How The Shoe Wash Bag works
The machine washes the shoes. The bag protects them.
A drum is metal, a normal spin hits 1400rpm, and the pair spends the whole cycle hitting each other. The Shoe Wash Bag sits between all of that and your shoes.
Dispatch from 18 September. 90-day refund policy.
Four steps, one cycle, ready by morning.
Cold water, gentle or delicate cycle, 600 to 800rpm spin, air dry only. Never in the dryer.
Knock the mud off
Dry mud brushes off in under a minute. Wet mud sets in the wash, so this step is not optional.
Load the bag
One shoe each side, laces and insoles in the centre. Zip it shut and clip the pull into the D-ring.
Cold, gentle, low spin
Cold water, gentle or delicate, 600 to 800rpm. A towel or two in the drum keeps the load balanced and quiet.
Trees in, then air dry
Shoe trees while the pair is damp to hold the shape. Air dry out of direct sun. Never a dryer, never a heater.
Chenille lining, mesh end panel, reverse coil zip.
Three compartments, one job each.
One outer compartment per shoe
The pair never touches, and neither shoe touches the drum wall. That contact is where scuffing and sole separation start.
A centre compartment for laces and insoles
Insoles lie flat rather than folded, laces stay untangled, and nothing thrashes around loose.
3D mesh at both ends
Water and detergent move through the bag instead of sitting in it, so the wash reaches the shoe and the rinse leaves.
Reverse coil, with a locking clip
Most bags fail here. The teeth face inwards so they never run against the drum, and the pull clips into a D-ring so it cannot shake open mid cycle.
More than 3,000 chenille fibres
The lining holds each shoe off the wall and dampens the noise, which is the difference between a wash you can hear and one you can sleep through.
Set the machine, then leave it alone.
Cold water
Cold is what keeps glue, foam and mesh where they are.
Gentle or delicate
Front loaders and impeller top loaders both handle it.
600 to 800rpm
Low spin sheds the water without pounding the pair.
Air dry, trees in
Out of direct sun, 12 to 24 hours, shape held.
What goes in, and what stays out.
One pair. One cold, gentle cycle.
Same pair, same lighting, same angle, no brightening. Where a pre-treat was needed, we say so in the frame.
Drag to compare. Real pair photography to come.
Against a mesh laundry bag, and against nothing.
The differences that decide whether the pair survives the cycle.
| The Shoe Wash Bag | Mesh laundry bag | Straight in the drum | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip | Reverse coil, metal clip locks into a D-ring | Standard coil, shakes open mid cycle | None |
| Compartments | Three, so the pair never touches | One, both shoes loose together | None |
| Drum contact | Chenille holds each shoe off the wall | One layer of mesh, then metal | Shoe on metal, every rotation |
| Colour transfer | Tested to ISO 105-C06, grade 4 | Bright dyes, no test stated | Not applicable |
| Capacity | A full pair to men's AU 13, laces and insoles | Sized for socks, not shoes | Whatever fits |
| Noise | Dampened by the chenille body | Most of the banging still gets through | The noise you know |
What we tested, and what it means.
Three claims, three tests. Nothing here is a marketing number.
Colour fastness, ISO 105-C06
The chenille is dyed, so the test is the point. The colour stays in the fabric rather than on your white runners.
Independent textile lab report, 2026
Seams and zip intact
Fifty consecutive cycles with a loaded pair, run harder than we ask you to. Zip, seams and mesh panels held with no separation.
In-house stress test, 50 cycles
The spin the bag survived
A durability test, not a wash instruction. Your shoes still go in cold, gentle, 600 to 800rpm.
Design specification, 2026
The questions we get most.
The bag keeps the pair off the drum and stops the two shoes hitting each other. Add a couple of towels to balance the load and it runs like a normal gentle cycle.
The Shoe Wash Bag. Pre-orders are open.
Three compartments, a zip that locks, and a 30-day refund policy. Dispatch from 18 September.
Pre-order the Bag · $39.95For the reset that gets you ready again.