Arch Support Orthotic Custom Insoles Shoe Inserts - Support for Plantar Fasciitis Relief, Over-Pronation, Supination, Foot Pain, Flat Feet, Jumping Sports/Daily Use - Men & Women

I got these for my husband because he is on his feet all day and he would not take the time to cut these down and fit them to his feet. They feel like a great material and the arch test you can do with this set seems really amazing and that everyone should do that to figure out how to best help their feet. I would recommend this, but my husband failed to give these an actual try.

If you have a little extra time to properly heat and install these insoles the result is a very good and customizable insole

I picked these up a little while ago but wanted to wait to use them in a new pair of shoes. I have flat feet and have been using custom orthotics for the past 20+ years and normally do only half not full insoles. Switching to the full insoles is completely different and gives more support without your foot sliding around after the laces get looser during the day. I’m super happy I waited for the new pair of shoes because these fit and give me better support than my custom orthotics, that are a few years old. Totally worth the extra steps!

I think these can be a great option for people who need some extra support, but you just have to be aware of all the effort that goes into getting them to fit properly, including cutting and boiling. Personally, I didn't find all the pre-wear steps to be worth it when I can just get something that slips into my shoe much more easily.I wouldn't recommend these for people who are just starting to look for inserts, but they might be a good option for people who have tried the more universal options and need something with a little more customization.

I first needed custom orthotics over 40 years ago to try to manage severe plantar fasciitis. They helped a lot, but it took a golf ball to bring a halt to the condition. I’ve used one version or another ever since: hard plastic made from casts of my feet, hard leather made from a pattern set up in a foam tray and most recently computer scans of the bottoms of my feet. The hard plastic ones would eventually snap in two inside my leather mountaineering boots, the foam ones break down over a couple of years, but I’m still regularly wearing my hard leather ones made for me over 35 years ago. These EZXM ones are closest to my recent ones made from the computer image of my foot. And like them, warn of a limited life span, being shorter the harder you use them. The hard leather remain my favorite, but I don’t know if they are even made anymore.It’s nice to have orthotics tailored to precisely fit inside a specific shoe. My leather ones were built by a custom boot maker (John Calden) and matched to the custom mountaineering boots I waited years for him to make for me. He actually made the orthotics first, so I used them in other boots for a couple of years. The comparison taught me how much a perfect fit within the shoe enhances the performance of the orthotic itself. It is for that reason I’ve tried dozens of non custom insoles that offered orthotic like support, but were inexpensive enough that I could trim them for a precise fit to a shoe. Most have fallen short in support, a few, like cork Birkenstocks offer very good support but can’t be trimmed.Which finally brings me to these Ezxm insoles. No they don’t outshine my beloved leather pair, but they come in a respectable second. Both the interface between sole and foot, and insole and shoe are good, much better than the computer scanned custom ones. Yes, they take some extra steps to get there, but the effort is repayed. I’ve carefully fitted these to a modestly priced, but feature rich pair of hi-tech walking shoes and have now used them for nightly walks for over a month. The results have been outstanding, the insole provides the support, the shoe balances stability with cushioningyy—one of the most comfortable, but stable walkers I’ve ever encountered. So, to get this to a close, make the 32$ experiment for yourself. It is very likely you will start drawing conclusions similar to mine. 5 stars in every way but advertised limited longevity—and frankly, I have seen any breakdown after a month.

So, the instructions say that you're supposed to leave the insoles in the plastic packaging, and dunk them in boiling water for 25 seconds. Then take them out, put them in your shoe, put your feet in your shoe, scrunch your toes, and stand in them for 10 seconds.Well, are you supposed to take them out of the package first or not? And what if it takes you, say, 30 seconds to get both insoles into both shoes? Does it cool off too much by then? How fast do you need to be?This uncertainty about the process is unnerving, and frankly, seems gimmicky. However, the results speak for themselves.I've been wearing these for four days now. The first day, the insole pushes back against your fallen arch, and is painful - but it's that good pain that lets you know it's working. Gradually, each day, your foot reshapes itself around the insole, and there is some pain involved. This is why you're supposed to limit how long you wear these each day, and lengthen it each day, until your feet get used to them.These insoles are very solid/strong - like the ones I got from the podiatrist all those years ago. I've tried other of these insoles from Amazon, and they're okay, but they don't have that "pushback" factor like these do.