I spent hours or several months reviewing multiple kinky hair sellers and finally decided to give this brand a try and I’m so very happy that I did! Yayyy- win win wining! ?Not only is the hair real, but it’s incredibly soft and has a light curl texture to it, which matches the kink in my Black Afro hair type perfectly!I haven’t dyed it yet but from all the reviews, it says that it’s dyeable and so far I can’t tell the difference from my hair and this hair- which is a total plus!As far as the 16 inch length that I purchased, I think it really depends on what you’re using the hair for because quite frankly this would qualify as a half star because unraveling the hair and being able to section off actual 16 inch lengths was not really an option as the hair is challenging to separate like that!but nevertheless, if you’re using it to:A. Make or create locs- the length didn't really matter because of the way locs are made/shaped!B. And if you’re using it to repair locks, well you’re basically going to not really be concerned with the length either when you crochet or twist in the hair, the length changes, altogether!I purchased just one package of the 16 inch length and it was plenty enough here to:A. Make several extensions to fix the locks that had broken off.B. Plenty of hair to repair all of my locks so I would highly recommend that depending on how much hair you need this 116 inch length pack was a lot larger of a bundle than the second pack. I bought that I didn’t do a review on which was just one 10 inch pack- Which appears to be only 1/3 of the amount of hair you get when you buy the 16 inch and the differences $35 for the 10" versus $47 for the 16"!So I'd recommend ordering just one package of the 16 inch length to start...