My roommate bought us each one of these, because they were on sale (not on amazon). I didn't like how the handles were made because you can't choke up on the rope to make it shorter (as she is very short). We tried tying a couple knots in the rope, but she was over it. I'm 5'6" and it was still a little too long for me. I made it work anyway.When I was actually using it, the hinges on the handles wouldn't turn every time, so the rope would get twisted. Every 45 seconds to a minute of jumping, I'd have to stop and untwist it. And then after a combined usage of maybe 15 minute, the hinges completely broke off the handle. My roommate let me use hers, and it had the same issues. It didn't take too long to break that one too.We hadn't really thought to take them back, because the were on sale for super cheap (huh, wonder why), but I was perusing for a new jump rope and saw this, definitely not worth your money or annoyance.