Review title is Flaccid and weak, your type? [SEP] I buy long handled swabs for cleaning tools, parts and other implements in areas difficult or impossible to reach with more forgivable alternatives. Shaft strength is as important if not more so than the tip of the spear, or applicator. I found the shafts of these particular swabs to be flaccid at best and usually dangerously weak. They resemble a shaving more than a cylinder. I was constantly breaking off the tip in areas where the tip could not easily be retrieved. In short, if you plan to do anything with these particular swabs other than dip them in kerosene and ignite the cotton, they will splinter or shatter. If that matters.