We got 50 of these in 2 -25 packs. They shipped in completely different boxes, one long and thin (logical) and one short and wide (illogical)! Anyway, we wanted these to help support our trellised tomatoes - the trellising line was attached to heavy metal stakes but these helped hold the plants with plastic ties. None of them broke during our first season of usage, and I lightly pounded each into the ground multiple times. Also used some with pepper plants, large cosmos and marigolds, no problem there even with some reasonably heavy winds. We'll see if they can survive a second year of usage, but after pricing out the plastic stakes and these, it was a no-brainer. I will say they are very different thicknesses, so fat and strong, some thin and spindly, so I had to do a little creative selection based on the plant.