This is a durable reed that was recommend to a new student of Oboe. Student can make it work. Different than natural reeds but requires less turnover during the learning phase of the instrument

works really well with my sons obie. i cant tell the difference with the sound. my son raves about how nice it is.

We got a medium soft. But plays more like a soft reed. It didn't "crow" well out of the box. But improved after playing on it a bit. Super bright tone.

We don't expect it to perform like our normal oboe reeds ordered from an oboist. As an "all my reeds broke or worn out" backup, it plays. And for us, we wanted to slow down our orders for new reeds until the pandemic resolves. A plastic reed is practical. Especially for elementary school band practice.

I've tried another brand in a similar price range. It wasn't very good. This one is an improvement. And I'd buy it again as it's a good bang for the buck. Maybe a harder reed knowing it's softer than labeled.