Bona Fide Beauty Czech Glass Nail File for Natural Nails Set, 5-Pack Etched Files with Hardcases (180/240 grit). Genuine Bohemian Glass from The EU.

I love these nail files. They work great! I love the fact that they come in a case not a sleeve, that's how I lost my last on, it slipped out of the sleeve and broke.

I love these files! These are gentle on the nail while doing the job. As it isn't a blasted on texture it holds up well to filing and makes a smooth file. The colors are cute and the cases make it so it's more portable and less likely to be damaged as while it is good quality it is still glass. So it helps keep it protected.

Best nail files I've ever used. Quality, design are great especially with a case for each to protect them individually.

These are the very Best Nail Files you should be using. Those "OLD" Emory Board Files actually damage your Nails more then they provide you with a Professional Fix of a Broken Nail or if your just simply Trimming your nails. Hands or Feet. Worth the Investment an consider the Cost of going to a Nail Salon these days. This is a " BEST BUY" for all who do their own Personal Grooming. Buy The Bona Fide Beauty Genuine CZECH GLASS NAIL FILES. Tom R. Albany, N.Y.

I bought a 5 pack of files in cases and still 1 arrived broken. I do like the files, they work well and my nails edges seem smoother, less little snags like I used to find after using my metal file.

I bought some glass files at the fair and I liked them, but they broke too easily. I decided to look on Amazon to see if I could find better ones. I decided it would help if they came with individual cases to help protect them. I browsed colors and brands and thought about how many I wanted and how much I was willing to pay. I decided to try this kind. I got a few nice colors. I gave the purple one to my mom just because it happened to match what she was wearing that day. I put the yellow with pink one in my purse. At first I think I had the rest in a bathroom drawer. I put the darker pink one in the box with the nail polish. Later I gave Mom the blue one and I guess she gave back the purple one, because I had it with me when we visited my brother and his family, and I offered the purple one to my sister in law. My youngest nephew climbed up on the high kitchen table and accidentally knocked the file on the floor. I don’t remember if we had left it out of the case or if the case opened when it fell. It broke into at least three pieces. When my brother and his family visited us I went in the house and gathered all the remaining glass files with cases and let my sister in law choose. She chose the hot pink. I put the light pink in the nail polish box to replace it. I kind of want to get more, but I don’t need to yet. The ones that didn’t break still work well. I could give them to more people if I was wealthy and bought a lot. The last couple of times I visited my older sisters I had to take a train or planes. I probably could have taken glass files on the train, but I didn’t want to risk loosing them. I was pretty sure they would at least be at risk of being confiscated on an airplane. The only one that has broken so far from this set was dropped from almost 4 feet high onto a hard floor by an energetic toddler, and it might have been out of the case when it fell. So they are probably as durable as can be expected for glass. I like how the rough surface is rough enough to serve its purpose without looking or feeling very rough. I also like how it gradually changes to finer grain toward the tip. I use the tip to clean under my nails or my little sister’s nails. I don’t clean the files often, but I do if they seem to need it or sometimes if they are going from one person to another. The different colors help to know whose is whose if that is important for sanitary or other reasons. I like glass files because they tend to leave a smoother end result than metal files or most emery boards. Metal files tend to leave my nails so rough that I want to pick at them whenever I notice an edge that is not smooth. Then I end up tearing my nails down bit by bit until they are too short to be very useful. I had a Ruby Stone file years ago, and liked it pretty well, but I think it eventually crumbled a bit. Emery boards don’t last very long because their grit rubs off or they get bent and start falling apart. They also tear my nails sometimes or leave them rough or sometimes don’t do much of anything useful, depending on what kind I use and how old or used it is. These glass files last longer if you don’t break them, and these don’t break too easily. Glass files are also easy to clean. If powdery residue from filing nails starts to build up, I just rinse them under running water for a few seconds and then let them dry in a safe place, usually lying flat on a towel where they are not likely to be knocked down or crunched. I figure they dry better if they are not in the case. If I cleaned the files after every use I might never want to wash the case. Once I used rubbing alcohol to clean one file and its case. I tried not to get much, if any on the colored part of the handle. The plastic case did react to the alcohol by smearing the color a little while drying. It was still usable, but I decided I didn’t want to do that often. Maybe a tiny bit of soap would be better if I don’t feel like plain tap water is enough. The cases are good to have. They aren’t really impressive to look at, but they are tough enough to help protect the files, and each file comes with a case in a color that matches the file. The plastic is light and thin, but just hard enough to avoid the kind of bending that might snap a glass file. It is easy to slide a file in and out of its case, and it just barely snaps shut when the two pieces are pushed together. They are easy to open, and I don’t think I have had one open when I didn’t want it to, at least not much. It helps if they are not moved around a lot or if they are put into a pocket that is not big enough to let the lid come off the case if you keep it in your purse. It might also be good not to put many other hard things in the same pocket. I do not recommend putting these in pants pockets even with the case, not that I have done it much. I can just imagine what a little too much bending and/or crushing could do if you sit down with it in either a front or back pocket. I might put these files in a pocket just long enough to take them to a safer place or a place where I plan to use one. I recommend keeping them in cases when you are not using or cleaning them. Even showing one to someone got one broken, but I think the glass is less likely to break than the ones I got at the fair, with or without the protective cases. They rattle around in the case a little, but can’t move enough to do any damage so far in my experience. I usually leave most of mine at home and Mom always leaves hers at home, but sometimes I have carried one in my purse for weeks or months at a time, but I don’t usually toss my purse around a lot, and I don’t always use a purse.

These files are really good. They file the nail down quickly and easily. Some glass files act like they are a dull plastic but these ones are the good ones, which isn't always easy to find.

I bought these for stocking stuffers but I have my own file from this brand for over a year and it hasn't dulled. If my file ever breaks I would buy a new one in a heartbeat.