Hair Ties

So I have to say I've been using this brand of hair ties for a long time, multiple years, but I've recently noticed that the normal black or brown hair ties that don't have the metal part seem to be made with less elastic than before. I don't know if it's just me, I haven't gotten my hair cut or anything recently though so I don't know how it could be me but those hair ties are the ones that I used to use and I mean I used them for years. They were just normal black or brown, I used both, without metal elastics. It's gotten to the point where every few days I have to throw one away because it's so stretched out that I can't use it on my hair anymore. When I start using a new one I can normally go around my ponytail or bun twice. Now after about a day or two I have to start going around three times because they're so loose- like they're being made with less elastic than before. So the last time I went to the store I knew I was almost out of the old kind because I have to grab a new one every few days and I started just looking at what hair ties they had to see what new one I wanted to try. I decided on these (pictured above) that are almost like rubber, and they seem to be pretty tight- so I can only go around twice- and they don't have any metal part which I don't like. They also say they're nonslip but I have had to take my hair down a couple of times and put it back up because some pieces of hair were coming out but other than that it seems to still be pretty tight so hopefully it will last longer than the other kind. Preferably a week or two, I usually get a new one after that just because hair will get tangled around it and it should be stretched out by then- but not after a few days like the other kind started doing.
I've been using the same tie now for a couple of days and it really seems to be working, not stretching out but if it does I'll definitely do a new post to let everyone know. I bought these at Walgreen's though for buy one get one 50% off so I got these and another new kind that are smaller than the ones I was using previously which I'll review after I use one of them.