Harley Benton Blues Harmonica in D-Major

I play blues harp and in the style of Neil Young / Dylan. I've played just about every harp on the market and these are the hands-down winners every time for me. I use them regularly for live performances, recordings and just jamming anywhere.
The top and bottom covers are a light but sturdy, pressed, chromed alloy, the blow and draw reeds are brass and the comb core is a hard plastic. All the components are precision manufactured with no sharp burrs and can be disassembled in order to clean them when required. It's solidly constructed and can withstand a lot of punishment. I've had dozens of these harps and I've never found one that wasn't perfectly in tune or had a loose or rattling reed. They're easy to play, have a great tonality and any note up the scale can be bent perfectly for that crying, expressive blues harp sound.
I regularly give them as gifts to friends and colleagues who get a huge kick out of finding they too can blow one (with a little guidance). I once had a room of 8 people from my motorcycle club - none of whom could play an instrument before - all rocking a blues jam after 15 minutes' training. One of those guys now plays regularly in a gigging band, I'm delighted and proud to say.
Because I'm forever giving them away, I'm also delighted that they cost just coins. I honestly can't think of a better instrument for the money anywhere and I take one just about everywhere I go. My advice would be don't buy one, buy several.

Harley Benton Harmonica
I have been playing Harmonica since the 1970s and have owned a number of different brands over the years.
Unable to resist the price, I purchased a few of these Harley Benton harmonicas, in various keys.
Pros: The harmonica comes in a small, plain, plastic case (That’s no longer a given with more expensive harmonicas) and is wrapped in paper.
It seems to be well made, relatively airtight and in (Checked on a tuning app) tune.
I was also able to get semi-tone bends on all of the correct holes, which is nice since, often, it is nearly impossible to do so on cheaper harmonicas.
The sound is OK (for the price it is fantastic!) It may not be as good as harmonicas costing 10 times as much but it is certainly not 10 times worse. Unlike some other cheap harmonicas, this does not sound like a “cheap squeaker”.

Cons: It would have been nice to have gotten a cleaning cloth with the harmonica, but I suppose for the price one really cannot complain.

In conclusion: The Harley Benton harmonica, like many other Harley-Benton instruments from Thomann, is good value for money. If you just want a harmonica to begin learning on, harmonicas in various keys to accompany other instruments, a good low cost harmonica to practice your bending techniques or simply something to practice with, to “save” your more expensive harmonicas, then the Harley Benton is definitely worth a try.