Lokenstein's

Jigsaw Puzzles

Created: 25/05/2026 - Last updated: 01/06/2026

I've recently made friends who are really into jigsaw puzzles (one even does speed puzzling competitively!), and I've always liked puzzles, but now having people to talk about it with and - maybe more importantly - to exchange puzzles with makes it very exciting!
I've started to have strong opinion about puzzle brands, and I've compiled them here, mixed with my friend's opinions. I'll also mention some of my favorite puzzles.

Jigsaw puzzle brands

Top tier

  • Ravensburger:
    • Material quality: great
    • Piece cut: great
    • Designs: a lot of choice, but also uses AI

Mid tier

  • Happily:
    • Material quality: good
    • Piece cut: poor, too many pieces fit in places they don't belong
    • Designs: really good, one of the brands which consistently has amazing designs!
  • "Mini Jigsaw Puzzles" by Professor Puzzle:
    • Material quality: good
    • Piece cut: strange, you immediately know the orientation of the piece, but there are too many similar ones
    • Designs: depends on the collection, I liked the classic art ones

Bottom tier

  • Cartes D'Art:
    • Material quality: extremely bad, the pieces split up immediately
    • Piece cut: N/A
    • Designs: decent, I like the golden highlights

My favorite puzzles

1000 pieces

  • Postcards, by Lisa Barlow (Happily)

500 pieces

  • Circle of Color: Poke Bowl (Ravensburger)