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Shoe Charcoal Bags

$14.99

One bag per shoe, overnight — charcoal takes the smell out of the rotation, without a drop of fragrance.

Shoes smell because they spend the day warm, dark, and damp — and a spray only perfumes the problem until tomorrow. These bags are filled with bamboo charcoal; slipped into a shoe overnight, the charcoal absorbs odor and moisture while the shoe rests, so the pair starts the morning closer to neutral. Eight bags cover four pairs in rotation — the everyday shoes, the work boots, the gym pair, the spare. The honest physics, printed plainly: charcoal bags recharge in sunlight about once a month (an afternoon on a windowsill or a step), and a bag lasts about a year before it is replaced. That makes them a slow consumable, and the page says so rather than pretending they vanish monthly. Nothing scented, nothing sprayed, nothing to plug in.

How to order — opens January 2027

One price either way at opening. Plan choices activate in January 2027 — enabling them is a switch, not a redesign.

Arrives damaged, wrong, or not at all? Refund or free reship — you keep the item. · Delivery: 3–5 business days from US stock, 8–15 business days otherwise — confirmed for this item at opening.

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How to use it

Details

Delivery & tracking

About 3–5 business days when stocked in the US; 8–15 business days otherwise. The window for this item is confirmed on this page at opening, before you order. Tracking is emailed when your order ships.

Our guarantee

The Basic Goods Company Fault Promise

Arrives damaged, wrong, or not at all? We refund or reship free — and you keep what arrived. No returns to mail, ever.

If an item arrives defective, damaged, wrong, or doesn't arrive, tell us and we will refund you or send a replacement at no cost. There is nothing to box up and nothing to ship back. That is the whole policy, printed in the open — the same words on the home page and on every product page.

Questions

Shoe Charcoal Bags — FAQ

How long does delivery take?

About 3–5 business days when this item is stocked in the US; 8–15 business days otherwise. The window that applies to this item is confirmed on this page at opening, before you order, and tracking is emailed when your order ships.

Do they add a scent?

No — that is the point. The charcoal absorbs odor instead of covering it, so the shoe smells like a shoe again, not like a shoe plus a fragrance.

What is it made of?

The full material and ingredient details, exactly as supplied by the manufacturer, will be printed on this page at opening. We do not publish information we have not been given.

What if it arrives damaged, or doesn’t arrive?

We refund or reship free, and you keep what arrived. No returns to mail, ever — see the Fault Promise above.