RidingRush Ice Skate Soakers 2-Pack Plush Blade Covers: Review & Buy Guide
If you skate more than a couple of times a month, you have probably noticed the pattern: edges come back from a sharpening crisp, and three weeks later they feel blunt again. The ice is only part of the story. The other part happens in your bag, where wet blades sit zipped in the dark while you drive home. Rust does not announce itself; it just quietly eats at the steel that carries your turns and stops.
That is the gap blade soakers fill. This review examines the RidingRush Ice Skate Soakers 2-Pack Plush Blade Covers for Figure & Hockey Skates — a plush pair listed at CAD 20.99 with a soft absorbent lining, made for blades up to 12 inches in youth and adult sizes. We walk through the problem they solve, why it matters for your sharpening budget, the exact features worth checking before you buy, how to research real buyer feedback, and where the listing lives. By the end, you should know whether this pair belongs in your skate bag.
The Problem
Every rink session ends the same way: you step off the ice, and your blades are wet. Not soaked, but coated in meltwater — the thin film of moisture that forms the moment steel meets room-temperature air. Most skaters zip the bag and go. Inside, three things then work against your edges.
First, the moisture stays. A closed skate bag is a humid box. Steel plus trapped water plus a few hours in a car trunk is the classic recipe for surface rust, and rust on a blade edge means friction, duller glides, and a sharpening appointment sooner than you planned.
Second, the blades touch things. Two skates rattling against each other, boot hardware, a water bottle, the side of the bag — every contact is a chance to nick an edge you paid to have ground sharp. Figure skaters notice it on spins and edges; hockey players notice it on stops and passes.
Third, the problem repeats. Practice after practice, week after week, the cycle compounds. Parents watching youth skaters grow through blade sizes feel it in the wallet twice over, because growing skaters already rack up sharpening costs without rust speeding the clock.
The fix is simple and old-school: pull a soft, absorbent cover over each blade the moment the skates come off. The cover blots the water and puts a cushion between steel and everything else. The only real question is whether a specific pair does that job well. That is what the rest of this review tests against the actual product data.
Why It Matters
It helps to put blade care in plain money terms. Sharpening fees vary by rink and region, but every skater pays them repeatedly through a season, and a blade replaced before its time costs far more than any cover. A soaker that genuinely absorbs moisture and cushions edges stretches the interval between those bills. At CAD 20.99 for a two-soaker pack, the math is friendly: this pair costs less than a single sharpening in many markets, and it protects both blades of both skates.
The materials are what make that protection real rather than theoretical. According to the product listing, the interior is a soft bamboo-terry lining that absorbs meltwater, helping reduce rust after practice. Terry construction matters here — it is the looped-pile weave used in towels, built specifically to pick up water. A soaker lined in smooth fabric would just hold moisture against the steel, which is worse than nothing.
The outside matters just as much. The listing describes a long-pile plush exterior that cushions blade edges and prevents scratches inside your skate bag. That is the layer standing between your hollow-ground edge and the zipper pull, the other skate, and every hard object sharing the bag. Soft inside to dry, thick outside to buffer — the two jobs are separate, and this design assigns a material to each.
There is a practical fit story too. The elastic design is sized for most figure and hockey blades up to 12 inches, youth through adult. For a household with skaters of different ages, that range means one product covers the whole gear shelf instead of hunting for youth-specific and adult-specific versions. And the Pink Purple/Teal colorway is genuinely functional: at a rink where half the bags are black, bright soakers make your skates obvious in seconds.
What to Look For
Compare any blade soaker — this one included — against four criteria. Each maps directly to a documented feature of the RidingRush 2-pack, so you can check the listing the same way we did.
1. Real fit range, measured in inches
Fit failures are the number-one way cheap soakers disappoint. Too loose, they slide off in the bag and the blade sits bare; too tight, you fight them at the bench with cold fingers. This pair uses an elastic opening rated for most figure and hockey skate blades up to 12 inches, youth to adult, per the listing. Measure your blade from the toe pick or front edge to the heel before ordering. Under 12 inches and you are squarely in range; unusually long adult blades may exceed it, so check rather than assume.
2. An absorbent lining, not just fabric
Turn a soaker inside out mentally and ask what touches your steel. The answer here is a soft bamboo-terry interior whose stated job is absorbing meltwater to help reduce rust after practice. Bamboo-terry is a looped, thirsty weave — the kind of fabric you would trust to dry a wet surface, which is precisely the task. When you shop around, treat "plush cover" with no mention of absorbent lining as a red flag: pretty on the outside does nothing about the water.
3. Cushioning on the outside
The exterior is long-pile plush, listed as cushioning blade edges and preventing scratches inside your skate bag. Long pile gives depth — it keeps the edge line from sawing through the cover over months of use and blunts the impact of the small collisions a skate bag delivers. Short-nap or single-layer covers tend to wear thin exactly where the edge rides, which is how a soaker quietly stops protecting.
4. Honest pack contents and price
You need two soakers for a pair of skates, and single-soaker listings are a known trap. This product is a 2-pack value set — two plush soakers covering a complete pair, which the brand describes as ideal for practice and competitions. Price is CAD 20.99, in Pink Purple/Teal. When cross-shopping, match the ASIN B0FWQT5KM6 rather than the product photo, since lookalike listings sometimes differ in pack count and lining.
Soakers versus hard guards
One distinction every buyer should know: soakers and hard guards are different tools. Soakers like these are for off-ice storage and travel — they dry the blade and cushion it in the bag. Hard plastic guards are for walking on concrete and lobby floors; they protect the blade from the ground but hold no water and should come off the moment your skates go into the bag. Serious skaters own both and use them in sequence: hard guards for the walk, soakers for the drive home. If you only buy one this season and you already carry your skates to the bench, the soaker is the piece that fights rust.
What Others Say
Here is where this review gets deliberately careful. The product data available to us for this listing contains no verified ratings, review counts, or quoted buyer feedback — so we will not print star averages or "customers say" lines that we cannot source. Fabricated social proof is worse than none.
What we can give you is a filter for reading reviews yourself in about two minutes. Pull up the listing by searching ASIN B0FWQT5KM6 on Amazon, open the most recent reviews, and look for three specifics. One: reviewers whose blade matches yours — figure or hockey, youth or adult — confirming the elastic actually holds without slipping. Two: comments on the bamboo-terry lining after several weeks, because absorbency on day one is easy and absorbency after a month of practices is what you are paying for. Three: whether the plush piles flat or holds up, since a compressed outer layer means less cushioning over time. Reviews that answer those three questions are worth more than any headline rating.
FAQ
Do these fit kids' skates and full-size adult skates? Yes, within the stated range. The elastic design fits most figure and hockey blades up to 12 inches, in youth and adult sizes. Measure the blade first; if it is at or under 12 inches, you are in range per the listing.
Can I walk on them in the rink lobby? No — and the listing positions them the same way. These are soakers for drying and protecting blades off the ice, inside your bag. For walking on concrete, use hard plastic guards, then switch to the soakers once the skates come off.
Do I get one soaker or two? Two. It is a 2-pack value set: one soaker per skate, covering a complete pair, which the brand notes suits both practice and competitions.
What color is this version? Pink Purple/Teal. Matching the ASIN B0FWQT5KM6 when you shop keeps you on the correct listing and colorway.
How do they fight rust? By removing the water rust needs. The soft bamboo-terry lining absorbs meltwater off the blade after practice, so the steel travels home dry instead of sitting in its own moisture inside a closed bag.
Where to Buy
The RidingRush Ice Skate Soakers 2-Pack is listed at CAD 20.99. The most reliable route to the exact listing is the ASIN B0FWQT5KM6 on Amazon — search the code, confirm the title reads RidingRush Ice Skate Soakers 2-Pack Plush Blade Covers for Figure & Hockey Skates with the soft absorbent lining, and you are on the right page before you add to cart.
Two quick checks before checkout: confirm your measured blade length sits within the 12-inch fit range, and confirm the pack includes both soakers. From there, shop now and give your blades a drier ride home this week. If you would rather compare across the range first, see all options — you can browse the full RidingRush gear catalog covering cycling accessories, camera protection, and more skate equipment from RidingRush, or reach the team through the RidingRush contact page with a sizing question before you order. Your edges take enough abuse from the ice; the bag ride home does not have to add to it.