Visually this capo bothers me (the clear-ish bit of plastic protecting the back of the neck is ugly), but it works perfectly. It is pretty solidly built, and I would definitely recommend this to a friend. I'd be interested to see how mine holds up to time, but I do have a friend who bought from this brand several years ago and it still works well. It seems like a pretty solid capo that does the job and is attractive other than that neck guard.