Side combs for thick hair?

[Obsidian]

I've been using cheap side combs to hold back my hair in its grow out stage and I really like them but my hair is so thick, I have to section it in thirds just to get it off my face. Even then, if I'm not careful and get too much hair, I can't get the combs in. The teeth are too close together, I just can't wedge them in.

I'm looking for some that might have teeth a bit further apart but still hold well.

[-Fern]

My hair is super thick and I have been impressed with how well those side combs work. Are you putting them in U-shape up, then flipping them over and pushing forward?

I'm able to get essentially a half-up held in place all day with two combs. :)

[Obsidian]

Yep, thats how I'm using them. How bjg are the ones you use? Mine are 3 inches and just aren't enough.
I found some 4 inch on amazon I might get but I was hoping someone might have recommendations for higher quality ones.

[lapushka]

I have never been able to use side combs, they slid out whatever I did (I used them in the 80s, tried to, anyway). Maybe use a small lock of hair and fasten it almost by itself (that's how it ended up working for me), but that's tougher to do with short hair!

[Obsidian]

They stay in really well once I get them shoved into place but its painful. I used to wear them as a teen but I did more like you, took a smaller section and pulled it back to hold the rest in place. Right now I want all my hair pinned back, bangs and all.