I love these shoelaces. Using these eliminates having to tie my laces and then retie them as they come undone.  Basically, these laces convert my shoes into skip ons and they are super comfortable. They are quite long (hence i put "somewhat large" as my answer to how the product fits) so to make them look like the picture, you would have to cut off many inches.  I did not do this cause i did not want them to fray.  Rather, I weave the extra length back into the laces so that i can reuse them on other shoes.  BTW, I had no trouble getting them through the smallest eyelets.  The other brand I like (Lock Laces) which is also very good does require you to cut off the extra length  and insert the ends into a clip which is fine but if you ever wanted to move those laces to another shoe, it would be difficult because the clipped ends are now frayed and impossible to thread into the eyelets.  Maybe this is a none issue for most people.
 The color of these is pronounced because these are bigger laces.  So it can really jazz up my shoes with beautiful contrasting colors.  With so many colors to pick from,  it was hard to make a decision.