These stay together so no more looking for the stray one in the drawer. Or flipping through a ring full of them and when the ring breaks or gets bent you are looking for a new set. These have both a square and round spoon shape. Measure size is etched in so won't fade like most of the other ones out there. Also instead of using all of that room to have the ring on them versus them stacking together and using very little space it a great advantage