These rubberbands are the perfect size for what I need. I use them for holding certain products together when packaged for shipping. The only thing that bothers me is that a high percentage of the rubberbands seem to be already broken into little strings...or they are just about to break so if you use them for anything at all..even begin to stretch them they bust and are useless. I don't understand why so many rubberbands in the pound are broken or useless but nevertheless I buy them because I don't want to waste my money on anything more expensive and they are the perfect size. Obviously in a huge bag there are going to be plenty that are working as they should. I just wish I could save all the little scraps they sell me as part of the "pound" of rubberbands and turn them in for a working rubberband :P