Comments on: Vibram Five Fingers

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:10:02 +0000

You’re welcome, Rebecca… I’m finding that the baking soda & peroxide treatment does the job just as well as the sprays I was trying. I’ll probably end up using up all the products I have, and then just go with the simplest/cheapest/most-enviro-friendly option.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:44:05 +0000

Thanks for your advise on not letting your FiveFingers get smelly! i’ve had this problem but i’ll be trying out some of the suggestions here!

By: samuel

samuel — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:28:33 +0000

I found that detergent and toothbrush will clean them well for me.. I saw a video about washing the vffs here. [LINK REMOVED]

Editor’s note: I removed the link, because the video really had very little to do about washing VFF’s, and I’m getting reports that this is actually a spam site. Correct me if I’m wrong, but…

By: Sanna

Sanna — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:51:11 +0000

Interesting blog… I’m not even sure how I got here, but I did – and I read your blog and found it to be something different…

I’ve never seen these shoes before – I’ll have to keep an eye out for them. I know someone that I think would love them.

Anyway – thanks for posting. If you have time, I invite you to read my blog at http://www.sannaleeconsulting.blogspot.com – my latest post is regarding the Mac vs. PC debate.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:48:19 +0000

Hi Melanie,

Thanks for commenting; Febreeze, huh? I haven’t tried it yet…

I did the baking soda/peroxide treatment this morning; we’ll see what happens!

Oh, and the balloon-hat-wearing Mongolian is my default gravatar, in case folks don’t have one.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:55:46 +0000

whoa!!! how did that picture appear? Believe me, I don’t look like that!!!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:53:56 +0000

okay, I don’t have time to wash my two pairs since I wear them everyday! I am a seasoned mother of three so I have dealt with all sorts of odors on couches and car seats! My favorite odor eliminator has always been febreeze for items that are not fun to wash. I happen to LOVE my five fingers and am frankly afraid of washing them to death, so I have been spraying them with febreeze. Even so after wearing them all day they’re ripe again, but at least I feel like I’ve started the day fresh!!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:51:55 +0000

Ha well that’s great! Glad the forum is useful. I’d eventually like to move some of the stank solutions into the wiki so as to be a bit more useful, but who has the time?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:48:59 +0000

Thanks, Justin – so far, the two products I use are keeping it pretty much in check… which, by the way, I got the idea for those from your forum! I did just recheck it, though, and there are some good suggestions I’ll try (e.g. baking soda & peroxide).

And you’re welcome for the shout-out; your site is the definitive everything for VFF’s, as far as I’m concerned.

(oh, re: the deadlift videos – I had a fellow trainer check out my deadlift form for me, using the first video; the second one is after corrections were made. It sure did help to have another set of eyes!)

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:37:03 +0000

Great review, Adam! And thanks for the shout-out. I’ll be picking this up on the “latest reviews” (it’ll show up Sunday) on birthdayshoes.

As for your VFF stank question, you’re certainly not alone and there are a number of solutions people have implemented to counter this odor problem — most of which are in this thread:

http://birthdayshoes.com/forum/index.php?topic=20.0

Nice dead lift vid, too –