I use brushes more than I would sticks and I can safely say (having tried just about every brush on the market) that these are the best of em all. The hard plastic handle allows you to get tones on the rims that just aren't possible with the rubber ones, being retractable makes sure you don't end up with mangled up wires and the large triangle at the end allows you to get supper bright sounds on the brass. I used to gig in the Canaries 6 nights a week and I was going through brushes fast until I came across these ones, they really last and can take it if you're playing heavier stuff. I should probably not say on here which ones were the worst but suffice to say, these are what you want from a set of brushes.