Pros: Solid body, easily replacable nibs, decent ink capacity, can be drippy or not, comes in a wide variety of decent colors. The only real "con" to these markers is that replacement nibs are absurdly expensive (like $2 apiece, which is highway robbery), and also another problem isn't with the markers themselves, but with the ink. The ink dries very fast and it is slightly sticky, so your nib can drag on lines that you just wrote a moment ago, which can disrupt your flow. If you write really fast it isn't a problem really but if you're taking your time and/or trying to do calligraphy stuff it can mess you up. Also, the ink is pretty easy to buff if you're not writing on a very porous surface. Overall I'd say these are dope and I have no major issues with them, and own several that I use with various concoctions inside.
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I have a brown one of these. I like the shape, I like the coolness of the glass body (even if I sometimes worry about breaking it), and the thing that I love most of all about these lil' dudes is that you never have to juice them or worry about drips. They just write and write and write. They also stain pretty well too for being an oil based formula. CONS: At $4 a pop they aren't cheap when you consider other options available... also they write fairly small lines so if you're trying to go big you might as well not bother. They also do have that classic "magic marker" smell to them so they aren't exactly best for trying to be sneaky. For what they are they are awesome, I just wish they were maybe a dollar less expensive and also as far as I know you can't find refills for these.
Just copped one of these in purple after wanting one for a while. It's awesome. My next project is gonna be buying four of these streaks and splitting them for some 4-ways. I'm gonna go with purple, neon green, blue, and orange. Can't wait!
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I recently bought a bottle of the violet, as it is my favorite shade. (Light blue is sweet too!) I like this ink because it is very smooth to write with, doesn't have an obnoxious odor, and the violet POPS. It's a truly gorgeous color. Way back in the day when I got my first Flowpen I got one in violet and since then I've tried other colors but still prefer it the most. Another thing that is cool about Flowpen ink is that it dries very quickly with a shiny finish to it. IMO it is very similar to Pilot ink in many ways. I have no idea how this stands up to UV fading, I have no idea if it is easy to buff, and I have no idea how well it stains because I don't go around looking at old tags all of the time. If I were to guess I'd say that it probably stains decently well on porous surfaces but if you were writing on, say, a metal utility box or whatever, it'd probably clean off fairly easily due to it not sinking in and staining, but that's true with many inks. I actually used this ink to make some tags in a blackbook many years ago and the shade looks just as vibrant as it did back then. I rate the product 5 out of 5 stars because I have no problem with it, but that said, you CAN find Flowpen ink cheaper than AP's prices, but if you're buying crap from them anyway you might as well just go ahead and get your Flowpen ink because you're getting free shipping anyway if you spend over $70, so it kinda works out in the end. I will be soon testing mixing this with some Marsh T-Grade as a sort of poor man's Garvey.
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I ordered 3 of these 6-packs and I'm a bit disappointed, but maybe I am just being too picky. I know that they are going to be assorted, random colors and I expected to get some blacks and whites of course but what bums me out is that the colors in each of the 6-packs are EXACTLY the same. I was hoping for more of an assortment of colors. I got black, white, anthracite (dark grey), pistachio light, signal blue, and pure red x 3. I have nothing against any of those colors but I wanted more variety. I guess having multiples of the same colors would be nice if I wanted to do a larger piece but I basically just do throws. Some people might like getting the same colors in every pack but I personally don't. Even still I'd say that these 6-packs are a good deal for the price... basically $5 a can, which is cheaper than going to any local store and buying some Rusto. I'm going to give this 4 out of 5 stars ONLY because of my personal preference for more variety per pack. If I was basing my review on the purchase of one pack only, it would be 5 stars, no doubt. AP should do a similar deal with the Flame Blues.
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So I bought one of the silver hobo markers based upon recommendations here in the reviews. For $3 I'd say it is totally worth it. It is not as smooth / buttery as the AP streakers but it's silver, and it is smoother than the other hobo markers IMO... it's a pretty decent silver too. From far away it just looks gray but if you get close and have light shining on it at the right angle it's about on par with typical silver paint. The advantage to this vs. simply using a small mop with some silver paint is that it has no smell and you don't gotta worry about leaks. The main complaint that I have about it is the annoying scab that you have to peel off every time you wanna use it, because as far as I know there's no easy way of getting it off, and you end up with silver fingers unless you're wearing gloves. My fingers are silver as I type this. Overall I am going to give this product a 4 out of 5 stars due having to deal with the annoying scab and also due to the fact that these don't have a cap of any sort so if you carry it in your pocket you're gonna get everything in there silver unless you keep it in a little ziploc bag.
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