Anodized Aluminum Bonsai Training Wire 5-Size Starter Set with Canvas Bag – 1.0mm, 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm, 3.0mm (147 feet total) – Choose Your Color (5 Sizes, Brown)

This is a great starter set to see how you would use this wire and what size might be worth buying more of separately. I use the wire to shape young citrus trees. It is clear in the marketing, but make sure you realize you’re getting the same _weight_ of each size, so you will have 23 meters of 1 mm wire and 2.4 meters of 3 mm wire. The picture of the wire is after I’ve been using it a while and have used all the 3 mm wire (have to reorder from different company because this one doesn’t sell wire separately that I could find.) The wire cuts and bends easily. It’s kind of fun to work with �� In my experience with citrus, it will manipulate a mature but flexible branch that’s about 2x as thick as the wire. You can add an extra wire to help hold a branch that’s a little too thick or strong.On “beginner usability” — just a warning… if you’ve researched what you’re trying to do, you should already know that leaving the wire on the growing plant too long can make the wire bite into the branch and leave unattractive marks (particularly for bonsai!). The last picture is a warning that too long could be far less time than you think! I got those marks in less than 3 months – but citrus kind of grows continuously more than some slower growing bonsai would. Moral of the story: watch closely if you’re concerned about the marks. They could come much faster and deeper than you expect! (By contrast, I wired a young juniper bonsai 5 months ago and it shows no signs of outgrowing the wire.)I’m glad I bought it. I’ll probably have that 1 mm wire forever unless I use it for something else. I’m currently getting more 3 mm wire and 4 mm wire because my trees are outgrowing these thicknesses quickly.Note to company: a starter kit with say 3-5 m each of 2mm, 3mm, 4mm would be a really nice alternative product that might be more likely to be repurchased because you might use each roll up at a more even rate.