General Tools 1261 0 Grommet Refill with 24 Rustproof Solid Brass Grommets, 1/4-Inch

Grommets are grommiting ( new word ) just fine!!

As others have mentioned, these split/are ugly looking. But they work, and they're cheap. I don't know that the splitting actually weakens the connection.

Name brand at a good price almost half than at home improvement stores.

I have used a lot of these grommets over the years. Works great.

Work with the eyelet pliers.

They're working well once I got the hang of it. They're a bit thin so you have to be careful that you don't squash the neck as you're installing them. Fine for light to medium duty use. Get thicker ones if you've got some heavy duty grommeting (is that a word?) to be done.

I bought this to repair the roof on my gazebo an it was just what I need to get the job done.

So I have been using this brand of grommets for years. My main use for them is in Renaissance costuming for a lacing up bodices and such. I have always loved these grommets because they don't split the metal in the back and they look nice on both sides and also don't shred the ribbon. I recently ordered for refill packs of grommets for use in costuming, and I am very sad to report that it appears that general tools has cheapened the metal they use in the making of these grammonts, causing the metal to split as you are hammering them down. Out of 20 grommets I put in to this costume, 14 were split. It's just disappointing because I thought I could trust the quality of these. I will definitely be testing out other brands after this, I'm not sure if better ones exist however.As you seen on my photo the to grommets on the left hand side have split, leaving jagged metal edges that will tear up my ribbon. The one on the right did not split.