Peet Shoe Dryer: My
first opportunity to dry
my skates using
the Christmas gift from my wife.
See more photos in the photo
gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ]
I talked about the Peet Shoe Dryer back in mid-December. In that article, I urged my wife to get me one as a gift for this Christmas. She took the hint.
Tonight was the first hockey game that I officiated since Christmas (a New Jersey interscholastic game in Sewell, NJ). The inside of the boots of my skates were still damp when I got home from the rink and unpacked my bag. Rather than let them air dry, I assembled the Peet Shoe Dryer and took some photos of the shoe dryer in action.
The Shoe Dryer works by convection, thanks to heating elements in each of the two tubes that project vertically above the base. The manufacturer warned that the tops of boots should not touch the base when the boots are mounted on top of the footpieces. As you can see in the photo, the extensions on top of the base provide plenty of clearance.
There are lots more photos of the shoe dryer in the Operation Gadget Photo Gallery. I will report on the condition of the skates after they sit on the Peet Shoe Dryer overnight.
In case you are wondering, I set up the shoe dryer in my kitchen in order to have a convenient place to photograph the dryer in action. I don’t anticipate drying my skates on my kitchen counter again, but YMMV.
If you want your own, you can buy a Peet Shoe Dryer at Amazon.com and other fine retailers.