I only need it for some formal shoes and I wear them once or twice a year. My boots have bootstraps.
I’ve always been one of those hethans who stuffs their feet into their shoes without touching the shoe, from a standing position. So my shoes have always been loose.
I got myself and my mom into LockLaces in the last few years so our shoes are more slip-on. I quite like them. I actually tighten them up from time to time when I feel like my shoes are too loose.
Mom just had back surgery so we have one of the super long ones right now. They do the job for sure!
I still haven’t tried it myself.
Yes, for my dress shoes. But not for sneakers.
My work here is done.
YES! I HATE socks, too! They are evil, deceitful, calculating little entities.
I’ve never tried LockLaces, but for a while I used curly laces. I hate tying shoes almost as much as I hate socks. You don’t tie curly laces, you just pull on them and they (mostly) stay (pretty) tight. I wouldn’t use them in a situation where your life would be in danger if your laces got too loose.
I wouldn’t bet my life on it, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in real life outside of a shoe store when I was a kid.
Me too. Definitely from Ikea many years ago. Looks like a snake with a forked tongue. Hangs on the door handle of the cupboard by the front door, a few feet from the still tied shoes that I have kicked off on entry. No bending required.
I use a shoehorn regularly (office shoes), but am having trouble grokking the concept of “winter shoes”. 
To me, winter shoes are closed-toe, i.e., not sandals. Shoes you wear with dreaded, evil socks.
I have a long one which hangs on the rod in the front closet. I use it every time I put on boots or shoes (I wear slippers indoors). I had used the little ones from time to time over the years, but got this cheap plastic one to replace a fancy long one I received as a gift which broke after a year or so, and which I had found much more useful and convenient than the short ones. Now I won’t be without it, especially as I get older.
I’m not sure I’ve ever even held one. Maybe I played with one as a kid in the shoe store. Definitely have never used one that I can remember.
A shoehorn is something that I think is really cool and useful, so I buy one every 10 years or so and then proceed to never use it.
Both the doctor’s office and the changing room at my gym/therapist have a very long shoe horn, as do my neighbors (60s).
I use one for boots and sometimes for walking shoes, depending on the cut. I never use a shoehorn for shoes which I wear with no, or very thin, socks.
Various family members have also recommended them for helping keep the heel of the shoe from getting mashed down. It probably depends on the type of shoe, and whether it has a tab on the heel, which is basically an ersatz shoehorn.
I have a metal one, a plastic one, and two wooden ones which were included when I bought barefoot shoes. Similar to these:
https://www.uulki.com/en/shop/uulki-small-shoe-horn/
Yes, long shoehorns are especially useful for light, flexible shoes like sneakers that you can leave tied and just slip on. All the more so when one is of an age when one is not as limber as one might like.
But as one gets sufficiently far north of Texas, “winter shoes” are also shoes that can reasonably withstand snow and slush. As distinct from “boots”, which are a different animal altogether. Unless I’m going to be shoveling snow (which I haven’t done in years) or playing in it (which I haven’t done in centuries!) boots are usually overkill.
I don’t use one but my husband does. He’s had 10 spinal surgeries with lots of metal in his back, so bending is problematic. He uses one of these also.
I use them as well. They are a good product. My wife and I don’t wear shoes around the house, so a long shoehorn and LockLaces makes it easy to put on and remove the shoes as needed. As others have mentioned, I’ve also had a hip replacement as well as arthritis, so bending over to tie or untie shoes is difficult.
@Die_Capacitrix I have never heard the term “shoe spoon,” but I LOVE it! It brings to mind several pictures… eating soup from a shoe, feeding something to your shoe, collecting tiny shoes in a spoon. If you nestle your shoes together, say, in a suitcase, are they “shoe spooning”?
In my case, I will not be going far north in Texas (or anywhere), especially if there is slush on the ground. In my world there are (1) sandals, the preferred footwear, and (2) all other shoes (many of which require 
socks.) I do have a couple of pairs of boots but never get around to wearing them.
A few times, when I was a child back in the 70s, when the situation required me to be dressed in my Sunday best. I voted Something Else.
The German word for a shoe horn (Schuhlöffel) is literally shoe + spoon. Typical German compound word. So you have to spoon your foot into the shoe. Off the top of my head, I would say it’s rather common to find a shoehorn at a hotel room, but it depends on the room. I don’t think I’ve ever found a shoehorn in an American hotel room.
I discovered some slip on shoes from Skechers about 5 years ago and that is all I wear. Shortly after buying my first pair, I found some extra long shoehorns at Ikea, only 99 cents each. I bought 5 at that price. They work great, I don’t have to fight to put my shoes on and I don’t smash the heel of the shoes.
I voted never but I think my father had me use one when I was very young and had trouble getting dress shoes on.