It's hard to be enthusiastic about paperclips without sounding sarcastic but I'll try. These are excellent.If you are planning to use them to hold pieces of paper together then I'm sure they do the job. They even have tiny dents to increase friction that you can't see but can feel with your nail. It's like somebody put some thought into these babies.If, like me, you're more often than not looking for a paperclip to use to prod something small then these poking implements outperform your average paperclip in strength and debendability.