2 Pack Single Dummy Door Handles

Man, after reading some reviews I was second guessing my purchase. But I'm glad I went thru with it. These are very nice looking, very cheap compared to other brands, and relatively easy to install. Instructions are clear of you read them with a bit of attention. Flipping the handles is more of a technique rather that brute force. There's only one washer to look out for, and it goes between the handle casing and the lock knob (the washer goes out flying half the time when opening up the handle to flip them). Unlike a reviewer stated, the strike and latch plate ARE brushed nickel, that "peeling paint" is the protective plastic that you're supposed to peel off after installing it. Also unlike another reviewer, these will not take a chunk of your skin. Are you serious? To the reviewer that says these get "stuck". You probably put the latch plate at a slightly angle and this "kinks" the lock bolt. Happened to me because I did not properly square the hole (previous latch plate had rounded corners). The edges are a bit sharper than other handles I've seen, but I think it's a matter of getting used to it. The "sharper" contour gives it its own distinctive look. I replaced the old bronze kwikset with these, and it instantly gave the house a more modern look. This set comes with a little white plastic "box" that you can put between the strike plate and the trim, so you just see a clean white box thru the strike plate's hole, whereas our old knobs you just saw a hole in the trim. This is something I did not know I wanted. The latch plate assembly looks very clean now. I can't really speak for the "quality" of the handles, I mean I guess they could have a bit more heft to them? Or maybe I'm used to higher resistance when opening a door? You can very slightly rotate the handle without engaging the mechanism, but the kwikset also had that "slight give". I don't know. My wife looks at me weirdly as I've been closely judging "the feel" in the rotating motion of the handles everytime I open a door. I've also compared it to the door handles at friend's houses (where they all wonder what the heck I'm doing slowly turning their door handles). It's almost subjective. I mean for the price one would think they HAD to cut corners somewhere, so maybe the metal is less dense or whatever? Now that I'm "aware" of door handles, I'll be on the lookout next time I'm at Lowe's and compare "the feel" of the handles there. If there's legitimately a difference between these and the "higher quality" handles, then I might consider changing these for those (I'll be sure to report back on this comment). Regardless, for relatively little money I managed to change ALL the interior doors, bringing a substantial yet subtle upgrade to our house's interior look. The strike plate "white box" upgrade alone made it worth it if you ask me. To me that's exceptional VALUE. Edit: I checked the Kwikset equivalent to this one (model "Tustin") at Home depot and at a friend's apartment. The only noticeable difference, in my opinion, is the roundness. The kwikset is "rounder" when handling it, whereas this one is "sharp". They both seem to have the same level of "give" and the smoothness when rotating is equivalent. I really liked the design of the Kwikset "Balboa" however... But it's no way worth spending $150+ for them (especially since I have these already installed with squared latch plates). Door handles... Serious business.