Ordinarily I try to buy only top name strings and don't bother with cheap ones, but I bought these strings on the advice of another player.  I had been using D'Addario EXPs, which have given me great service.

So this change, I tried Earthwoods and had 2 out of 12 strings break while installing them.

The Earthwood skinny G string snapped before it even got close to a G. It is quite uncommon for me, with the strings I normally buy, to have a brand new string snap.  I've been playing for a couple of decades now, and was even using a headstock tuner, so over tightening was not an issue. I continued stringing....only to have one of the B strings snap as well... long before it was close to a B.
Fortunately, I save my old strings aside -- just for this eventuality -- so I re-installed two of my old strings and was able to get playing.  (Note - the D'Addarios did not break!)
The Earthwoods sound alright once installed (remember, I have two D'Addarios on there) however I doubt I will bother with these again. I don't like mixing old and new strings, and don't feel a need to put up with brand new strings breaking.  I'll play it this way until I can get to the store for another set of D'Addarios.
Ordinarily I try to buy only top name strings and don't bother with cheap ones, but I bought these strings on the advice of another player. I had been using D'Addario EXPs, which have given me great service. So this change, I tried Earthwoods and had 2 out of 12 strings break while installing them. The Earthwood skinny G string snapped before it even got close to a G. It is quite uncommon for me, with the strings I normally buy, to have a brand new string snap. I've been playing for a couple of decades now, and was even using a headstock tuner, so over tightening was not an issue. I continued stringing.... only to have one of the B strings snap as well... long before it was close to a B. Fortunately, I save my old strings aside -- just for this eventuality -- so I re-installed two of my old strings and was able to get playing. (Note - the D'Addarios did not break! )
The Earthwoods sound alright once installed (remember, I have two D'Addarios on there) however I doubt I will bother with these again. I don't like mixing old and new strings, and don't feel a need to put up with brand new strings breaking. I'll play it this way until I can get to the store for another set of D'Addarios.