This is an amazing little gadget! I read the rave reviews, so I was confident that it would be a great product, but when I had it in my hand I was doubtful. There's hardly anything to it! It works beautifully, though and is so simple to use. I wasn't really sure how hard to press the two ends, but I figured that it would be better to press a little too hard rather than not hard enough, so I gave it a good, firm squeeze. The earring post zipped through my ear lobe painlessly, affixing the earringSee full review