Review on Royal & Langnickel Soft Pastel Essentials Keep N' Carry Set - Perfect For On-The-Go Artwork! by Jody Yarrish

This appears to be a very good product, but it has a few drawbacks and it doesn't really fit my needs. For one thing, the case is much larger than I had expected. It could easily be over 2 inches shorter without the added length to accommodate the sharpener and eraser. Also, the spine of the case is very stiff and folding the open case in half might compromise the stiff spine. These two issues make this case much more cumbersome than similar products that I own. The pencils seem fine, but I did not really need another pencil set. I already have mechanical pencils and drawing pens with which I had intended to fill the case. The sketch pad is 5" x 7" which is adequate and quite portable, but has only 12 sheets of paper! This is disappointing, since the case is quite roomy and could easily hold a thick sketchpad. It is easy to fit many drawing tools inside the case, but there are no pouches or straps to accommodate them. I doubt this product will get much use from me. It looked good in the ad but for my purposes it is very disappointing. Royal & Langnickel offer other zippered sets that omit the eraser and sharpener and provide more portability. Unless you really need the pencils, sharpener and eraser (I don"t) I would recommend you check out these and other alternatives.