What can one say about bobby pins? They work! The tips have a plastic coating so they don't scratch your scalp. These are the large pins which I find easier to use than the small. They are the best bobby pins I have found in several years. I was really getting tired of the long pins being bent out of shape if I pinned too much hair. They were useless afterwards. These pins do have a "bump" on one side, just like the Goody pins I had bought before at the drugstore. However, it looks like Goody has greatly improved them.