These laces are great, they are clearly a few notches above in both quality and strength when compared to your standard boot laces. I ran through 2 pairs of boot laces for my Carolina steel toe logger boots in about a year. I think this may be due to how tight i like to lace my boots and the fact that I sometimes work outside in the wet. When feeling these laces you can clearly tell they have great heft and are about twice as heavy as usual laces. I can lace my boots really tight with these. So far they have kept up well to a dirty and wet environment of the construction industry. The metal tips made it easy to lace the boots through the holes and will definitely last longer than the typical plastic tips you find on laces. If you ever need para-cord, they can function as cordage as well. I wish they were slightly longer as my boots have 8" of ankle support and only have about 8 inches left at the top of the boot to tie with. Overall, a great purchase for the price.