Customer Reviews

Expo 7-Piece Original Dry Erase Organizer Kit

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I spent 10 years teaching in a blackboard and chalk environment, but I changed jobs several years ago and I've been teaching in a whiteboard and dry erase marker world ever since.

I have to admit that I was hesitant to make the switch - people don't like change, but I've come to appreciate the increased flexibility that dry erase markers can give.

I routinely use 5 or more different colors of markers in my zoology courses (black, red, green, blue, orange, and sometimes others), and I've been particularly pleased with Expo Dry Erase Markers.

I find these markers to have brilliant colors, I quite like the orange ones :-)

Of course, no marker lasts forever, and like any marker, once these start to run out or the tip dries out it's a gonner. Until then though they work great.

Likes:
- I like the fact that you can tell when the pen cap is firmly seated - a must for lengthening marker life
- I also like how the pen cap fits easily and securely into the opposite end of the marker so you don't lose it while you are writing.
- I like that fact that the color of ink in the marker is clearly indicated on the pen body.

Dislikes:
- The chisel-point tip on these markers is too fine. When a marker is brand new you have plenty of ink, but because the ink tip is so fine you have to hold the pen at a particular angle to get a wide enough like to make a bold mark that is wide enough for students at the back of a 100-seat lecture hall to see. Then by the time the pen nib gets into a workable shape to produce a nice heavy line every time you shortly run out of ink.

All in all, these are very good pens, but not without some minor issues, thus 4 stars for teaching. These would be worthy of 5 stars if they were used only for personal in-home white message board use.

I hope this was helpful.

Write-on!

My work uses this on our shop floor holds up nicely, bought one for home

The markers are dark and clearly visible, while the eraser is fairly thorough. The box comes with a plastic-molded container (as you see in the picture), with double-sided tape for easy, stable, mounting on a wall beside the whiteboard. For the low price, this is unbeatable.

These beens work great! I Have been using them for months and they have not dried out.

The markers are very nice and vibrant colors, but the holder (which is the primary reason I bought this set) is made out of very cheap plastic and cracked at the corners the moment I got it out of the box for the first time. The eraser is a little better, but still pretty light and seemingly non-durable... so far nothing happened to it yet, but I feel it'll probably tear soon after some use.

They write consistantly well. Seem to last fairly long. The price is good. The eraser works as well as most other dry erase markers.

They got here fast...

I'm not sure what else to say about dry erase markers...

I use these for whiteboard teaching presentations. I love having the additional colors of Orange and Brown to the standard primary colors.
If you do any sort of technical presentation where having multiple colors is useful, this is a great purchase. I've been using EXPO markers for many years and they've never let me down. Good quality markers at a reasonable price shipped free; there's no down side to buying these.

Dido on James Stein comments.

The markers are dark and clearly visible, while the eraser is fairly thorough. The box comes with a plastic-molded container (as you see in the picture), with double-sided tape for easy, stable, mounting on a wall beside the whiteboard. For the low price, this is unbeatable.

I made a mistake in placing my order. I wanted fine markers and didn't consider that the markers I ordered weren't that. I was surprised when they came but it was my fault. The kids use them on the dry erase board and are happy with them and that's the important thing. The response time was excellent. They arrived before Christmas!

We use this Expo 7-Piece Dry Erase Kit in our small business to keep track of our on-going projects. Here are my observations:

Markers:
+ The six colors allow us to color code priorities
+ Positive cap seal keeps markers from drying out
* Relatively low odor

Eraser:
+ Works well enough

Holder:
+ Holds all of the markers and the eraser
- Fairy thin plastic
- Weak adhesive, used extra double stick tape to hold on the wall

This is works for our needs, with the good quality markers, good eraser, and usable holder.

Recommended!

CFH