Get the classic start menu back in windows 8

So i know there are many of you who are complaining about the new start menu in Win 8 but i'm here to tell you that you don't have to use the start menu that comes with Win 8, that you can install 3rd party software that is completely safe, if it wasn't i wouldn't be posting about this. There are several start menus you can install and several you have to pay for, but don't get upset there are plenty of other start menus you can install and all of them i will mention here i have personally tested and thought they were worth mentioning on my blog. So to start i'm going to list the start menus you have to pay for and after i list them i will mention the free ones, and i will list each one in order of best features
PAID:
Stardock's Start8
this is so far the best start menu i have found. You can change the size of the start menu, change the ui style, and it is one of the closest start menus i have found to the windows 7 start menu

FREE:
IObit's StartMenu8
this is by far the best start menu i have found that is free it has alot of Stardock's Start8 features except for re-sizing the start menu but it is the closest i have found to having the most legit looking and feeling start menu that is free and closest to Win 7 start menu

Classic Shell
this was the first start menu i ever tried for windows 8 and it was pretty good except it felt more like a windows 98 type start menu and it was actually pretty slow

Pokki
This start menu was pretty cool but didn't have a windows feel at all, because in fact it wasn't built to mimic any windows start menu it was actually built to have its own style to it