Review on 400 Count Natural Dental Floss Picks High Toughness Charcoal Toothpicks Sticks - Vegan, Eco-Friendly Sustainable Flossers For Teeth Cleaning by Covey Palmer

If you like floss pics, these seem fine for what they are. The floss is strong and solid. The curve in the pointed handle makes it nice for using as a toothpick. However, I got them hoping they'd be easier for my elderly dad, but they haven't been easier at all for me, so I haven't even tried with him. The environmental benefits leave a lot to be desired. Finally, to cover all the surfaces between my teeth takes four passes instead of two, so twice as much work. (Read on for more details.)Reasons why I'll go back to floss after I finish up with the floss pics.1) It takes more effort to cover all the spaces between the teeth -- four swipes up and down instead of two. Using string floss, I need two actions: I wrap around the curve of the back tooth with an up and down swipe and then around the curve of the front tooth with an up and down swipe, then on to the next space between my teeth. Since pic floss doesn't curve, I have to go down the back tooth angled toward my cheek side, then again angled toward my tongue side, and then twice more on the side of the front tooth - cheek side then tongue side.2) Learning to use the pics was challenging and time consuming. I finally realized that I need to put my fingers on the plastic part right over the floss. When I held the pic by the extended handle, it was really hard to get these to go between my teeth. Getting the floss out from between my teeth requires a sawing action and just the right angle. Initially, the floss would get stuck even though I was pulling up hard. I feared I would dislodge one of my crowns. I don't have that problem now, but it was scary until I figured out a better way to use these. I couldn't see my elderly dad getting use to these, so it defeated the purpose of buying them.3) Environmentally, I think string floss in a cardboard dispenser makes much more sense. The PLA plastic in these pics is definitely preferably to petroleum sourced plastic, however PLA takes 80 years to break down in nature and "compostable" refers to industrial composting at high temperatures. PLA won't compost under normal back yard composting conditions.