Slipper Genie

1. SW
   March 14th, 2008 at 10:38 am

   absolutely brilliant! it would be way more fun to skate around the house than to use a dust mop

2. Robert Bardou
   March 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am

   But you can easily motivate children to wear such slippers. It will be interesting for them. And they move on all rooms more and more often than adults.

3. Capella
   March 14th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

   Im sure the children and the men are REAL disappointed that they can't clean the house ALL the time. =)

4. Skipweasel
   March 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

   It'll need a blade in the toe to shift dried-on catfood.

5. oakling
   March 14th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

   This is ugly, but it is a better idea than what I am currently doing, which is walking around letting my actual socks pick it up. Thick socks are unreasonably good at this. (Of course, sweeping is just as effective, ime....)

6. Stacy
   March 14th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

   Oh, conforming to socionormative family roles...

7. VonSkippy
   March 14th, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   Peggy Hill does NOT approve.

8. rob
   March 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pm

   Yeah. But will they blend?

9. Chris
   March 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

   I believe that the size of the shows is intentional. Women with feet of size 6-9 are MEANT to clean.

10. otterly
    March 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    This is an old idea that's been patented since the turn of the century.. Brush shoes, dust mop shoes etc etc.. These things never work out.. Why? Because your bust your ass! No one likes the though of landing on their tail bone because they're to lazy to do the floors.. Especially with these! Spray some "Glo" or Polish cleaner on the floor and you'll be on your ass in no time flat.

11. D-san
    March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 am

    Exactly Otterly.

    And you could make one yourself with some yarn, glue, and regular slippers.

12. L
    March 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    They don't come in children's sizes because, generally, children's footwear has sticky spots so they DON'T slip on the floors.

    They don't come in men's sizes because, if the men fell and hurt their bums, their wives would have to put up with whining for weeks.

    Not sure why they don't come in sizes for larger ladies, though...

13. MoonCake
    March 16th, 2008 at 7:20 am

    no excuse for the limited size except that they haven't gotten around to it yet. don't worry, it will come. and when it does, men and children from around the world will say "wife/mom, you are great and we don't appreciate you enough. let's split up the household chores so that you feel like we actually contribute to the integrity of our family. thank you honey/mommy dearest for cleaning up for me in the past, but now with the use of the handy-dandy slipper genie, I will clean up after YOU!" oh man, this is totally just perpetuating gender roles in the household, but it just goes to show you how ridiculous product development is and that genuine equality will never be reached with these stereotypic mentalities. i know this takes the post to a different spectrum that nobody really enjoys being forced to read, but i just wanted to point out how ingrained gender roles are. i've been inundated(sp?) with gender crap this quarter at school, so even i am hoping my gender-equality comments die down a little bit... i just get really mad sometimes and take it out on neatorama and all of its lovely readers.

    otherwise, these slippers are neat! gives me more of an excuse to slide across the floor!

14. Jeesh
    October 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    They stole my idea! Actually, I sat on the idea for years now and never did anything about it.

    The concept is not to use them to clean the floors, it is to not dirty them while you are walking around the house. Anyone with wood floors knows how often you have to sweep up. if everyone's movements around the house can keep the dustbunnies at bay, why not?

    Many people use slippers in the house and not shoes to try to keep it clean, why not go one step further?

    The price is way too high, and they are too elaborate. They should sell a bag of 20 pairs for $50 and you could literally wear them around the house like socks and toss them in the laundry after a day or two. There is no need to have the soles detach.

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