Needles are quite like thimbles ... not everyone will like the same one. I prefer the shortest needle possible, very small eye. Please don't ask me what brand/size etc it is because I have NO clue. I'm terrible - I buy a package of needles take them out and stick them in my pin cushion. When I need one I almost always gravitate to this one with the only exception being that I use a "cheater" needle when I have to bury threads in a quilt.