I used to be on a product panel for the newspaper I work for. It was called ‘The Man Panel’. We would write comical reviews on mostly whacked-out products for men. However, every once in a while we’d get something that was actually pretty cool to review. In one such case, I was assigned a product that I simply can not recommend highly enough. It’s not really a hockey product per se. But that’s probably because they didn’t think of it. But if you like dry skates and gloves, this is your ticket to Xanadu.

It’s called the Peet Shoe Dryer, and it has made my hockey-playin’ son a happy camper. I’ve even given it as a very popular birthday gift to his friends. It uses the basic physics principle of warm air rising to dry your skates with absolutely no noise, lights or anything to even indicate it’s actually working. In fact, I was dead sure it wasn’t working the first time I turned it on – which consists of simply plugging it in. However, when I came back a few hours later, the previously soaking wet hockey skates were not only dry, but warm and toasty like a load of laundry right out of the dryer. And as an invaluable added bonus, it removed most of the hockey stink! How cool is that?

I recommend searching at Amazon.com. You’re probably going to pay around $30. But if you or your kids are a hockey player, it will be thirty of the best bucs you’ve ever spent.

Original ‘Man Panel’ review of the Peet Shoe Dryer