I totally agree with the theory that the patch is based off of. I'm using this on my hiking boots, with good results. Previously anything over 4-5 miles would start a blister on the back of my heal. We did 9 miles this past weekend with no trouble at all. This patch is slightly too small for a full size hiking boot so I had to add a little tape get to the top of the boot and the stickiness of the patch is just ok. The picture is with about 20 miles of hiking on it.