Love the laces, they stay put, are comfy and make getting the shoes on and off quickly a breeze. The directions suck though. Lacing them in can be tricky. Nothing on the package but a website link that led to very unclear directions. The laces are so great I would use them as my "stocking stuffer" this year, but not until I have time to draw up my own instruction sheet, using the steps outlined below. The first shoe lacing can be a real pain, but when you get to the second shoe it will seem easy. Then you will start replacing the laces in all of your shoes. Does Goodwill take used shoe laces?1. Hold the laces with the large plastic clip facing down. Pull a loop about 1/2-2 inches out, and lock the clip to hold the loop by pushing up on the center plastic strip.2. Still with the logo facing down, start at the top of the shoe (by your ankle) and lace down to the bottom (if you have those little tabs to help hold the shoe tongue up, make sure that you lace through those as well.)3.) Once you have finished lacing down towards the toe of the shoe, hold the other little plastic clip with the wide base of the triangle towards the toe of the shoe. The grove in the little clip should be facing up. Put each lace through a hole on the wide end of the triangle and head them back up towards the top of the shoe (your ankle)again.4.) Pull each lace sharply out to the side to lock them into the little clip.5.) Go back to the loop at the top clip (near your ankle) and pull that loop down to the little clip. The top loop will fit in the groove of the little clip. The logo should then be facing up, and the top loop should stretch a bit to fit into the little clip on the lower loop.6.) Now the try the shoes on and tweak a bit until they are comfortably tight, but you can still easily slide the shoes off.8.) Take the laces that are sticking out at the bottom, and just tuck those loosely into the side of the shoe (under the sides that are laced.)9.) VERY IMPORTANT, wear the shoes for a few days and make sure that they fit comfortably. If not, adjust as needed.10.) Once you are sure that they are fit correctly, you can cut the end laces to make them shorter (but still long enough to tuck about 1/2 inch into the shoe sides.)11.) Before you tuck the cut laces, I would suggest that you paint each cut lace end with clear nail polish, and let it dry to prevent unraveling.