After a few weeks of use, sometimes shoelace slack will move down toward the toes. This means thee shoelaces are shorter where the Zubits are and harder to close or feel tighter than before. So just pull some of the shoelace slack back up toward the top eyelet holes.
To take off your shoes hands-free, just step on your opposite heel, pull your foot up and pop out. The key is to push forward to pop the Zubits open. Do not try to squeeze your foot out the back of the shoe like you would with normal laces. Instead push forward until the Zubits split open, then lift your foot.
One of the great thing about Zubits closures is that you can use them many times over the life of many pairs of shoes. Or you may wish to put Zubits on an older pair of shoes. But these shoes may have frayed lace ends. Getting those laces through the Zubits closure holes can be a challenge so here's a tip for making it all come together.
You could also use wax to help lace frayed lace ends through your Zubits closures, or to finish off the lace ends after installation.
After you finish normal Zubits installation you may want to prevent frayed lace ends inside your shoe, by burning or melting them.
Zubits closures are perfect for boots which require a lot of lacing, tying, and unlacing. Some boots have metal hooks or "speed laces" at the top of the boot which won't hold the shoelaces when the Zubits are open and loose. There are a few solutions for this. The best method is to crimp the metal hooks closed if the metal hooks are flexible enough to crimp.
Zubits closures are perfect for boots which require a lot of lacing, tying, and unlacing. Some boots have metal hooks or "speed laces" at the top of the boot which won't hold the shoelaces when the Zubits are open and loose. There are a few solutions for this. This method works well if your metal hooks have holes in them.
Zubits closures are perfect for boots which require a lot of lacing, tying, and unlacing. Some boots have metal hooks or "speed laces" at the top of the boot which won't hold the shoelaces when the Zubits are open and loose. There are a few solutions for this. This method (given to us by user Alan) is the most effective and stable, but requires having some small size "zip ties" or wire.