As a female drummer, one of the challenging items to purchase are the best drum sticks.  If you are a female musician, you must know what fits and feels best for your instrument.  For example, the Nylon 5B drumsticks from Zildjian are good if you easily get blisters while you play.   Sometimes when you play for hours in a concert or at a venue you want the types of drum sticks that will not fly off while you play!  Other notable mentions are the Black Dip 5A drumsticks and your classic 5A Vic Firth.  When going shopping for drum sticks at your favorite music stores insure you can roll your sticks on a flat surface, this will allow for you to see and hear any flaws in the wood of the drum sticks.  If you are a beginner drummer, you would benefit from the great 5A wooden tips which are average size these are great for rock and jazz and can be used on any drum set.  If you are an advance drummer, well then you already know which drum sticks fits the best!