These are great! A little stiff but I expect they'll loosen up a little with time. I like that they don't have a rubber grip; for whatever reason, it seems like those always get sticky in the dishwasher. Metal seems like decent quality. FYI,

Great item!

Excellent tongs they keep me from getting burned out they are easy to use and clean up easily

I'm not sure how good of a picture that is but its looks a little dingy because I use it so much I think they need to be cleaned. I really like the fact that they're very sturdy work really well and you can squeeze the heck out of stuff. I use a lot of things that call for a poultice so I have a lot of little bags to dig out and squeeze all the time great product well made. Thank