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As a second time user of lock laces I did some things differently the second time around and thought I'd share what works best for my kids. The first time around I put the laces in my son's shoes, on my son and tightened the shoes up and cut the laces way too short, thus not giving him enough lace length to open up the shoes to get them on/off. Because of my rookie mistake I always had to help him jam his foot into his nikes. Mom fail. What works best for us: 1. put the laces in the shoes and the shoes on your kid's feet 2. tighten the laces up like they would wear them and put the toggle up by the top of the tongue 3. cut the extra laces as LONG as you can. This will allow your kid to really open up the shoes to get them on and off. 4. take the shoes off your child, heat seal the ends of the laces, and attach the clip that goes at the end of the laces. TIP: make sure when you attach the clip at the end of the laces you insert the laces through where the clip bends! This is shown in the product photos but isn't super clear on the packaging. Leaving the laces a little longer makes it much easier for my son to get his shoes on and off! The laces themselves are durable and very easy for my 6 year old to adjust the tightness... plus he says they make him run super fast! ETA: You can reuse these. You can carefully open the clip with a flat blade screwdriver or knife, remove laces, and use them with other sneakers.