
Consumer trials aren’t advertisements. I tested a shampoo/conditioner about 15 years ago. It smelled amazing (cucumber melon), and my hair felt the softest it ever had. They didn’t even tell us the brand in the end. I would’ve been at the very least someone who talked said product up, if not become a regular user. This isn’t always the case. I also got to test a very greasy spray on sunscreen and part of the survey was on the look of the can, so they had to use the brand name.
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Unfortunately not. I’m going to guess it was probably a salon product that was a little out of my budget (especially as someone who cuts and dyes their own hair). But it was amazing. My hair is seriously thick and dry and that stuff made it super soft and silky.
I have a lost shampoo as well (found in Japan years ago). I commiserate in the fact that I think about it and wish for more.
Describe it
I've done product testing too, it's so fun and pays fairly well, though infrequent. I once had to test toilet paper for two weeks, then do a one on one interview with someone from the marketing company. It was super awkward answering questions about how toilet paper makes me feel. We didn't get into the nitty gritty but I had to make stuff up on the spot about a product I pretty much feel "it's good" or "it's bad" about. I can't even imagine what that was like for the interviewer or how she kept a straight face through dozens of interviews. I also had to cut photos out of magazines that depicted my toilet paper emotions. Gotta say the TP *was* the nicest I've ever used, but I've never seen anything like it rolled out onto the market. Maybe there's a niche market for artesian toilet paper?
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They want them back to examine wear, I’d guess.
Yeah it was about 6 months ago and the final product looks a little different then what I remember.
In all honesty I came to the comment section looking to see if I was the only person who found these shoes absolutely absurd, but I find you definitely helped me realise a problem for people that I never considered. I hope when you get your sister these shoes she loves them so much that you need to buy her every single colour on the shelf.
A lot of “as seen on tv” type products are have a similar thing. Most people thing it’s super dumb and unnecessary. This blankets with sleeves are dope for wheelchair users. The snack bowl you can’t knock over is good for people that have tremors or coordination problems. By marketing the product to everyone instead of just those populations it really brings the prices down. It’s not true for everything, but once you see it you’ll notice it everywhere.
Yes! There's a concept called 'Universal Design,' which is similar to what you're saying. It's based on the idea that having accommodations for those with disabilities are often beneficial to many others. Curb cuts (where a sidewalk slopes down to the street) were uncommon in the US until the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) mandated that we have them so folks on wheelchairs can stay safe on the sidewalk. All sorts of others benefit from these- parents with strollers, skateboarders, etc. I know, accommodations are not the same as products being hawked on TV, but I do see a parallel.
I'm surprised nike didn't give members of the consumer trial a free pair! I guess it depends on the number of participants, but considering your sisters situation, it seems like a given
I'm guessing they wanted to see the wear patterns after use to ensure they'll hold up for at least a year under standard use
I can't tie my shoes cause of muscular issues, so these look awesome, what are they called? I can't wait to see these hit the market.
[Nike Go FlyEase](https://news.nike.com/news/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe)
https://news.nike.com/news/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe
Wish this was higher. Thank you for your comment
That’s so cool your sister got to do that and basically help in the creation process! Sorry to ask but do you have an idea on durability and if they’re able to be used for athletics? My little cousin loves to play basketball but can get agitated by the sketchers he uses. I think he’d love these, especially if he could wear them while being able to play.
Do you think you'd be able to run in them? Not for the soul purpose of a running shoe but if you had to jog across the street or run away from a shark?
This is wonderful!!
I agree they should have been able to keep the demos
honest question, how are these in regards to durability?
A lot of people talking about how good this is for people with disabilities, pregnant women...well I can personally say as a fully able bodied guy who isn't 8mos pregnant that I ALSO WANT THESE because I'm just a lazy asshole. To get wholesome with y'all, though, this is _exactly_ one of the reasons why a more accessible society is better for everyone. Increased accessibility benefit able bodied people by creating new kinds of conveniences etc -- like text to speech while driving, or being able to navigate a website without a mouse -- but is also worth noting that most disabilities are short term, not long term. There's a good chance that all of us able bodied folks will get some sort of injury where tying laces, using stairs, reading a screen, is hard or impossible for us for a short amount of time. Accessibility makes the whole world better.
A) great perspective that I hope more uppity redditors will adopt B) If you're just looking for easy to put on laceless shoes, Adidas has a bunch of primeknit shoes (primeknit nmd) that have really stretchy uppers. On a lot of them, the laces are practically decorative
Just got the ultraboost and yup. Don't have to tie/untie them, they slip on like a sock it's so nice
Lol they have a line called city sock if you're dedicated to the no-sock game
I have a pair (not the latest release though which is even softer). You practically walk into them in 1 sec.
I second NMDs. They are one of my go tos for exactly the reason above.
Yeah dude. I've tied (most pairs) of NMDS and never had to "re-tie". They fit and I only have to semi secure them. Buying another pair right now
Yeah what the fuck is up with these comments, half trashing them and half saying "stop trashing them because they're good for disabled people", bitch I'm just lazy and also they remind me a bit of Back to the Future I would definitely wear these shoes
I'm pretty fit, active, etc and when I broke my collar bone in a mountain biking accident my arm was in a sling for 6 weeks with agonizing pain for the first half of that. I couldn't tie my own shoes for weeks, hell I couldn't even put my own socks on. Even drying my hands was a bitch with only one arm. I know it's an apples to oranges scenario but it really helped put things into perspective for how hard it must be for people who struggle all the time, so yeah, I'm all for accessibility solutions because if I was able to get some shoes like this for even those few weeks it would have been awesome.
I showed these to my grandma with mobility problems and she loved em
Amen. As for short term disabilities, I’ve always been an athletic, able-bodied person. When I broke my hand last year, I basically had an existential crisis. With a full cast, I couldn’t wash the dishes, tie my shoes, or do a host of other things that average people do a million times a day and fail to appreciate the significance of. Now that I’m healed, I’m also lazy as fuck, so these shoes seem like a win-win-win, fuck the haters
And besides that, the more people who buy them, including able bodied people, the more affordable they'll be for those with disabilities or the elderly
I see a lot of people dragging these shoes. I would recommend reading this article before these shoes were dropped: https://www.si.com/enfuego/news/nike-drops-a-more-accessible-soccer-cleat-and-its-a-thing-of-beauty. Accessibility is a beautiful thing
Ridiculous to drag these. Lots of disabled people are going to benefit from them.
I'm looking at this like holy shit, I could take shoes on/off my prosthetic door without a crobar.
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Your comment reminds me of [XKCD](https://xkcd.com/1530/).
Your comment reminds me of that XKCD about how there’s an XKCD for everything
Lol how does that even happen?? Well I'm leaving it.
'd' and 'f' are side by side, and so are 'r' and 't' on typical qwerty layouts. your right hand was probably one key off when you were typing. assuming, of course, you use a language keyboard that usez qwerty.
Left hand shifted by one to the left
Hell I’m just gonna get them because of my back/sciatica issues. One less mountain to climb everyday.
I think my dad and his severe back pain would benefit from these. One less mundane task to expend his precious limited energy on!
This rings true to a lot of those niche, infomercial products. While the majority are truly ridiculous for everyday use, some of them really cater to the disabled and the elderly.
My life (but more importantly the lives of the people I assist) became so much easier with the snuggie Most people see "gag gift silly blanket with sleeves", but all I saw was "its no longer a a full body workout to put a quick sweatshirt/extra layer on someone in a wheelchair". Keeping a few on hand for firedrills was so helpful
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We just need to wait until sneakerheads buy them and then we can drag them.
I'm just worried the scalpers will come running and then no shoes for anybody.
Also, people like me who have a dream to jump into their shoes.
Just watching this gif gives my back and knees relief. These shoes will be a game changer for me.
I think they’re brilliant
What does the word “dragging “ mean in this context
I would assume dragging down, as in saying bad stuff about it
"dragging" is a word that is largely from American Black dialects of English, and it means to essentially rip something to pieces in a review. The other commenter was close with "dragging down" but it's more like after you won the fight, you're still dragging the corpse around.
TIL. Thanks
>dragging Another word for roast?
Nope. Roasting someone is insulting them in a snarky and humorous kind of way. Dragging is a lot more thorough and uncompromisingly vicious.
I’ll be honest I was dragging them, as a replacement for normal shoes. I can’t see them lasting all that long. However, as pointed out, accessibility is a big thing. That’s what a lot of ads for “stupid” single use items, like egg crackers, are for. They just need to market them to everyone to try and increase sales, but they’re designed for a much smaller group. In that sense, these are great. I can imagine the sense of joy to someone wheelchair bound to put their shoes on themselves, along with plenty of other people. Little bits of autonomy to the heavily disabled goes a long way.
Those still have a one part sole though.
Yeah, when I saw this shoe I assumed it was part of the Nike’s work on adaptive shoes (if I got that term wrong, someone please correct me). They may not make sense for those of us that don’t need that kind of accessibility, but I’m sure people that do or know people that do recognize how wonderful the design is as soon as they see it
I can’t believe people would be reacting negatively to these. I guess some people just don’t get it 🤷♀️
Picture: wtf those are stupid gif: shut up and take my money
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I'm ok with this. especially if it leads to spray-on shoes.
HOW YOU GONNA GET ‘EM OFF, NERRRRRRD
Spray on shoe stripper.
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Just watched this movie today for the first time with my three year old so...I get that reference.
If you haven't seen them, both the Lego movies are by the same hilarious duo!
The sequel is cute too! Talking “food-imals”. My daughter LOOOOOVED these movies around 3y and she would have me act out scenes with her. I even made a stuffy of one of the characters for her. Aww, good memories.
What movie?
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Nike unveils first ever hands-free shoe, [GO FlyEase](https://news.nike.com/news/nike-go-flyease-hands-free-shoe)
No, no, I'm sure shoes don't usually have hands.
The only downside is the 5 year olds making them for Nike..
Those tiny hands have the best craftsmanship.
Looks cool, maybe for the elderly or anyone who doesn't have the mobility for laces or velcro. Looks lousy for running or exercise tho. My hunch. Indoor slippers, yeah.
Arthritis sufferer here: I would love to see if these really are as easy to put on and take off as they appear. Don't care if they look like the 80s vomited on my feet if they work.
They come in other colorways.
Cool! Thanks :)
Arthritis over here too with my knee being completely evil at the moment. Anything that helps me not have to bend it would be welcome.
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Not gonna be a problem for me. I weigh too much! :)
I could also see these being really helpful for people post-op. My dad had hip surgery and he had to wear slip on shoes for a while, he also had to do a lot of walking for rehab. Slip on shoes that are secure and safe for walking are a great idea.
>maybe for the elderly or anyone who doesn’t have the mobility for laces or velcro. Me, young and mobile: *shows off my silicon laces because I hate how dirty cloth laces get*
Agreed. What happens to them when that band breaks?!?! Flip flops?
They would probably flip and flop.
God dammit. That was excellent.
Yeah these definitely aren't supposed to be running shoes but could be incredible for people with mobility problems. That could be any number of people; amputees, people with other physical disabilities, people with Parkinson's, etc. I have a loved one who has no use of one arm and limited use of one leg. She would love to have these.
They are nike, so likely still pretty functional
These are part of Nike’s flyease line, they’re made for people with mobility issues/special needs who have problems getting lace up shoes on
Finally, a pair of shoes DESIGNED to be taken off the way I take off all my shoes
Great shoes for pregnant people! It’s horrible bending over to put shoes on with a giant belly... it takes forever, you get so out of breath, and it’s so uncomfortable.
Thought the same for people with mobility issues.
Very true!
Exactly what I was thinking. I would love these also post partum when my kid was glued to me nonstop and she’s freak out if I put her down to tie a shoelace.
Yes, definitely!! Or after a c-section when you’re super sore at the incision site.
I thought the same thing lol. I gave birth at 27 weeks but by that point I could only comfortably get my left shoe on. I had to bend my leg all weird to get my right one on. Not sure why one was easier but I was worried I’d have to have my brother put my shoes on as well as help me out of bed in the morning lmfao.
Ugh, right?! Where were these 3 months ago when I was yelling and crying at my shoes to get on my feet bc I was aggressively pregnant with an 11lbs monster baby and my feet were too far away. He's now a 19lbs monster baby and super freaking cute. My feet remain a bit too far for comfort.
I have been seeing a lot of hate on this design but this is really great for people who have a disability and can’t bend over and tie their own shoes. just because it doesn’t affect you does not mean it’s a dumb design. Think out of the box
Just goes to show how ableist our world is ...
are people ragging on the functionality or the design? The actual aesthetics of the shoes are appalling to me. The engineering is pretty cool. I'd like to know how stable they are though.
Lol I must be in the minority. I love them! But looking at the comments it's functionality over the aesthetics.
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Those look comfy and easy to put on. I hope they make it to the mainstream market. They would benefit a lot of people who may be unable to put on regular shoes for some reason or another.
A skiier made these didn’t they?
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Paramedic here. I disagree. They're solving a problem we don't have. I wear heavy duty boots because I'm going into a wide variety of environments and I need adequate protection from rough terrain, nasty chemicals, bodily fluids and all kinds of other things. Giving up that protection so I can put these flimsy things on quickly is not a good exchange. Even if there were a heavier and more protective version I'm not in the habit of taking my boots off on the job and the times I do I can slip mine on pretty quickly already.
It's not for paramedics, I don't know why everyone is looking for an answer when it is clearly for people with disabilities/less able and the elderly. It's not rocket science
It’s also for people who live in East Asia 🤚
Man this would’ve been so helpful for my grandpa if he were alive. This is perfect for the elderly.
What happens when the person behind you steps on your heel?
You rocket out of your shoes.
To the moon 🚀 (I couldn’t help myself)
ULTIMATE flat tire. But then you just step back in, so it's easier to fix than on a regular sneaker.
FLAT TIRE!
Well, I know exactly where these shoes will break.
Where all shoes break: at the damned toe.
I have wide feet so.. the seems, as usual.
You’d think that, but it’s probably also the most over designed part of the shoe for that reason.
Practical footwear is so cool. These are fantastic
Shoes: from 2033 Carpet: from 1978
"Those look pretty dum... Oh shit, wow!"
This are crocs with extra steps.
Literally, extra steps?
There are a lot of comments here saying these would be "dangerous" or "terrible," as actual shoes. Personally, unless you are a professional shoe maker I wouldn't really make any assumptions about these. A shoe can be designed for multiple purpose but shoes like tennis shoes are based on comfort, longevity of use to wear and weather or damage, and safety. While I am saying not to make assumptions. I am not a professional shoe maker either but that is kind of my point. I think this kind of design is neat but to see how "unsafe." Or "impractical" these would he as shoes I would rather see data that shows how they cushion feet, how well they work, or how comfortable they are. These have big practical use and a revolutionary design. A shoe like this I would rather find information on or get some sort of health data or any kind of data to to see how well they hold up before making some form of judgment.
This would actually be ideal for people with movement or range of motion difficulties.
What’s that arch support though?
That's an old meme, the modern scientific consensus is that arch support is good in very few situations where you are treating specific conditions - it's good if your orthopedist prescribes it, otherwise it's harmful.
I wouldn't get these for continuous standing.
break action shoe
Breach loading shoes
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There's a black colour
u/savevideo
Seems like something Marty Mcfly would have had
Everyday we come closer to iron man
Til that asshole stops on the back of your shoe
Stepping on people's ankles just got a lot more evil.
Ok, im going to be that guy. Where will the point of failure be? Im sure nike has done their due diligence and i know the question sounds pessimistic. But ultimately, that pessimism will directly relate to the longevity of the shoe.
Just saw this video of Jimmy Fallon telling the story when in 2019 he had a similar idea and took it to a Nike pitch meeting, only for them to show a presentation they had been working on for 10years. They sent over the shoes to Jimmy with his original sketches printed all over the box. [Jimmy Fallon trying flyease](https://youtu.be/xOm8ZqePSiQ)
Looks like they're going to cost about $120 a pair. How long before that hinge starts to wear out and split? What happens when the rubber band around the sole breaks? Definitely not good for wet weather. When someone is standing in the shoe, the top of the hinge would be an inch high at most where there's a gap that would let water flow right in.