Pros: It does stretch your shoes.Cons: It stopped working after the 4th shoe. The screw to the main block will no longer turn so it won't open up anymore to stretch in width.It still cost less than having two pairs professionally stretched.If you only want to stretch in width, you probably don't want a 2 way stretcher. One of the pairs I stretched no longer holds onto the back of my heel. I only put the heel piece in to force the front as far into the shoe as possible, but I stretched the back too.Additionally if you're a woman with wide feet and you wear a size 7.5 or above, you might want to go with the men's small stretcher. It's wider than the womens and it fit fine into my size 8 womens shoes.