i think these clear papers are pretty cool. i dont hand roll my joints/blunts (i use a roller) but a lot of friends of mine who DO hand roll kinda dont like them because they are much harder to work with than say a zag. i definitly like how they burn 99% of the time and taste much better than paper in my opinion. but they do seem to cost a little bit more than a pack of zags would. another thing i noticed which is probably just me but....smoking clear roaches compared to old zag roaches fuck me up so much more it seems. so i like em, dont use them all the time but they are cool. id rather load the phx...but thats just me.