I absolutely LOVE these hair ties. A coworker had given me one to use and my old brand of hair ties were history from there. They retain their elasticity for a long time and don't hurt when putting my hair back. It doesn't pull my hair out as much as other brands have when I go to remove them. Great for thick hair and amazing price, I recently purchased 100 of them on Amazon and with an applied coupon I paid $9. I probably won't have to repurchase hair ties for a very long time as these really do last.