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Review on πŸ–οΈ Set of 160 Wood Colored Pencils for School, Drawing, Sketching, Art Supplies - Ideal for Artist Painting and Oil-Based Pencil Techniques by Carol Miller

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not the quality I expected. Attention emptor

I've been using these for drawing greeting cards for three days and have far more problems with these colored pencils than any other brand of pen. I have ever used. Due to mobility issues, I am happy to be able to replenish from home when my art supplies run out. However, this set turned out to be far from what I expected and will have me making an arduous trip to the local art store to get another set from a different seller. While the colors are nice and the quality of the crayon itself is pretty good, the delivery system is just terrible. Currently, seventeen (!) pencils have rods so off-center that they are absolutely impossible to sharpen and color. They worked well until they needed sharpening. Another dozen pins have centers that break and fall out of the pins when you use them! I've had less serious problems with other brands after pencils fell hard from a high drafting table onto a tiled floor. I haven't dropped them once since I've had them, so I'm not happy that they're already breaking. Metallics break no matter how I sharpen them. The slightest pressure will cause the wax lead to break, requiring additional sharpening. After only three days of work, I was down to half a pencil of each. Catastrophe. However, this morning all but three of my purple pins broke! I went back to the leftovers of another brand of colored wax pencils that I still have on hand and finished my current project with them with no problems. . I just don't have time to keep fiddling with damaged pencils in the middle of a series of projects. Maybe I just got lucky with a bad batch, but I really haven't had this problem to this extent with other brands bought here at Revain. I would recommend using a different brand offered on Revain.

Pros
  • Very good value for money
Cons
  • Unbelievable price

Comments (4)

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May 25, 2023
Best value and quallity fr your money!
May 20, 2023
Hugely DISAPPOINTED
March 17, 2023
Sharpening nightmare.
January 08, 2023
Not the quality I had expected...caveat emptor