Pretty, but...
Eh...<br />I bought these matches because of the pretty box.  Why else would I pay this much for matches?  I wanted to leave the pretty boxes beside the candles I routinely light.  Therefore, they could be decorative as well as functional and I wouldn't have to go into another room and fumble around in the drawers for the ugly box of matches, then return them when finished.  When the matches arrived, the boxes were sort of squashed. The boxes are plastic coated, flimsy cardboard.  If the cardboard was heavier...but, it is not.  The matches are extra long (4 inches) and good for lighting candles that are burned down into the glass votive.  I use 3 wick candles.  I can always get two of the wicks lighted easily, but the match will burn hot at the neck and will do this funny bending thing.  If I persevere and light the third wick with it, half the time the match head falls off into the candle.  I blow out the candle, retrieve the match head and start again.  I've learned to go ahead and use two matches to save trouble.  If the box was nicer, I would refill with my cheap matches, but as it is I will just toss them and look for a small, decorative box to store the cheap matches.  Pretty, but not worth the price.
Rating: 3 stars