I absolutely love these, especially the smoothness and pointy tips. And the cords don't get in the way when working on narrow projects. I do have two small issues. The hooks are such a dark color that you can't see where the throat is. This causes me to miss hooking the yarn sometimes. Second, the case is annoying because the sections of the case are not labled. When the hooks are in the case, you can't identify the size you want without pulling several out. And because there are two columns, it isn't easy to just store them by size. I could create and attach my own lables, but I would rather be crocheting.