Bought this to help dry our ski boots and gloves after our wet trips to the mountain here in the PNW. Works as expected. As my wife doesn’t ski, it’s used for my snowboarding boots and my 2 younger kids gear. Great to use when your staying at a place that doesn’t have a dryer fireplace or drying rack. Helps get you back in the slopes quicker as well. I like that it doesn’t get overly hot as that could damage our expensive leather gloves. Takes about 60 mins to dry boots and 90 mins to dry sipping wet gloves. The inserts for the boots also work well for gloves/mittens as I try to angle them in a way that points the air at the thumbs. I’m sometimes tempted to buy a second one so I run more boots and gloves at the same time, but that’s me just being impatient.Works wellDead in a year. Company contacted me and sent a replacement at no cost.Not super load it kind of sounds like white noise in the background. Drys boots wellThis shoe dryer is fantastic, I’m always trying to dry my shoes in the dryer and they always fall apart, my mom had a similar one when I was little, and I came across this one I love how you can do shoes and boots at the same time, set a timer up to 180 minutes or just leave it on! Definitely I must have for snow season!!!Dryer works extremely well, and quickly. My husband’s boots were soaked completely through, and this dryer had them dry in a matter of hours. Although he did say they stiffened a bit, they softened right back again. Quiet fan, can barely hear it running.This only worked 1 time and started making a loud noise im very disappointed , my son was so excited to finally get one of these ..... of course the return window was shut when i went to return the item.Bought for my husband who works out in the snow. He loves it. He puts his boots on it to dry overnight and then in the morning turns it back on warm boots. We love the extra two pieces for gloves