After having tried at least five different brands/types of reeds in different values, after having to sand each and every reed from the box and finding out that only a few worked for me I decided to give it a try to synthetic reeds. I started with plasticovers and SOME worked fine, but when I tried this one... Oh boy! ... really easy to play, sounds great, no fuzz and plays right out of the box. I know many "experts" dislike them... well I am not an expert, but I can tell you that it works for me. If you compare one legere to a box of normal reeds of which only a few play, they are worth the money. I really don?t think I will use regular reeds again. Whished I found them some time ago...