Stinky trainers

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i so agree, my 6 year old sons nike 90 shoes stink from high heavens, i've washed them but no good, thought it was his feet! glad it is not. this shouldnt be happening

I agree. I bought Nike's for my son in Florida this summer. They smelt after 2 wears. They had to be kept outside the front door, but you could smell them down the road even.

How do you get your money back if you bought them in the US?

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Hi I have two pairs of normal trainers and they have done the exact same thing. Yup you guessed it they smell of cats pee...

One of the pairs is fairly new! Not sure if i can find the reciept to get the refund now though.

i wish this report had appeared earlier as i have recently disposed of the 2nd pair of my sons stinky trainers (smelling exactly like cats wee and accusing him of the cause.)

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thank you - we have been blaming our son and the cat for the stink - nike maybe fibbing a bit about it being the odd pair as we have had 6 pairs of these boots and they have all stunk to amazing levels - really you cannot believe the hum that they can give off to the point where they are kept in an outside shed !
we will be taking ours back to niketown this weekend!
must say [Company details removed by Moderator]ones don't smell much better!

We also have spent over £100 on a pair of Nike football boots from the nike website and they stink the whole house out. I have had them in the washing machine, put them on the line to get fresh air, have sprayed them with foot deodorisers of all kinds and Oust Air freshener and they still stink. Any ideas of what to do? we only bought them in Sept 08.

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This also happened to my son's Nike boots. However, I don't think I have the original receipt. Can I still get a refund?

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While watching the item on Nike, my grandson rushed into the bathroom where his new boots and trainers were drying. The place was humming and now we know why. Needless to say these Nikes will be returned. The stinking footwear is now being aired outside.

my daughter has 2 pairs of nikes. a pair of nike T90 for astro turf trainers and a pair of T90 laser footy boots. both of which absolutely stink. we have to keep them in the garage. i accidentally kept the trainers in my boot for a week, after which the smell was unbearable. it smelt like several cats had peed in my car. will i be able to return them to nike for replacements?
thank you

Both my sons had Total 90 football boots and turfs, they both smelt like cat wee, I paid a fortune for them both and I have had to replace them. What a waste of money and materials.

this is not a new problem - I paid £130 for Mercurial vapor II about 2/3 yrs ago and they had the same problem

I am so glad i just watched your programme i bought my sonsboots about 3weeks ago, yesterday he played a football match and it was pooring with rain, this morning whilst cleaning the porch i thought i could smell cat pee, i found his boots and they stank if i had'nt watched the programme i would of thought it was just his smelly 14yr old feet, now i need to find the reciept wish me luck

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WE too have suffered the stinky boots situation. My daughter was blamed for leaving her boots outside and letting a cat wee in them! Now we Know it wasn't her. sorry!

we have had the same smell with my daughters trainers, Nike make and football boots. We also blamed the cat then we told our daughter whos 10 years old it was her smelly feet.

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I was so pleased to see the item on Nike football boots. I bought my son some in sept and from the first wear they smelled appalling. I even put them in the washing machine which made no difference at all. Unfortunately I do not have the receipt anymore to take back to the shop but shall not buy them again. I hope Nike take this on board. Times are bad enough in sales not to shoot yourself in the foot!!

My son has had several pairs of Nike Total 90's, all of which have stunk to high heaven. The poor boy has been blamed time after time.

I think it'll be a different brand from now on.

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my son has a pair of totalninety and they stick like cat wee but he has had them for 6mths can we still exchange them

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We've spent a fortune on total 90's for our eldest son. I've even blamed my neighbours cats for weeing in them. The smell is foul, my hubby kept throwing them out of the house! We ended up throwing several pairs away!
I'm glad watchdog ran this story as my hubby an son argue non stop over wether it's his feet or just the trainers! At least now we know an i WON'T be buying Nike again

We have two pairs and have tried to get rid off the smell with shoe odour but with no luck. This is a poor show by Nike, let's just hope the shop is just as understanding.

I originally emailed Nike consumer affairs about my son's boots on 15/01/08. They stank, now the trainers and boots he has for this season smell the same. I apologise to everyone who enters the house that it is not the dog but Sam's trainers.

Just seen the item on Nike trainers. My son came in the other night and said it smelt like the cat had peed in the hall. I was most indignant and told him I thought the cause was his Nike football trainers. He was adamant that it wasn't. I can't wait to show him this item! Thanks for raising the issue. Unfortunately he has to wear Nike trainers as he has problems getting adult size 13 wide fitting!

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we have been leaving the porch open as the smell of 'cat wee' was so bad!!
We have two boys with stinky nike football boots. We wondered why our third son's boots did not smell of cat wee-but then they are a different brand!!

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It is extremely sad when children like my son are using their own birthday money to spend on trainers only for them to smell so dreadfully in such a short time.
We have banished them from the house but they only have to be in the car for two minutes and it reeks even if he is not wearing them!
Come on NIKE do something about this!

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I stopped buying Nike trainers and football boots for my son years ago as this is no way a new problem,they smell of cats wee and have done for years. I always know if one of his friends are wearing them without actually seeing their feet if they get in my car or come into my home.Whatever the product is that they have used, that or something similar has been used in the making of his skates as well, as they smell exactly the same.
I'm sure you will be inundated with responses on this subject.

My son had Total 90's for his birthday in June. He wore them to training once in Septemeber and they started to smell. He wore them for a couple of games - the smell was awful and we too had to drive with the windows open. Eventually we conceeded defeat, threw the boots in the bin and bought another brand. I'd never buy them again.

In addition he lost a stud in one boot and no shop stocked the studs and I was told to go to the nike site. I could not find them on the site so emailed the 'help desk'. I never received a reply and had to buy a whole new set of studs to solve the problem.

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We bought a pair of Nike boots from a reccomended sports shop. They fitted my son perfectly. From the first time he wore them, we noticed a terrible smell, which his father said smelled like cat wee. We were not surprised to see it mentioned in your program and we will be returning them to the shop in the morning. My son is terribly dissapointed as he really liked them.

my son has two pairs of total ninetys 1 pair football boots and 1 pair of astros and both pairs smell very bad and that was after the first time of wearing them and that was on a dry days.

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My son has had two pairs of these nike stinky football boots they have to live in the garage because the smell is so bad !!!!

My son has a pair of Nike T90 and F50 and they definitely stink of cats wee. The expensive boots that he used his birthday money and savings to buy now spend their life outside because the semll is unbearable. I also know other parents who have the same problem.
Nike this is not an isolated case!!

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I couldn't believe your report on the trainers! It was like you were singing my song. I am so glad to know that I am not the only person to suffer from the smell from Nike total 90's!!
My sons have been banned from the house for 6 months and I thought I was going mad. I have washed them with no improvement to the problem.
Hopefully I can now take them back to JJB and get a swap or a refund.thanks so much for bringing this into the open

Both my sons have a pair of Nike Mercurial football boots, and they both have this horrible smell. I will be taking them back to where i bought them from and getting a replacement pair. Hopefully this wont happen again, as i have always bought Nike football boots.

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Finally I have proof thats it's not my feet but a fault in the boots.
The problem I find myself in now is that these total 90 white/red boots which I currently have fit perfectly and I find very comfortable to play in and now parents say I need to get a new pair - BUT FINDING A GOOD PAIR IS SO HARD!
Does anybody else have exactly the same pair as me
'total 90 shoot II red and white' ?

Thank you, thank you, thank you, you don't know how much hassel I have had with a pair of smelly fotty boots....cat's wee! My son's has been quite put out that we have insisted he keeps his boots outside in the shed since the first time he wore them! They have made us physically reach! I have disinfected them, sprayed them..nothing worked....then today!!!! Watch dogs has come to my rescue, I'm off to take them back tomorrow!!!! Cat wee free house, my son will never buy Nike again!!!!

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Was more than interested to hear this story on the programme tonight.
My son owns a pair of Nike vapours (football boots), these too stink like cats pee and are confined to outside the house.
Would be interested to hear if others owning same boots having problem too.
Also interested to see if Nike are offering refund/ replacement on these also.

I have purchased 4 pairs (2 boots and 2 astro-turf) of Nike since August and the reason being my son likes the fit of Nike but I keep giving him a row for getting them wet and all this time it has not been his fault!They absolutely stink. I have even tried washing them in the washing-machine,using catlitter as a deoduriser and [Personal details removed by Moderator]but they get worse and now I know the reason why thanks to Watchdog. What can you do if you have not kept the receipts? I still have all 4 pairs as they are brand new.

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the same thing happened to my sons after one wear..i would like to say sorry to my cat lua who got the blame.

thank you watchdog!! you have solved the familys stinky boot mystery!! just wanted to note that we had the nike 90s and have had the same issue.... there must be thousands ...its one of the best selling boots! the point is that nike should trial / research their boots ..surely!!!?? we wont buy theirs again....

Nike try to tell us this is in a very small number of cases that the awful smell wafts up from there boots. That is not so. It is an awful lot of cases, and as the programme demonstrated so well, it is after the boots get wet. Not just trainers, but football boots as well, and they pretty much all seem to smell of cat pee. You dry them out in the recommended fashion but it makes no difference, and if it is wet the first time they are worn, then the smell will come after the first time they are worn. I will certainly return my son's boots for an exchange to a pair that don't stink - providing Nike can provide some other boots that don't smell.

This is the exact problem we had with our sons, but unfortunately we had chucked them out the smell was way too bad!

I em-mailed Nike about my dissapointment and they told me to get in touch with Nike Netherlands??? as I don't have the football boots any more I have no proof.

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we bought our son a pair of Nike Mecurial football boots for this season.He always keeps them in the out house, At first we did not connect the two together as it smelled like a cat had got in and marked its territory.Only when we started to clear the area did my wife realise the smell was coming from the football boots. This happened after only wearing them a couple of times. My grandson was also bought a pair of Nike football boots and after talking to my daughter and son in-law we realised they had the same problem, I am glad we caught the show tonight otherwise we would still have thought it was us.I dont think this as isolated as Nike think. Two Pairs of Nike boots on the way back to the shop !!!

my son has got a pair of nike mercurials which have this problem, they were worn once on a wet day and have smelt terrible ever since, they are that bad that we too have banned them from the house as these made the whole house smell. they have got to be the worse boots he has ever had.

My 12 year old grandson has worn Nike football boots for the past 4 years. He has had this problem with every pair must be at least five pairs. He has been accused of having smelly feet, but obviously this was not the problem. The smell reminds me of cats. AWFUL!!

If Ronaldo and Rooney wear these they must have a new pair for every match.

I think Nike should spend less on sponsorship and advertising and put the money towards manufacturing a product worthy of their name. Parents do not have the money to keep spending on these expensive football boots that their football heros wear, which are not fit for being put on sale in the shops.

I have already binned 2 pairs of my sons nike trainers not thinking for a minute it was materials used in manufacturing. 2 days ago i bought the mercurial astro trainers and the football boots to put away for my sons xmas. My son wants what the professionals are wearing but i am afraid the £80 i have just spent will be refunded tomorrow as i have lost enough money to nike.

my sons Nike boots also stink to the point that i had to throw them out and buy new ones(adidas)! What are the chances of a retailer taking these stinking items back into their own shop and who will still haver the receipt months afetr they bhave been used on a regular basis! JJB certainly wont take them back without proof of purchase especially if they're liable to stink the shop out. Lets get real!

Stinky Trainers!!!

At last we have found out why my sons trainers constantly smell of very strong cat wee!!!

The second pair in four months.

George who plays for Oldham Athletic Football Club Under 9s has stunk us out for months.

We first though it was a cat that had got into our garage and weed on them!!

Wherever we go it is a talking point that George stinks!!!

I wont allow him to wear them in the house, and even lately when I went to pick my new car up he stunk the showroom out.

I am taking them back to JJB tomorrow

Thanks watchdog for tonights programme - we now know the truth behind the smell!!!!

we purchased a pair of nike shoes for my sons football and must agree i thought it was our cats that had urinated in them because they stink.Nice to see that they can be replaced without any fuss hopefully

Bought my 6 y.o a pair of the gold nike boots at the same time as his twin had a pair of adidas. After a match I cleaned both pairs and left them outside to dry. Once indoors an aroma of cat urine crept through the hallway and into the house. my wife accused me of leaving the boots outside for the neighbours cat to wee in! So in the dog house I tried everything to eliminate the smell to no avail. The adidas boots however are like the day they were bought. I took them back 2 months ago to the shop and complained but was told that as they were worn the shop would not accept them. Will now return with renewed vigor for my refund!

i all so bought my son nike total 90 football boots, they also smell of cat wee. the shop they where bought from has now closed down. i lock them in the porch with an airfreshener in them (makes no difference)!

i got a pair of total 90s a year ago nd after wearing them once they were smelling as descriced on the show.

I am so pleased this was broadcast as I had to put my 14 year old son's Nike Football boots outside as the hallway stank of cats wee!!! after being worn once I could not have them in the house. I am so pleased I have not thrown them out as I was tempted! My son has bought another pair this time Adidas as we were put off.
Have stores been warned that these boots are about to be returned? Obviously we no longer have the receipt as proof of purchase though?
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My son bought a pair of Nike football boots with money he had saved himself. He wore his boots for training and after the second time he wore them they started smelling. The smell is exactly how others have described, like cat pee. I don't think he will be buying a pair of Nike football b oots again!!!!

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"isolated instances" we have 3 pairs of these in our house. Total 90 trainers for my 11 year old, the Total90 Yellow boots for my 8 year old and I also own an adult pair of Red Total90 boots. ALL of which suffer from the same issue of smelling like the cat uses them as a litter tray. I will take the advice and see if Nike will at least replace my sons .... well done Watchdog for bringing this issue to other people who have been blaming their kids smelly feet!!!

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As I'm sure you already know by now it is not just the Nike trainers featured which stink but also the Adidas F10s - what a pong! Try sleeping in a touring caravan with a pair of them - impossible! And they were expensive too!

On watching the programme tonight I sent my son immediately to get his boots to check if they were the same pair as being talked about - they are. He's only worn them a couple of times and each time they have been cleaned I have commented and moaned about the smell which reminds me of my husband's golf shoes that he had for absolutetly ages (banned to the garden shed in the end). I've been religiously cleaning them after a match but they just make the whole house smell. These will definitely be going back to the shop. Its a shame because they actually fit well. You would think that Nike would have thought about this a little bit more. I just hope that the shops are not going to insist on receipts and boxes and the such like.

My son had total 90 trainers and mercurial football boots, both of which smelt of cats. I contacted Nike a couple of weeks ago by email and received an email back stating I should take them back to where I bought them. I took the trainers back to Sports Soccer on 13th Nov and got a refund and took the mercurials back to JJB this afternoon and received a refund.

My son and I couldn't believe what we were hearing as we watched Watchdog tonight. I bought him a pair of yellow Nike football boots earlier this year and when we took his boots out ready for use in August we accused the cat of the awful smell that came from them. They have since been banned from the house and sit in the garage when not in use and with tumble drier sheets stuffed in them when they go to school.

Im delighted that this smelly menace has finally been resolved. To begin with we were blaming our normally very clean cat for the rancid aromas being left around the house, until we discovered it was the total 90's, which we banned from all communal areas in the house, they were that bad off we went again to Sports Direct and bought another pair......which ended up just the same within days. We have spent around £70 on these malodouress shoes, it has been altogether a terribly smelly experience! Thank you watchdog, weve printed your advice and shall be returning the shoes to the store for a refund......thats if they dont walk there by themselves first! Mrs Mabon

My son absolutly loved these trainers and got the boots at the same time.I got them at the begining of the new school tearm and after a week of wearing the shoes they were made to stay outside the boots were outside after using them twice I then went and bought him some new mercurial boots and the same happened again I did not realise there was a problem with them and thought it was my sons feet.This has put me off nike altogether. How do you take them back without a receipt I did not realise you could take boots back for smelling.

Same problem with Total 90 football boots owned by my 7 year old son. Had this problem for years with my older son now 21. We have a cat who has been blamed, unfairly, it now seems. Also spent a fortune on odour eater type products which do not work. Does not do any favours for young kids' self confidence when they think their feet pong to high heaven!

I brought my 9yr old son a pair of Nike T90's. After a couple of wears they smelled strongly of cat pee.  We took them back to the shop I bought them from in Tamworth but the manager refused to change them saying there was nothing wriong with them and he accused us of washing, which made the glue melt causing the smell.  Another assistant even said that they smelled because he was a boy and it was his hormones!!!

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I bought my son a pair of Nike football boots 2 months ago and he only wears them once a week for football.
The first time after he wore them they smelt really bad, i cant describe how bad the smell was, so since then we have to leave them in the garage. But since watching the show tonight, they are going back to the store where i bought them

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my son has a pair of total 90 that stink. I dont have receipt will i still get a refund

MY SON AND ALL HIS FRIENDS HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH NIKE TRAINERS, WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON WET GRASS. WHEN ASKING THE SPORTS SHOP FROM WHICH WE BOUGHT THEM, WE WERE TOLD THIS. HE HAS WORE THEM FOR SOME YEARS NOW AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS PROBLEM WITH NIKE T90'S AND SIMILAR TRAINERS

My son bought Nike total 90 boots this season & he really likes them. I've been blaming smell in my kitchen on neighbourhood cats weeing on my door mat, turns out it's down to boots, they stink! I don't have the receipt so don't know if they would be replaced, but they will be in the garage from now on!!

My son is on his 3rd pair of t90s I too blamed my son for having minging feet. His t90s are his school shoes his teacher has already comented on the smell. Why have Nike not done something about this. I do not have my receipt as they were bought in aug can I get a refund. Will never ever buy Nike again

My poor son has been getting the blame for stinking the house out and his Nike Mercurial boots brought in Sept for the start of the new season are really to blame. Several cans of foot deoderant and many old wives tales and a visit to the doc's and i find out the true culprit. I must publically apologise to my son. I am sorry. YOUR MUM

I bought my son a pair of Nike 90 football boots in September 2008, after the first wear, we also thought that a cat had peed on his boots when they had been left outside to dry. I have tried washing them but they still stink and have been banished to the garage. I don't have the receipt for these which I bought from JJB Sports, does this mean that they won't refund or exchange.

This is not an isolated incident. I have bought 1 pair of trainers and 1 pair of football boots and both have the dreaded cat smell. My two nephews also have had the same problem. One lives in Scotalnd! How is this isolated Nike?

I don't have the receipt and won't be able to get a refund or exchange. I contacted Nike by email in USA and was told to ring them with serial number then they may suggest I send the items to USA and then they may consider a refund...Yeah - guess what I would rather just not buy Nike anymore!

I bought 2 pais of Nike football boots, {one studded one moulded} for my son, we genuinely believed one of our 2 cats "tiddled" on his boot bag as this is what it smelled like. Can't believe it is nike's fault all the time.
Good news for the pussys as they are now out of the doghouse, bad news for nike as they can go whistle when it is time to but a new set.

For the last year i have gone from blaming the fern tree outside my house to the cat up the road only to finally relise it was my 8yr olds nike football boots which he begged me for because ronaldo {i think thats his name anyway the one who plays for man utd]wears them.On his birthday sleepover 4 pals stayed all with nike trainers you could'nt breath in my porch.Sorry boys it wasnt your feet.How do we stand with getting them replaced without proof of purchase? As we have just brought another pair.Unhappy mum.

our 10yr old son has a pair of nike vapours, we feel really bad he has worn his 6 times & we have washed them 4 times in the washing machine. we have told him that he needs to think about hygine and needs to start washing his feet more often, how bad do we feel now!!!!! so glad we saw watch dog as he is going to buy more boots on saturday, think we will stay away from these, for the sake of our noses and hygine rows !!!!! cant find the receipt hope they will chang them