Shadowfoam Reviews 13

TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.9

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  1. Manufacturer
  2. Construction Machinery and Equipment
  3. Tool shop

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Independently owned, UK based Shadow Foam Ltd was first established in 2012, headed up by a small team of professionals whose experience was drawn largely from their engineering backgrounds within various industries. Shadow Foam was originally developed as a strategy for tool control, drawing on the name of a ‘shadow board’, a tool commonly used across engineering, aviation, and many other industries to standardise and regulate tool control. Working closely with strategic partners, Shadow Foam developed a unique and durable grade of customisable foam, which is tried, tested and affordable. Although originally developed to help make professional levels of tool control accessible and cost-effective for a wider market, the Shadow Foam product has since taken on a life of it's own! The product is is now widely used all around the world for a variety of other exciting applications too.


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3.9

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Small Company with World Class Service

I've been a customer of Shadowfoam for a few years now and the standout for me is the customer service.
The product is good, and while Jona does, to be honest, make it look a bit easier than it really is (for me anyway!) on the Youtube videos, I have got pretty decent results on my Tool Drawers, Tool Boxes and even Air Pistol hard carry box. Not as good as Jona Shone would have done, but it is acceptable and does the job.
As well as buying sheets of foams for my projects, I have also been a random winner on the companies YouTube videos, which is a nice little bonus and a few months ago Jona started a Wotnot Monday Auction and have won a couple of handy items at a good price.
This is what I mean by the Customer Service - from the very first order where for some reason the wrong (old) address was used for my shipping (my fault), and the CS dept sorted it out, to the little extras like having the Competitions and now the Monday Auctions, it is great to see a small company grow and be successful by putting in the effort and going the extra mile for their customers.
Recommended Business and while it is not a product you buy that frequently typically, you know when you need it, you won't be disappointed.

6 October 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Hi David!

Thank you so much for your honest and thorough review... it really, genuinely means a lot to us. We’re thrilled to have you as part of the Shadow Foam community, and it’s fantastic to see your support extend into our YouTube and Whatnot activities too.

Your continued support and custom are hugely appreciated. Sharing your experience and your super kind comments has genuinely made our day, thank you.

All the best,

Team Shadow Foam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Does what it says on the tin

used before in my tstaks and other toolboxes, worked well so now working through the rest of the workshop. Easy enough when you follow the instructions, getting the cutting kit they do made a big difference. looks mint now 👍

28 September 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Thank you Ian, this is what we love to hear and it just goes to show how once you start getting organised with Shadow Foam it's very hard to stop!

Keep up the great work and all the best with your big workshop project, sounds epic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love shadowfoam!

Shadowfoam has made my toolbox looks so good! Now I am super happy with how organized my tools are. There can be problems with buying from UK, but no issues from the shadowfoam team :)

It took a while to get the peeling but after a test it was super easy! Just like the videos!! Will buy again

1 October 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Geert, Thank you so much for your message and great feedback! Very kind of you and we appreciate your custom and continued support.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Really good foam, but DIY cutting is really for the simplest of tools or objects

Having now seen the foam I expect the pre-cut sheets would make excellent storage. However, creating your own is another story.

I bought a couple of 70mm sheets of foam, one to practice on and one to actually use, to make some basic storage for some multiplier fishing reels. I also bought their pro cutting kit. All that was required was 3 cylindrical holes. The problem is that the holes needed to be deep, if this had been a spanner or screwdriver like in the videos then it would be fine, but trying to make anything of depth ended up in 2 wasted sheets of foam with several irregular cones cut through them. I decided to write off both sheets and use them for practice. Non of the holes I cut convinced me that I'd get a satisfactory result with if I bought a new sheet.

You can probably get close to what you see in the videos with practice and several £100 worth of wasted foam, but I'd not recommend this if you're looking to do anything that is larger than regular tools. A custom cutting service would be nice where you can provide templates.

Edit on the 7th of October: thanks for replying below, what great customer service. I’ll definitely be reaching out to you as the foam has so much more potential than I have ability to cut it.

6 October 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Greg, Hi.

Thanks so much for your honest feedback — we really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear the cutting didn’t go as smoothly as hoped.

We do have a full library of step-by-step cutting guides and video tutorials on our website and YouTube channel that can help improve technique and results over time. For more complex or high-value items, we also offer our Tool Conversion Service, where our team can design and precision-cut custom foam inserts for you.

If you’d like, we’d be happy to take a look at your project and advise the best route — whether that’s helping you perfect your DIY results or getting a bespoke insert made. Just drop us a message.
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Thanks again for your feedback — it really helps us keep improving our products and services.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As Good as it seems on YouTube

Discovered this product via their YouTube channel. Finally took the plunge and ordered, foam arrived within 2 days and was exacty as advertised. Took me a little go to peel it out but very easy to get used to and produce a good result. My toolboxes have never been so organised!

4 September 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Jamie this is fantastic, thank you so much for taking time to feed back on your experience, and we'd love to see the results you got with your tool box project?!

Here if you need us for anything else, and thanks again!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Shadowfoam is a game-changer

Shadowfoam is a game-changer! The foam is high quality, easy to use, and finally lets me organise my tools in a way that looks professional and feels amazing every time I open the case.

17 September 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Wow Alex, thank you so much for sharing this and for loving Shadow Foam just as much as we do. Isn't it rewarding opening your tool case and seeing the contents so impeccably organised in it...!? Long may that amazing feeling continue, but you know where we are if we can help you again in future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good piece of equipment to protect my work tools.

I spent a long time researching this product on YouTube and found that it was recommednded to protect tools. Purchased online during a sale to save some money. Next day shipping free. it does take some getting used to when cutting but I was persistent and the results were good and worked. Did excatly what I neeed it to do.

24 September 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Thank you for the positive feedback.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Robbers

Ordered some shadow foam from this company mess up with address then package went back never got item and now they refuse to refund my money until they have the goods been over 6 weeks now and still no refund sent email after email they just keep saying they don't have my item bull shit just refund my money

1 September 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Sorry to hear about your experience with our couriers, unfortunately delivery issues like this can, and do happen, when a shipping address has been supplied incomplete, and are sadly beyond our control as I am sure you'll understand.

As you know, when the courier was unable to deliver to you as your house number was missing from your online order, your goods were actioned for return to sender. Our team worked hard to get this resolved for you however your order still hasn't yet reached us, but as a goodwill gesture your refund has already been applied.

I trust this resolves your query for you but please do feel free to reach out again if you still need help with anything.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Motorhoming must have...

Can't comment on tool cases but I use this stuff to stop breakages and rattles in the motorhome and it's epic. Not expensive and was dead easy to use with the instructions they give you - definitely recommend for that.

1 July 2025
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Works well, needs time and patience, grating customer service

The product works well, and with time and patience you can get close to what is demonstrated. However, I think this is an enthusiast product due to the effort required and lack of flexibility once cut. The video instructions are good and I recommend watching them all - beware that the written instructions cover only a fraction of what you need to know. They are reluctant to advise when contacted about is something ok when laying out, and just referred me to videos which I'd already told them I'd fully watched. When queried about a delivery issue, they were rather impolite and attempted to gaslight me about what happened. Overall their responses were quite grating - they are not really the matey personas as seen on their social media.

7 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SHADOW FOAM BEWARE

Brought these for my new tool box the custom inserts are very good but hard to cut out but starter packs you have to cut to size yourself and returns can be very costly to return around £7.00 to.£10.00. So it pointless to return.
Cheaper product cut to size out there.
Update 18/04/2024
The videos makes this look so easy until you try just remember the person doing it has everything at his disposal to make it look good it maybe OK for flat things but things like drills or impacts please don't bother you will have to cut so deep their is very little protection on the base even screwdrivers can be very difficult spent £90.00 on inserts, starter kit and smoother pointless wasted more and my money.
You also get emails asking you to revise your review in my honest option don't waste your money and look for pre cut insert for the items you have.

16 April 2025
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Sorry to hear your starter pack wasn't the ideal product for you, we're always happy to accept returns but as you say, can't offer free returns right now.

We do offer custom cut / cut to size solutions if you ever need though, please don't hesitate to reach out if you need help finding what you need.

It sounds like you could have benefited from one of our deeper foam options if you wanted to cut a lot deeper into it and leave a nice solid layer in the base, our customer service team can help you with this or any other challenge you're finding when working with our material, and our Website and Youtube channels are a great resource too with lots of video guides to help you get the most from your project.

Please let us know if you need any more help getting up and running, and we hope we can help you love and enjoy our product as much as so many others do.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy enough to use and creates a good…

Easy enough to use and creates a good solution for your toolkit. It looks pretty tidy for a DIY job, takes some time but works well.

23 December 2024
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Reply from Shadowfoam

We really appreciate your custom, review and feedback.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent product

Excellent product and their customer support is first class. Easy to deal with and really helpful. Product does what it says on the tin, but they still offer lots of support to assist you and show you how it’s done. Very good.

14 May 2024
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Reply from Shadowfoam

Thank you so much for your review!

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