Go4Dry Shoe Dryer review: quickly dry your cycling shoes

The Go4Dry Shoe Dryer cleans and dries cycling shoes within an hour. This makes the shoe dryer ideal for racing, mtb or running shoes.

The Go4Dry shoe dryer

Sometimes you have those things you wonder why you didn't buy them sooner. A shoe dryer is one of them. For years, after a rainy bike ride, I dried my cycling shoes by stuffing newspaper in them and putting them by the heater. Now that we have a house with underfloor heating, drying with newspaper proved to be quite a time-consuming process. It takes a day before the shoes are somewhat dry. With a shoe dryer, this is a thing of the past. In half an hour, or up to an hour for really soggy shoes, the cycling shoes are fresh and dry again.

It works simply. The shoe dryer needs to be in a well-ventilated room with an ambient temperature of at least 15 degrees. I place the shoe dryer near the front door, where there is a slight draft. First, I fold up the holders of the shoe dryer and place the shoes on them. I plug it in and the appliance is ready to use. All I have to do now is press the button to start. By the way, there are 2 options, one for textile shoes and one for leather shoes. The textile programme takes 25 minutes, the leather programme takes 45 minutes. Are the shoes really soaked? Then press the '2x' button and the drying time is doubled. After the drying session, the appliance switches off automatically.

My experience

In 1 session, my sodden cycling shoes are dry. They smell a little fresher and the shoes are dry again. My trail running shoes covered in mud that I washed off under the tap need 2 25-minute sessions to get them completely dry again from soaked. After use, the Go4Dry shoe dryer fold up, so it doesn't take up too much space. So it's back in the hallway cupboard, ready for use. By the way, with its small size and a weight of 1.4 kg, you can also take it with you in the car when you go on a cycling holiday.