Diameter first, then grit
The category looks varied, but almost every mistake is the same: choosing files that do not fit your disc, or a foot file with the wrong abrasiveness. Here is where that happens.
S, M and L mean millimetres
In STALEKS, the letter in a pedicure disc name indicates its diameter: S — Ø15 mm, M — Ø20 mm, L — Ø25 mm. The abrasive refills use the same labels, so a “Pack of 50, 180 grit, PODODISC PRO M” only fits the twenty-millimetre disc. RAIZ states the size explicitly: WORK size 20 mm and size 25 mm. The Pilochki buffs are made for a Ø21 mm disc: that is a separate diameter and should not be confused with Ø20. If you do not yet have a disc, the category also contains the bases themselves: NOTD 20 mm, the metal GÉMELY PODO Ø20, RAIZ WORK 20 mm, the STALEKS EXPERT 10 metal foot-file base, and a STALEKS Pododisc M kit supplied with five 180-grit refills.
What else appears in the small print of a refill name
Besides grit—there are ten options in this category, from 60/80 to 400—the name contains two easily missed parameters. First, “soft backing” and standard versions have separate product pages for the same disc. GÉMELY uses its own names for this distinction: PRO COMFORT is foam-backed, PRO is not. Second, the abrasive colour: white, black or grey; it also appears in the “Property” filter, alongside “adhesive”. Check the pack quantity too—25, 30 or 50 pieces; the price is per pack.
Foot files: the same TYPE, different grit
This is the page’s most frustrating trap. The STALEKS TYPE number is linked to the line, not the abrasiveness. In the plastic CLASSIC 10 range, TYPE 1 is 100/180, TYPE 2 is 80/120 and TYPE 3 is 60/80. In EXPERT 10 the sequence is reversed: TYPE 1 is 60/80, TYPE 2 is 80/120 and TYPE 3 is 100/180. “TYPE 1” therefore means nothing on its own—read the figures at the end of the name. The wooden BEAUTY & CARE range is available only in 100/180.
Nippers, pushers and tweezers
RAIZ nippers are labelled with three things: the range (WORK or HOME), the cutting-head shape number and the blade length in millimetres, from 8 to 16. The last is decisive: form 1 is available in the catalogue with 8, 9 and 11 mm blades. For ingrown nails there are narrower STALEKS models: EXPERT 61 in 12 and 16 mm, SMART 71 in 14 mm and PODO 30 in 18 mm. On pushers, TYPE describes the pair of working ends, and they are not always curettes: EXPERT 20 TYPE 1 and TYPE 2 are curettes combined with a pointed end or pusher, while EXPERT 60 TYPE 3 and TYPE 4 are already files, straight or with a curved tip. The tweezers are two splinter models, PODO 10 and the smaller PODO 11.
What else shares this category
Alongside tools, the category contains SHELLY pedicure pumice, disposable SHELLY kits (file, buff and orange stick) and four-piece RAIZ manicure sets in three colours. Do not be surprised; this is not an error. Some RAIZ and STALEKS nippers also appear under cuticle nippers: it is the same product page, not two different ones.
If you are searching by brand
In the filter, GA&MA is labelled “GÉMELY ex GA&MA”. The brand was renamed, but the old name remains in some product titles, so search for both. The largest selections are STALEKS and RAIZ. Creams, scrubs and softeners are in pedicure cosmetics, wipes and paper slippers in consumables, and the full section is pedicure and podiatry. Manicure files and buffs are separate.
