Haven't had an actual splinter to tackle with these little guys, but have found that they don't work the way my bathroom tweezers do, as far as non-splinter jobs. My bathroom tweezers work for removing a stray whisker (or if I were trying to pluck an eyebrow, I'm guessing). These are hard to get to work for that. Maybe if I use them a bit more I'll get the hang of them but so far not so much.

But they're compact and seem quite sturdy. I have a sense that I could eventually get them to do whatever I was trying to do--splinter-wise or otherwise--and having them on a keychain with their cool little holder means they'll be available on the go, so even if they're not ideal, they'd be quite welcome in such a scenario.

I'd recommend them for that use but not to replace a better version of a tweezer that you might have in a manicure set, etc.