Here's a few questions about quality and durability that I have gotten when getting asking about badge commissions, which are important when the product is going to be worn around at a con. Here's a PSA about perler work and the work I do. Luckily I have been experimenting with different bead brands and now know there is a HUGE disparity in brands and quality of bead. Here's why...

Perler PSA 1 of 2, Quality:

The brand I use melts smoothly and clean not distorting other beads around it. Look at the off-brand on the left, it bubbles and distorts even affecting the higher quality beads around it. (The black beads were the higher quality brand.) Also the off-brand on the left, sticks to the ironing paper and doesn't melt evenly, leaving holes and wrinkles all across the preler project of Catbug here.

Please check out the second PSA "Durability".

To all my friends out there thinking about getting a commission or starting perler on their own, please be sure you are getting a quality product before spending your hard earned money on a low quality fragile beads.