These earrings are perfect! Light weight and actually a silver that hasn't been processed to look really bright and weird. Agree with all other buyers how easy it is to lose them with the current locking system. So do yourself a favor and go to any fabric/craft store and pick up clear rubber earring backs for less than $2 a pack. Voila! Problem solved.

I really liked these earrings because I needed the size and width of the hoop earrings. It's not that easy to find very thin large tires. But rings are hard to get into my earring holes. There is no separate part that is inserted into the ear. The entire tire has the same width. Also, the top part where you hook the clasp is perpendicular to the rest of the ring and you also have to thread that part through the earring holes, which is really painful. Return these.