Tungsten wedding bands are the hot item in the wedding ring market. This beautiful, silvery grey metal offers a lot as a wedding band. Here are four reasons you might want one:

1. Tungsten wedding bands have heft, meaning they feel solid and strong. Men tend to particularly love tungsten wedding bands because other bands feel cheap and not as substantial in comparison.

2. Tungsten weddings bands are strong. Tungsten wedding bands are practically corrosion proof. It is an extremely hard element that is practically impossible to scratch. Tungsten wedding bands stay looking new for years and you don’t have to worry about removing it to save it from nicks and scratches. With tungsten wedding bands, you can go about your daily life without worrying about damaging your wedding ring.

3. Tungsten wedding bands are beautifully designed. Jewelry designers love working with the beauty of tungsten. In its pure form, tungsten is white to steel gray in color. Once mixed with other alloys like carbon, it takes on a lustrous silver-grayish hue. Tungsten wedding bands also maintain their true color. They are biologically inert metals that don’t change, even when exposed to harsh elements like the sun, sea water and/or various cosmetics. Jewelry designers are creating amazing designs from this gorgeous metal. At over 30 steps, the process of making a tungsten carbide wedding band has been compared to the shaping and polishing of a diamond. Skilled designers take the process a step further, inlaying tungsten carbide rings with precious metals like gold, platinum and sliver. The beauty of tungsten carbide rings created in this fashion is what has excited many jewelry makers. Many say that they haven’t been as excited about a metal in along time.

4. Tungsten wedding bands are hypoallergenic. Many people are allergic to various types of jewelry. Generally speaking, tungsten is one of the safest metals around, particularly when it contains nickel. Chemically inert, nickel-binded tungsten carbide is hypoallergenic. It won’t oxidize, or cause rashes or other skin irritations. For these reasons, practically anyone can wear it without experiencing adverse side effects.