Thomastik-Infeld Precision Flat Wound Mandolin Stringsstar rating 2KevinJuly 24, 2010If you play "boy"dolin you might be fine... but if you play mandolin like me you will probably break two or three in less than a week. That is not okay when you pay so damn much for them. Other than that everything every one else says is true. They feel and sound great. Oh, and they break easy.