Caliart Alcohol Brush Markers, 121 Colors Dual Tip Artist Brush & Chisel Tip Sketch Art Markers, Aesthetic Cute Preppy Stuff School Supplies, Pens for Lettering Cards Drawing Mothers Day Gift for Mom

This is not my first set of alcohol markers and every set I have received there was a swatch sheet with them and usually some information and a plastic sheet for putting between pages. This set had nothing in the bag but markers. Not sure if this was a returned item. Only issue I have other than no swatch sheet is that marker Y960 was replaced with Y962.

I bought the ohuhu markers first, because those have been said to be “the best”. Some came dried out and didn’t blend as well as advertised I felt like I had to act super fast before it would streak and dry. It didn’t feel relaxing when I felt like I was racing a clock or had to be super intentional. Decided to try these and they are SO much better. I love them for coloring. They blend easier and I don’t have to overthink the direction I’m coloring or outlining. Picture one with ring pops is with the Ohuhu markers (you can see the trash marker strokes) and the rest are with these new markers.

My credentials: I have none. I don’t have a big history with marker use. I’ve only used these, Tombows and Shuttle Art. I’m not an art expert, just another person who got influenced by social media.Pros: I like the feel and look of the markers. They are pretty to look at and I’m pleased with the color options (I know some people have complained about not enough pastels but I tend to lean more toward Earth and Jewel tones so I don’t care as much). There were some that were more dried out than others, but all were very usable and nowhere close to “dried out”. The inconsistency in ink flow may have been due to their position in the factory or in transit if the ink pooled in certain areas of the markers. I also have no issues with leaking, brushes popping out or damage like others have said. They do what they’re advertised to do as far as I can tell, though I can’t speak on durability or how long they last because I haven’t used them for anything except a swatch so far. They don’t bleed as much as I expected, and I don’t care about the bleeding anyway because that’s what alcohol markers do. I’ll just use cardstock under my projects. They don’t leave any lines or come out unevenly for the most part, and I feel that the occasional time they do (mostly on the chisel tip) it’s mainly user error.Cons: As for product quality, I’m disappointed in a couple things. Firstly, the tips seem not the same length, especially on the brush tip, as if some are not completely interested into the marker all the way or were cut longer (I attached a picture). This may be a common thing and petty complaint, I'm not sure because like I said, I’m not very experienced in markers, but it makes the experience using them inconsistent, like I have to get used to each marker separately. Also, the case they come in works fine, but that’s as far as it goes. All the markers fit, but there’s no organizers included to sort them, and as far as I know, you’re supposed to store markers like these on their side, but trying to do so with this case is almost impossible (at least during active use) because they fall out. Moving on to technical issues, a big part of why I chose these were because of the names on the markers as shown in the picture. When I got mine, the names were not printed onto the markers, just the serial number. I’m not SUPER mad about this because I’ll just make up my own names that make more sense to my brain. On that note, I tried to be forgiving about colors being true to the swatch and lid colors but there’s some obvious mistakes that I don’t understand. Some examples: R503 is “pastel” but R502 is “medium” pink (in the swatch I posted it seems like they should be switched), Also, on the online swatch, R903 is titled “light orange” but is listed as what I’m assuming as a variant of Red/ red undertones based on the serial number, and comes out light purple. Also there were many typos, such as colors being inconsistent between the markers, online swatch, and picture of the markers shown (I believe NG07 is labeled NG09 on the swatch, there are two Y710s in the swatch when one should be Y701, Y962 is labeled as Y960 on the swatch, B118 is labeled B811 and so on). Also many spelling typos and inconsistent names, such as the two different names listed for Y025 on each picture, “bule” instead of “blue” and “salmon” being called “salmo”. Between all of these errors, I think many people (rightfully so) are upset because they think they received the wrong colors or are missing colors, but according to my swatch and my verification, nothing (at least in my package) is missing, but it’s hard to tell due to all the error labels.TL/DR: the markers themselves work fine overall and are worth it for me because of the smoothness and color options, but the technical/ advertising errors are creating a lot of confusion and disappointment, and make the overall creation of the product seem careless. If there was a bit more effort to verify the details and advertise properly, I feel like many people would be more pleased.

Absolutely amazing pens quality is great my book looks like the colours have been printed on! They are so smooth and enjoyable to use.

These are by far my favorite markers! Wish I could afford more!! I love them sooo much! Coloring has really helped with my anxiety!!!

I am so happy with these markers, the colors are vivid and they cover without streaking. These have both paintbrush and fine line tips on each marker which I love since I don’t enjoy using the standard chisel tips that most markers have. I think these markers are even better than the ohuhu markers that I have.

Love them! But

I have the ohuhu markers which I love. I ended up trying these out because the other ones are always out of stock. These blend superrrrr nicely but giving 3/5 only because they’re not labeled with names, a lot of the colors don’t match the lids / are similar to one another, and one came completely colorless / dried out haha I will say they are less alcoholy though than ohuhu which can be nice depending on what you need them for. I had used to some ohuhus on the winter pic. Last pic (frog) is all ohuhu brand just for reference.