I am always sceptical when buying off brand (not 3M) sticky notes. I've bought them at the major stores, online, and at the dollar store. These are of good value for 12 pads and perform like brand name. They stick well to surfaces; I've bought some that fell off after a while of being placed on a clean dry surface like the face of my monitor. I like the light color also because you can see pencil or pen ink clearly. Don't like dark colors like some are made in. The paper the manufacturer uses is of the average weight, not too thin so they stick too well to themselves... I've had this happen. So, I'd recommend these to anyone. May just purchase these again when I run out.