Customer Reviews

Sharpie Ultra-Fine-Point Permanent Markers, 24-Pack Colored Markers (32893)

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I am a big fan of Sharpies in general, and the ultri-fine tip markers are great for tons of things. However, the 24-pack includes at least 5-6 pastel colors that are so light they barely show up in such a fine point.

Sharpie makes great products but the "Ultra Fine Point" seems to be too fine for the ink to flow through at a decent rate. Unless you must have such a thin stream of ink, I'd recommend the Sharpie "Extra Fine Point" which does not seem to have this problem.

Fine point makes it easier to do details, and things that require pen-sized points. New pastel colors makes for a variety of colors besides just the usual bold ones. When you color something in with them, you can hardly see the streaks, lines, and scribbles from your coloring. My only comment is to make sure that you don't get the ink on anything other than your skin, and the paper, because the marker IS permanent! But besides that, I LOVE THESE MARKERS!

A friend and I were experimenting with BLOPENS, those toy watercolor markers marketed for kids which feature a hollow device which you blow through to spray the pen ink like an airbrush. I'd been lamenting that decorated envelopes would run in the rain and you couldn't paint over your airbrushed designs. Well, my friend discovered that the Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Markers fit into the Blopen in place of the water-based pen provided. Now I can use doilies and other interesting items to stencil in PERMANENT ink. What a boon to mail artists everywhere! If you can find Blopens anywhere, try it yourself!

Bought a more recent version of this product at the store today. They've come out with some new colors, including ones they call "cafe colors." The new colors are interesting but the pen caps don't really correspond to the actual color. Oh well. And like someone else said, the pastels are so light, it's not worth trying to write with them. You'd have to use them for drawing or highlighting a drawing, maybe. Anyway, I love Sharpies because the ink is permanent and I can do paint washes over them and my favorite is always the ultra fine tips.

I love Sharpies! Especially the Ultra Fine point for writing. But have recently been making small drawings on card stock that I plan to sell at holiday bazaars. Was delighted to find a 24-color pack -- mine was called Caribbean Colors. I agree that a couple (yellow especially) are too light to write with, but all colors can be used for drawing/painting...especially when surrounded by bright, contrasting colors.

MY biggest problem is with the darker colors. All the dark colors are VERY dark -- good as pens, but difficult to distinguish as different on the paper when 'coloring'. This includes the browns, magenta, blue, darker green, purple, wine and even the gray is very dark. The mid-range colors: red, lighter green, turquoise, pink still look colored and not too dark when you write a fine line.

I also really wish the pens had the color names on the pen and on the cap...some are so similar. I love the small color tip on the TOP of the pen as I keep them in a jar (nib down to keep them moist). The colored top makes it easy to tell which color I am picking up. Wish they did the same for their wider, rounder 'fine point' markers.

Very happy with them, however, the lighter colors do not show.... Not enough contrast on about six of them.

I got a great deal though! :)

The thing I'm most impressed with about these is how much it changes my penmanship, making it smoother and more graceful looking.

That's really all I use it for, and it's impressed me.

I have attached an example of this, and it can be viewed at the top of this page.

You can't buy a sharpie for under a dollar at the store. With this you get 24 for $16. Great for doodling or whatever writing you like to add color to. Colors are bright. If it's a sharpie, it's gonna bleed. That's what permanent markers do. Just put a sheet of paper under the one you're writing on. Problem solved.

These are some of the most handy things I've gotten for going back to school. I am a science major - specifically chemistry but I also take a lot of biology classes and a couple physics courses. Anyway, I have to say that I have some of the clearest, nicest-looking notes because I use these pens to draw diagrams, color-code formulae, and illustrate concepts. Unfortunately they do bleed through, but it's easy to fix by just drawing notes on one side of paper. I also color pictures with these when I need a break and they are really fun to use! Definitely useful for me.