I have purchased both the copper compression socks and these socks as well from this site, and there is no comparison, these socks are professional quality, as good as anything you can buy from a medical supplier, or anyplace else. They may be a bit hard to put on at first, but they do tend to relax just enough to make them much easier to wear, yet retain all of their compression qualities. I wear them daily, often switching back and forth between them and the copper infused ones offered as well. The copper ones do resemble black dress socks, so that works for many occasions where a dress sock is more desirable. But the copper ones only have about seventy five percent of the compression of these ones, yet they do the job nicely as well. Both are still great buys at this price, but the copper ones are a bit thinner and about four inches shorter than the picture shows.