The appeal of leaving earrings in was huge for me -- I've had to repoke my holes too many times. So having quality gold that I can just leave in and forget was very appealing. Overall, I'm happy with these. At first, the place where the hoop doubles (the "fork in the road") kind of kept pushing into my hole and I thought it irritated my hole a bit (widening it?) but as I've kept them in, that's settled down. Now I just keep them in all the time and am happy with them. Considering a second option pair now. In a perfect world I wish the hoop was slightly bigger, they do literally hug the bottom of my lobe. But overall, satisfied. (btw I'd like to see some bigger earring options in solid gold, even if I can't leave them in all the time. I've now established trust with Adornement and believe they would be good quality and thoughtfully designed). Customer service was great, btw. Felt very personalized (a real conversation with a real person). Packaging lovely, delivery as promised, etc. Two thumbs up!