First off, I want to say that I am thankful that my fiancee took the time to purchase these for my pipe smoking and stick them in my Christmas stocking. It was very sweet of her. Now that we have that well and established, wow, WOW, were these bad matches! I am not kidding when I say they had about a 30% strike rate. One in three/four matches would actually light, the rest would pop and instantly fizzle out. I didn't realize you could even produce matches this poorly... it's almost impressive in an odd sort of way.