Cedar shoe trees in Singapore

[joonian]

I live in Singapore and the humidity and my aversion to socks mean good shoe trees are essential.

Unfortunately trees are heavy and I think shipping from the western hemisphere will probably negate whatever discount I can find online for them. Do any members know where to get relatively inexpensive (I'm looking to pay around SGD20 for a pair) cedar shoe trees here?

I particularly like the look of trees with brass knobs and I would be happy to pay more for those.

Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Francisco]

Originally Posted by joonian

I live in Singapore and the humidity and my aversion to socks mean good shoe trees are essential.

Unfortunately trees are heavy and I think shipping from the western hemisphere will probably negate whatever discount I can find online for them. Do any members know where to get relatively inexpensive (I'm looking to pay around SGD20 for a pair) cedar shoe trees here?

I particularly like the look of trees with brass knobs and I would be happy to pay more for those.

Any advice is appreciated.


I think this is going to be difficult with your budget. A cedar shoe tree from Ecco will already cost like SGD$50. I can't recall any other brand made of cedar wood.

 

[apropos]

Impossible for full trees.

 

[sky140885]

maybe you can try ebay.. about USD14.90 + shipping..

 

[gshen]

Shukey outlets carry shoe trees with brass knobs, but they are priced around S$40. Worth checking out if you are desperate for trees.

 

[hst]

Herringshoes has a shoe tree for 17GBP. Shipping is a flat 10GBP regardless of how many you ordered. Very reliable online merchant - shipping is by UPS. You can probably get the trees in about 3-4 days after you place the order.

I think it could be a good deal if you are looking for at least 3-4 shoe trees.

http://www.herringshoes.co.uk/produc...electedFitID=0

 

[wellsuited]

I get mine at shoe repair places in town for around 35SGD. Not cedar for mosts, but fully wood. Good enuf for me.

 

[pkiula]

Originally Posted by Francisco

I think this is going to be difficult with your budget. A cedar shoe tree from Ecco will already cost like SGD$50. I can't recall any other brand made of cedar wood.


Ecco in Singapore carries Cedar shoe trees? Shoetrees are not listed on their website as something they make at all?

 

[joonian]

Thanks for the tips, gents.

Gshen: Is Shukey in Raffles Place? The price sounds doable.

I looked at some trees from Mister Minit, and I was told they are made of beech. Has anyone tried them? How do they compare to cedar trees?

 

[joonian]

Thanks for the tips, gents.

Gshen: Is Shukey in Raffles Place? The price sounds doable.

hst: The flat GBP10 shipping on trees makes Herring a feasible proposition. I'll check out locally available ones to compare.

It looks like SGD40 a pair is what I'll have to pay for brass knobbed cedar trees, looking at the responses here.

I looked at some trees from Mister Minit, and I was told they are made of beech. Has anyone tried them? How do they compare to cedar trees?

 

[hst]

Originally Posted by joonian

Thanks for the tips, gents.

Gshen: Is Shukey in Raffles Place? The price sounds doable.

hst: The flat GBP10 shipping on trees makes Herring a feasible proposition. I'll check out locally available ones to compare.

It looks like SGD40 a pair is what I'll have to pay for brass knobbed cedar trees, looking at the responses here.

I looked at some trees from Mister Minit, and I was told they are made of beech. Has anyone tried them? How do they compare to cedar trees?


Please let us know if you manage to find a full tree with brass knob for less than SGD40

It will be a good place for us to get shoe trees in future.

 

[Simon4rings]

I get mine from eBay and ship them in. Killer is of course the shipping charges, but they end up to be about S$30+. These are the Costco types which are same design as Herrings, but I note that Herrings did not specify that these are cedar wood.

On a happy note, I discovered I still had a box of 2 pairs of shoe trees hiding in my store room yesterday.

 

[joonian]

Yes, I noticed the same thing about the Herring trees.

Perhaps we should do a group buy on cedar trees for Singapore members? It looks like it was quite successful for the Australia members.

Simon: Is there a merchant you buy from on eBay?

 

[Teou]

I bought from ebay.


http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/5-pairs-Roche...item895ed5d78d

I will be very glad if we can find those with brass knobs under S$50.

Cheers!

 

[Simon4rings]

There are several eBay merchants selling them as "Aromatic Red Cedar Shoe Trees 2 Pairs Size 8 -11". You can then ship them in via VPost or Borderlinx
Then again, the Herring ones do look nice.