So far I can tell a difference in using them, it definitely helps keep my shoes from getting too bent and creased. The iron-wrought look complements the character of my quirky domicile. DankeFreundliche GrüßeMaike Schürmann It just about fits all of my headphones which have ellipsoid ear cups / pads. Over the last few years i have had some feet problems and gone are the days of wearing hard sole cute sandals. This year I moved into a house with laminate flooring, And it soon became apparent, as I slid very ungainly across the floorfor the forth time, one end of the sitting room to the other, in a land speed record type thing, something had to be done, being of a slight stubborn nature it took for me to slide and put my knee out before I sighed and settled down with a cuppa, large slice of cake, to flick through Amazon, there to look at the dreaded slipper section ??. These had lots of leg room but the elastic was so tight that it tended to ride up and be uncomfortable. It took. I swapped out to my old Pioneer head shell with my Shure M44-7 mounted on it, and the difference was palpable. I am actually able to dead lift more weight with less stress on the lower Lumbar, the workouts feel great, Im suffering absolutely no pain, except for the good pain that comes with building muscle.