I bought the 24 inch chain for my husband because it was the least-expensive, non-thug, male appropriate chain that would hold a pendant and not look cheap. Also, the materials aren't magnetic, which is important because my husband has to wear a magnetic name tag at work and his chains tend to kink up because of it. My husband didn't like the chain at first, probably because it is very shiny and the link style is fancier than he's used to, but he was content when he held his name tag up to the chain and it didn't attract. I personally think it's a very nice gender-neutral chain. My only qualm is it was a little short of 24 inches. It was about 23.75 inches including the clasps. It's not a horrible discrepancy but I was disappointed and feared it would be too short--my husband likes his pendant to sit at his chest.