Don't be fooled.  These are inferior!!  They are not sharp and they hurt!
These may say BD on them, but they are clearly manufactured overseas (see the package) and their quality control standards must be very different than that BD-US plant.  I've used this gauge needle frequently in the past and even some that are not as small, but none hurt as much as these did.  And it wasn't just an occasional needle.  Every one I tried hurt as much.  A doctor told me that there must be something off with the angle because if they were cut correctly, I shouldn't feel a thing.  Not only that, the box came so mangled, I had to wonder about the care with which these were made.  The needles were not damaged during the shipment; they were still all in their little protective cap.  But when you see a box like this, you have to wonder about the quality.  Finally, the box shown on the Amazon web page looks nothing like the one you receive.  I'm not sure which countries are represented on this box.  The label says they're made in Ireland (2014).  But I'd rather pay for the ones I normally get that are made in the U.S. then, chance this again.  You get what you pay for.
Rating: 1 stars