I bought these mallets to use on my Pandariq frame drum, purchased through Thomann's website. I have tried a few other styles of mallet for my frame drum, but these really stood out to me on account of the quality and feel. They have a firm felt mallet head and are well balanced in the stick. They are very springy and bounce well, but give a more mellow tone over maybe a wood tipped, or harder plastic tipper mallet. They are very smooth and worth the money. My friend tried it and really liked it for his drum, he had been used to playing with a softer padded beater. The sticks themselves seem very durable.