Stationery Island D30 Pack 10 Reviews Summary

Quality of Ink

Pros:

• "Amazing, very vibrant and can see it on my clear calendar board."
• "The colours are good, and they are easy to write with."
• "Great colours. Nice and bright, Easy to use and dont make a huge mess!"
• "Bright colours and easy to use Wipes off easily with wet cloth."
• "I really like the vibrancy and brightness of the opaque colors."
• "They write beautiful and dry nice."
• "The colours are vibrant and last very well."

Cons:

• "The white was like water no matter how much I shook the pens."
• "Pens arrived fine, when tested on blackboard had differing results, some are more watery than others, pink and purple were the worst, very watery, not as vibrant as the other colours and because of this the line is less defined and harder to write with."
• "The pink and the blue are very light pink and light blue (almost white)."
• "The colors are nice for awhile but pretty quickly it's like the liquid breaks down and becomes very thin and watery."
• "Some of the colours were not as vibrant as I would have liked."
• "Colours are nice and bright and I like the small nib in them. They take a while to dry though and coverage isn't great so had to keep going over some of it to get even coverage."
• "The red is more a vibrant pink."

Usability and Design

Pros:

• "Once working these pens are much more practical than felt tips."
• "Arrived really quickly and they are fab quality."
• "These are amazing markers. They are perfect for writing, as they have small precision tips."
• "The pens were very easy to activate and came out really pigmented as you can see from the picture."
• "They are amazing, so easy to write with and the colours are great."
• "Great set of chalk pens overall, although the green coloured pen's nib doesn't pop back out."
• "These pens are great, they wipe off easily, have a great depth of colour unlike the cheap chalk pens that you can see the black board through."

Cons:

• "They take a lot of vigorous shaking to get the colour to the nib."
• "The nibs were difficult to write with and split easily."
• "After a few uses they are now hard, dried up, and no longer usable."
• "Takes a lot of shaking and scribblings to get the pen to start, phew."
• "Smaller pens than I expected... Nibs have sunk inside pens and now unusable."
• "The points / tips almost immediately started separating and fraying so my writing looks almost 3D and way thicker than 3 mm."
• "Trying to get my pens to stop leaking ink everywhere I tried to readjust the felt tip and tried it both ways, thinner, side and thicker side, and made a mess of my whiteboard and my hand in the process."

Customer Service

Pros:

• "Impressive customer service skills and I would happily buy from them again."
• "Changing my rating to a 5 after Stationary Island contacted following my initial review about the pens taking a while to work."
• "Offered to send me replacements without me having to return the originals (as my daughter set got put in the bin)."
• "They are going to start the pens for me to ensure they are working & all this after the stated 60 period as I didn't even think to return them."
• "Very happy will 100% be buying again from this seller."
• "I appreciate the fabulous customer service and will buy these again from Stationary Island when the current ones run out."
• "They offered to replace the pens to ensure they are working fully."

Cons:

• "These don’t work! Bought for Christmas - but tried them and NONE of them work despite following instructions AND I can’t return. Rubbish! Don’t buy!"
• "And as the supplier is on Amazon marketplace - no refund available!"
• "The pens are dry and completely useless. Don’t work!"
• "Would give it lower if possible. Every single one of the pens was completely dried out - couldn’t make a mark with any of them!"
• "Sadly a couple of the pens were defective - the nibs just went straight up into the pen on first use and were then unusable."
• "Just thought it was a bad product but they believe I got a couple of faulty ones."
• "I would love to return these but as I have tried at least to get one working, unsuccessfully I cannot."

Longevity and Quality

Pros:

• "Good value for the price. Would buy again in a heartbeat."
• "This is a repeat order of these pens and they are really good quality."
• "Could be used just as well on glass, glazed tiles and stainless steel etc."
• "If all the chalk markers I’ve used, I like these best."
• "This chalk marker is amazing and does the job - I used this to decorate our windows for Christmas."
• "These are miles better than the brand I ordered previously."
• "I was very happy with these pens, it’s very hard to find decent chalk pens!!"