Boot Bananas Shoe Fresheners Yellow Reviews Summary

Effectiveness

Pros:

• "These bananas worked brilliantly and have completely eradicated the awful smell so the boots can now come back in the house."
• "The smell is gone (I think it’s been gone for a few days now)."
• "These bananas not only take the bad smell away, but add a lovely scent that I'm obsessed with."
• "They have prevented the shoes from getting at all stinky."
• "This product took away the smell and works great!"
• "They get rid of that horrible stinky trainer smell. You are left with a fresh smelling trainer."
• "They work really well. My kids shoes no longer smell."

Cons:

• "I don’t understand the hype with this product. It didn’t work at all."
• "But unfortunately, they aren't at all effective for eliminating the odor in my sneakers."
• "I'm not sure how much they actually 'deodorise' and how much is just the strong smell overpowering the smell of your shoes."
• "These bananas will not help get rid of any smell in your boots."
• "Honestly had such positive high expectations, read the reviews but chanced it. Worked perfectly for about 2 weeks... now the scent is dead bananas haven't even 'ripened' either and they don't unfortunately work anymore."
• "But they never felt like they were doing the job and my shoes still felt damp."
• "Either my feet reek worse than the product is designed for, or they don’t really work well."

Customer Service

Pros:

• "Great customer service."
• "Seller reached out and has replaced the boot bananas."
• "Company reached out to me and offered a replacement as faulty batch, very good customer service."
• "The customer service is amazing 👏"
• "The company contacted me and refunded me."
• "The company contacted me after reading my review & apologised for the 'duff banana'."
• "Great, swift response from the sellers which was much appreciated."

Cons:

• "The company replaced their products so I’m hoping the company can get in contact to replace my Boot Bananas as well."
• "I tried seeing if I can contact the seller, but as we are past the return date.. it doesn’t seem possible."
• "I used this for a few days and then had the item confiscated by TSA while I was given the full terrorist treatment after this item tested positive for explosives on one of their scans. Will not be buying again as I travel a lot and do not want to deal with this delay again or the cost of replacing the item again and again."
• "After just one day is my dh shoes, I don't want to throw them out of the house!"
• "I’m not sure if my boots are that bad or if I got a dodgy product but for me these didn’t work at all."
• "Left them in for 5 days and could still easily smell the odour from the boots."
• "I immediately started having issues with allergies and asthma."

Longevity

Pros:

• "Update: 6 months in and while less vibrantly lavender, these are still working."
• "It still smells great even after months of being used!"
• "These shoe bananas really help keep shoe odor at bay. I am very very impressed with them even after months of use."
• "They still smell great even after months of being used!"
• "I’ve just bought my second pair of shoe bananas after approx 7 months."
• "They have made such a huge different to the odour in the hallway that I’ll be buying more for his trainers."
• "Mine are brown-ish and they are still going hard, don’t know how much longer they will last but so far they are excellent."

Cons:

• "Very disappointing as they are meant to last 6-12 months and it’s been less than one month."
• "After only 2 uses they started turning brown, now after only 3 weeks they are completely brown."
• "Looks like I won’t get 6 weeks of usage let alone 6 months."
• "This product works well, and smells really good. However unfortunately has started to brown very quickly and most certainly won’t last 6 months."
• "I do not see how these will last 6-12 months. After two weeks they are turning brown which means they are losing capability already."
• "After only a month, they have started to brown."
• "They worked wonders. But only for about 2 months."

Design & Ease of Use

Pros:

• "All natural essential oils too!"
• "Simple to take them in and out of your boots when required."
• "Inserting Boot Bananas into my sports shoes was a breeze."
• "They can be separated and placed in small spaces such as gym bags or cars."
• "They also have a clip that allows for easy install and removal and keeps them together."
• "Very easy to use, just put them in your climbing shoes when you’re done with them."
• "She loves the fun banana shape."

Cons:

• "The only downside is the bananas have gone brown so they don’t look good anymore."
• "Be aware!! If your shoes are white on the inside they will stain."
• "I didn’t realise the bananas “brown” as they are used, I thought they were going mouldy after just two weeks in dry shoes."
• "One of the bananas is torn open and is spilling its contents in the bag."
• "However last week when I left them to dry overnight, they turned mouldy :("
• "Now they look like rotten bananas."
• "Make a bigger size! These only take about half of the volume of my climbing shoes."