No chips!
These Bazzill Basics brads are absolutely the best quality brads I've found. The color does not chip off as soon as you bend the prongs...if you want a clean look, you've got it. At the same time, they distress easily if you want to go shabby.
The fact that they perfectly match the cardstock is an understated bonus...I never realized my old brads clashed with my papers until I used these. I wish I had pictures of before/after of some cards I made...you'd think the difference would be subtle at best...I'll never go back to dollar store brads again.