I think this is an excellent quality mail brush for a reasonable price. You could purchase a cheap, plastic mail brush from a Walmart dollar bin and loose 10 bristles each time you use it and toss it after a year to live forever in a landfill. Or you could purchase this wooden mail brush, use it for a longer time, then toss it in a compost pile! I do a lot of gardening and hate wearing gloves! I’ve used this mail brush a dozen times and haven’t lost a bristle yet!