These are beautiful earrings. They are not too heavy to pull your lobes down but, substantial enough to hang correctly.  The hang length from where the ear wire goes through the hole of your ear is 2 1/2 inches. They come with lever back ear wires which is a huge plus. I make jewelry and always use the lever backs as you will never lose your earrings with this kind of a closed wire.  I chose these because they were different than just a solid bar. They came nicely packaged and will go with many things.