Kate’s Heel Gets Stuck in Grate Talk about “Luck o’ the Irish” for the usually classy Kate! The Duchess of Cambridge keeps calm & carries on when her heel gets stuck during a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Carry a pack of QUICK TIPS® Heel Caps for emergencies in case your heel tips pop off & […]
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QUICK TIPS® Heel Cap Testing: 54 Miles We’re constantly testing QUICK TIPS® Heel Caps. Meet Billie Boot, one of our test heels. We applied QUICK TIPS® on November 20, 2012 and have since walked 54 miles (143,506 steps) on the same cap & band. Result: The cap is going strong, but the band is starting to […]
How Long Can QUICK TIPS® Last? This is one of our test shoes. We applied QUICK TIPS® on November 20, 2012 and have since walked 44 miles (115,994 steps) on them. QUICK TIPS® is still going strong without having to reapply the band! We used a small cap and wrapped the band 3x around the […]
As soon as the heel tip on a high heel shoe wears down, the entire shoe is out of commission. The long-term solution is to get the heel tip replaced by a cobbler, but that usually takes a few days. Also, not everybody has a shoe repair shop nearby. If you’re short on time and […]
What’s that clicking sound? Heel tips protect your shoe heel and provide a nonslip grip. They are made of rubber or plastic material and generally attach to the heel with a metal nail. When the rubber or plastic part wears down, the metal nail becomes exposed and makes a loud clicking sound while walking. This […]