The socks are fine; seem to be not much different from many similar brands of Winter socks. These are much less expensive than other brands. We'll see how they hold up after washing. What I don't like very much, and this is common, is that the manufacturer uses the little plastic fasteners to hold the socks to their packaging. It's almost impossible to remove or cut that little plastic fastener so that the cut end does not have a small amount of sharpness to it, which means that it will hook onto a thread when it's removed. So a small thread is going to be pulled or ripped. This is so with almost every pair of socks I've purchased; I don't know why the manufacturers can't come up with a different fastener which doesn't cause damage to the product when it's removed.