to no avail. The material is soft and velvety, but sure wish it hadnt smelled so bad when it arrived! I saw the ?15 minutes to easy-install? and took that at face valuing thinking my husband and I could do it ourselves. However, after wearing them a few times I noticed a ?tight? feeling at the top of the underwear. They only wore once or twice. But instruction card did not mention drilling into studs but just now seeing product info on Amazon states not to mount pedal holder in drywall! I think these will become the Christmas gift slippers, for all my female family. The build quality seems really good to me as well Obviously smaller shoes take less room and can fit more. They are exactly as wide as I need them to be.