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Reviews and ratings are submitted by visitors to this site. They do not reflect the opinion of Discount Dance Supply or its suppliers. Reviews may have been edited for spelling, punctuation and/or clarity without altering the intent of the review.
07/23/10 by Penny from Wilmette, IL
These are the best gel pads
Rating: 5
These are the best gel pads I have ever found. They are not so bulky that you can't feel the tips of your toes. They are flexible, fit my foot wonderfully, and allow full range of motion. I like that they are reversible, so that I can wear the soft part against my skin. For me they are perfect, the ideal blend of protection and freedom.
07/10/10 by Airalin from Santa Barbara
Pedicure protecting ;)
Rating: 5
They're the best I've found, and I can feel thru to the floor. Easily washable. They do come apart at the sides a bit but it stays there and doesn't travel at all. They're the only thing that's protected my pedicure, and I have an intricate flower painted on my big toe with a tiny gem stuck to it. I already loved these but color me impressed about that. They fit my small feet and toes really well. Though if you're feet are 7.5 or bigger I'd say buy the larger size. Worth the money!
05/01/10 by DancerQueen225
The Best Toe Pads Ever!!!
Rating: 5
These were my first toe pads and I still get them today. I gladly recommend them to anyone in need of toe pads, they are comfy and protective, but you still feel what you're doing. :) All in all AMAZING!!
04/20/10 by TheBallerinaSuprema from Murr. CA
Not too much Not too little (=
Rating: 5
I LOVE these. They can be a little too much protection at times but in the right shoes they are perfect! U can feel the ground but it doesn't hurt!!!
03/07/10 by Anonymous
Not bad, but smelly
Rating: 4
At first, these toe pads felt great. They had just the right amount of padding and were very comfortable. After a while, though, the tips broke apart, and where padding was needed the most, there was hardly any. To top it off, they smelt terribly. But, minus the deteriorating and stench, I highly recommend these.
01/20/10 by Lauren from Pennsylvania
I hate these
Rating: 2
I hate these toe pads. They are way too thick. If you wear them gel side they get sweaty even if you powder them. The fabric side gets sweaty too. I can't feel the floor at all when I wear them. The only thing I like is that if you don't get a lot of pain when you wear them. They are good for beginners.
12/05/09 by Roxanna
Comfortable
Rating: 5
I absolutely love these! They allow you to feel the floor really well, but that doesn't mean you sacrifice comfort. I really like how the gel part molds to your foot while en pointe, so it works with the natural contour of your toes. These are really reasonably priced; all you need to do is liven them up with some talcum powder and an occasional hand-wash.
11/13/09 by Ballerina101 from Pennsylvania
NOT GEL!!
Rating: 3
I think this depends on the kind of shoe you wear. Before I got Russian Pointes, I had Capezio Contemporas, and they were fine with a little lambswool. Now I have Russians and they are terrible(the pads, I mean)! I have to double them up to get any relief and that makes the shoe fit wrong. Also they ARE NOT GEL!!!
11/05/09 by Alicia
Bad
Rating: 1
After reading all the wonderful reviews on this, I thought these toe pads would be great. They were not. The end of the pads are really pointy and my feet don't fit all the way in. My feet slid around in my shoes and I couldn't feel the floor at all. I had to change toe pads after fifteen minutes.
09/28/09 by PointeGirl123 from Pennsylvania
Pros and Cons
Rating: 4
I like these a lot. I'm on my first year on pointe and these are very comfortable. I like that they are reversible but I usually use the gel side. When I'm wearing these I feel no pain but I can't really feel the floor. It's like I'm dancing on air and not on the floor. My other classmate said that I shouldn't wear these and get the kind she uses the lambs wool with gel tips [also by Pillows for Pointes.] But overall I like these.
08/08/09 by Mrs.Cullen
Amazing
Rating: 5
I love these pads!!! I have been on pointe for almost three years and they work amazing!!!! So far I have only bought two, and a third because I lost the second pair. They work very very well, I found that if you put them over the tights, they last longer, and I always flip them inside out so that the gel is touching my tights, after a while they start to get dirty, and the gel starts to peel off, but once that happens a little bit, they are still SUPER comfortable. I love them and will continue to buy them.
07/23/09 by Amy
Good, but cut your toenails!
Rating: 5
I have used these pads for several years. I like how you can 'feel' the floor yet after use, they begin to thin around the big toe area and the gel will rip if your toenails are too long.
07/16/09 by Anonymous
LOVE THEM!
Rating: 5
I love these pads. They let me feel the floor with no pain. The only thing is that they do rip easily, but they are SOOOOO worth it. Love them!!! Oh! Do they make anyone's toes slimy when they wear them? They do that to mine, but they don't to my friends, who have the same ones.
06/30/09 by Anonymous
Awesome so far. . .
Rating: 5
I just replaced my clear eurotard pads with these and love them. They allow me to feel the floor without hurting. They also do not squish my toes so much and make them numb.
02/21/09 by Maggie from New Jersey
Rating: 4
I've been on pointe for a year and a half and I have and used these for all three pairs of pointes. However, if you don't keep them in a bag of powder, they really get ruined. They make your feet all sweaty and they begin to tear very easily. If you keep them in powder, they don't tear as quickly and helps them last a little longer.
12/25/08 by Morgan from Texas
Amazing!
Rating: 5
These things are great! I've used mine for 3 years and plan on ordering another pair. I LOVE THEM! They offer so much comfort!
11/29/08 by Meg from Tennessee
Fabulous!
Rating: 5
These are my favorite ever! I have been using them for 3 years or so now. I started out with the regular lambs wool and those wore out quickly, and then tried gels but couldn't feel the floor. These are thin and comfortable. They do smell but they are easily hand washed. I did change pointe shoe brands recently, and I slide down in the box with them now, but if I wear two pads instead of one they work just as well and I can still feel the floor. Fabulous buy!
11/15/08 by Lane from Austin TX
Also great for Irish Dance hardshoe
Rating: 5
For any Irish dancers out there; these are AMAZING for block work! They made all the difference for me. They are thin enough that you can still feel the floor but make block work virtually painless. Also they are great when your hardshoes are getting a little stretched out but you don't want a new pair yet...they help fill in the space at the end of the shoe. A great product!
06/30/08 by Cheri
I was very pleased
Rating: 5
I ordered these Gellows Reversibles to try them. My Ouch Pouches had hurt me before and I had to throw them away for issues not related to dancing (pets).
I am an overweight woman who is trying to get back into dance and I need a lot of cushioning. I have to wear other padding with them as well. However, I like them a lot better than the Ouch Pouches and they fit more comfortably. I use the gel side on the inside and put my other padding on the cotton lining side. Thank you so much for your quick delivery (3 days from ordering).
06/04/08 by Anonymous
Perfect!
Rating: 5
These shoes are the best! I thought for sure they wouldn't fit cause my pointe shoes were already too small but they were perfect! You should definitely buy these!
05/06/08 by Amy from Missouri
Rating: 4
Pretty neat- they really cushioned my feet, but I could still feel the floor. Fit well to my feet too. The only problem I've ever had with them is that the toes wear out sometimes. Still really good for the price.
03/01/08 by Adrianna
Rating: 4
I like these, but I only wore them for about 3 months, once a week and they had a hole in them.
01/20/08 by lildancer0511 from Decatur, IN
Amazing!
Rating: 5
I have been off of pointe for three years and just bought a new pair of pointe shoes for the 4 hours of pointe I will be doing a week. I wanted to get some new toe pads and I put these on and they felt amazing on my feet! They didn't hurt or anything. I would recommend these to anyone!
12/21/07 by Heather from Casper, WY
Good Enough Design
Rating: 4
As the only toe padding I have yet tried, I have been pleased with Gellows. They are not too thick (for me as a beginning pointe student, at least) and yet make a huge difference in comfort with my pointe shoes. The reversible idea is good, although if the gel side is put toward the foot, even with tights, it tends to get nicks and tears in it. Also, they need to be washed and powdered every use to really remain fresh! Overall, I find them about perfect for me and my shoes.
11/24/07 by Rowan from Ohio
They're huge!
Rating: 2
I wear a street shoe size 8.5 and bought the M/L Gellows. They're enormous! Thick and long and ungainly. They take up a ridiculous amount of space in the shoe (when I was fitted with them, I went up half a size in length and one width wider than my normal pointe shoe sizing). I thought it might be worth it to protect my tapered toes and bunion from long rehearsal days of spending 10+ hours in my pointe shoes. I was wrong. They suffocated my feet, I could barely feel the floor, and they soiled way too easily; I took them off and gave them away halfway through my first day in them. I happily went back to Skinny Dips and Big Tips and my normal shoe size.
11/17/07 by Jennifer from Goleta CA
Sorta liked them
Rating: 3
No matter what shoe I tried with these pads in, they made my feet numb and restricted the flexibility of my demi-point. Because trimming them ruined the supportiveness of my shoes, I ended up in more pain than ever with them in. That, and I have narrow feet with long toes, and so must wear shoes for them, which these absolutely will not fit into. Also, no amount of tender care kept them from tearing under the big toe by the third 2-hour class. ouch!!
11/09/07 by Emmy from North Carolina
Absolutely wonderful
Rating: 5
I absolutely love these toe pads! I am a beginner and these were my second pair of toe pads. Of course, you have to powder them after you wear them, but they are stil da bomb!
11/08/07 by Anonymous
Rating: 5
These toe pads are great! If you have problems with them tearing, you should try putting baby powder on them when they start to get sticky! It works wonders!
08/19/07 by Jessie from Arizona
Comfortable, yet restrictive
Rating: 4
I have had these toe pads for over two years now and they are still in wonderful shape. I've not experienced any of the "cracking" of the gel or tearing that others have written about. However, one thing that has made me consider trying something different is a slight restrictive feeling when wearing them. They take up a great deal of space in my shoes and are a little sticky, so the box feels very full and tight, to the point where I feel I cannot flex my shoes as much as I really am capable of. They don't allow nearly as much motion as lamb's wool pads but they offer much more comfort! Also, you can trim them to fit inside your shoe and not stick out, which does help the movement issue a little.
07/11/07 by Disgruntled dancer
Best and worst
Rating: 3
On the one hand, these do offer great impact protection to the toes and also protect the metatarsal joints (good if you have bunions). If you need to take up an extra bit of space in the box because of very narrow feet, these do the trick. However, they are VERY thick and just plain huge. If you weren't fitted while wearing these, chances are they won't even allow you to get your foot in the box. I have very narrow tapered feet and wear them in "slightly tapered" shoes just fine. I wear them gel side against my tights/fabric side against the shoe to be the most comfortable. However, in my "tapered" shoes, they simply don't work. I still prefer to use Gaynor Minden box liners with Big Tips: gives the same amount of protection to the same spots with a fraction of the bulk.
05/07/07 by Cassie from Vancouver, WA
Rating: 5
OK, so I had some pointe shoes and got Gellows and they made my feet and shoes look very funny. But then I got new pointe shoes and they are the best toe pads I have ever had. I love them!
04/02/07 by Anonymous from Honolulu, HI
WONDERFUL
Rating: 5
I thought these were wonderful. They work for me very well. They stay put and don't move about at all. You can wear them either side, so it really all depends on your mood. I wear the gel side on my toes, and pointe is painless for me.
02/15/07 by Dancer from Maryland
Amazing
Rating: 5
These toe pads are amazing! My friend got them and said they were great, so I decided to try them. They provide just enough cushioning and I can still feel the floor a little bit ( that's all that I want). I would recommend these to any dancer!
01/26/07 by Anonymous
Cushy!
Rating: 5
I originally got these from a diff. store where they were $20, but they're lifesavers! All the other girls in my class complain about how much their feet hurt, but not me! I have tapered toes, and these things really cushion them. They are def. worth the money, and DDS has a nice price.
01/15/07 by Catie from Tennessee
Good while it lasts
Rating: 2
I had these for my very first toe pads, and they lasted me "Maybe" 3 classes. Then I got a hole in them and my toes were killing me. Before they ripped they felt good. Not worth the money.
01/12/07 by Chica dancer
I LOVE these!
Rating: 5
I LOVE these toe pads! I tried Ouch Pouches, Big Tips, lambs wool, those blue gel pads...you name it, but I started using Gellows 3 years ago and I'm never going back! I have an unusually long big toe and really tapered feet, so I hated pointe because my toenails were always bruised. Then I tried Gellows and I couldn't believe the difference it made! They're sooo comfortable and they're not too thick, so you can still feel the floor. The only problem I had is the gel rips off after a while. I have to buy a new pair every 4 months or so, but they're definitely worth it! Gellows are by far the best toepad I've ever tried!
01/08/07 by Amelia Brown from Ohio
Pretty darn good and I should know ;)
Rating: 4
I've been on pointe for 15 years and perform frequently (which means lots of 12 hour rehearsal days!). So I've tried anything and everything to make pointe more comfortable over the years, especially when recovering from minor injuries. These rank in the top 10 of pointe padding. They have impact protection, protection for my longer big toe (which is a blessed relief, as all of you with tapered feet understand), they don't compromise my ability to feel the floor, don't numb my toes, don't cause me to have to shift the way I dance on pointe or even to buy a different size shoe.
The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is the durability. Granted, they last longer than many pads IF YOU CARE FOR THEM PROPERLY, but even then they won't last as long as the Bunheads products. But that means washing them (not too frequently though, which can be worse than not washing them often enough); baby powdering them; and if you have tapered feet, alternating which side you have facing your toes and which foot you wear them on. That greatly decreases the likelihood of the gel tearing at the big toe region too quickly (which can happen in as little as 1 month's time if you keep wearing the same pad with the same side facing your toes on the same foot).
All in all, I recommend them. I always keep a pair on hand, and find myself routinely reaching into my dance bag for them after 5 hours on pointe at a stretch. At which point, my feet thank me and I can get on with the rest of my rehearsal day and concentrate on the dance (not my poor toes).
11/23/06 by Nicole from New Mexico
GREAT!
Rating: 5
I love these toe pads! They are great! I use them with another Freed toe pad that is thin because they do tend to wear out in time. I highly recommend them for people who like ultimate comfort!
11/12/06 by Mia from Colorado
Awesome...Until they fell apart
Rating: 3
The first couple of weeks that I used these toe pads, I thought that pointe was so painless. After about a month and a half, the gel got really dirty, sticky and started to fall apart. I wish these toe pads were a little more durable because they are great if you want to keep buying new ones every four weeks. I think it could get expensive!
11/08/06 by Tasha from Ohio
Rating: 5
These are the best toe pads out there.
07/28/06 by Christina from Rhode Island
Rating: 5
I love these toe pads! I've tried a lot of different ones, but these are by far the best. Like already said, they allow you to feel the floor well. A quick tip- they stay in better shape longer if you powder them with baby powder about every other wear.
06/19/06 by Kitty
Awesome
Rating: 5
I have been using these for about 2 1/2 years and I love them. Previously, I either went without or used paper towels because I hate not being able to feel the floor. However, I was tired of my toes being completely hideous, so I decided to give these a try and I love them. They keep my feet from getting torn up yet are thin enough for me to feel the floor. I dust mine with baby powder after each use and they last forever - I still have my first pair!
06/09/06 by Ashley from Ohio
Rating: 4
I like these a lot. I am a beginner and they are very comfortable. I tried on the Ouch Pouches and they did nothing for me!!! I would recommend them to any one.
04/15/06 by Anonymous from L.A. California
Rating: 5
LOVE THEM!!! You get a lot less blisters while dancing with these! Very comfortable and affordable. Every pointe dancer should have a pair of these.
