STAEDTLER 318-3 Lumocolor Permanent Pen, Fine Line Width, 0.6mm - Blue (Box of 10)

They aren’t what they used to be. I’ve used STAEDTLER Lumocolor Pens for years and these pens are NOT as they were.Just bought a new 10 box of these Fine pens which I normally use to do line drawings and outline paintings and I am so disappointed in them. The tips are far too soft making the ink lines spread. Also the ink now seems to soak into the paper far too much. So ........I sent for a 10 box of Superfine too just to test the difference - there is none ! The Superfine are just as bad. I have added a photo to show both the Fine And Superfine lines on heavyweight watercolour paper (it is even worse on 500g card). You can see how it has soaked in at the top of the lines.I will have to use them for something other than fine lines, I guess. Seems a bit daft though considering that’s what they are supposed to be for.NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL.

For years I have been using another famous brand that claim to work on every surface. As I predominantly use markers to draw on canvas I would find that with the other brand of marker I'd have to be careful not to damage the tip or to colour too hard otherwise the pen tip would become unuseable long before the ink ran out. I'm currently working on a 60x60cm canvas with these pens. I'm only on my first one out of the packet but I have managed to add lots of fine detail and I'm yet to even damage the tip - if I was using my previous brand the pen would have either dried out or the tip would be mutilated by now due to the texture of the canvas or I'd be at a point where I'm carefully having to manipulate the tip to get the lines that I need on the canvas. Even if the first pen out of the packet runs out now I would have got a lot more out of it than the previous brand.The best part is that they do a range of sized tips - I got a box of both the fine and medium.Would definitely recommend to other artists and anyone who wants a good durable marker.

I'm always looking for decent pens/markers/pencils to use for carpentry/metalwork/general DIY.There's going to be a trade-off between, usability and size of line. I think these pens strike that balance very well.As you can see from the picture, it's a more precise line than the Sharpie but less than the mechanical pencil. However, this is nearly as easy to work with as the Sharpie, compared to the mechanical pencil than breaks and can be temperamental.I'll always be curious for different pens but this is one of the best I've gambled on in a while. Recommend for the tasks I do

I got a set of the 0.6 mm nibbed permanent markers as they are just right for small potting shed plant labels and excellent for allowing me to be a bit neater when writing on C.D,R compilations ( I have literally hundreds ) that I make up to play in my trusty old car that has no Mp3 hard drive connectivity but an Mp3 disc player. You can't get better markers than these as they'll write on plastics, metals and virtually all clean carbon based materials that I have ever had the notion to scribe upon. You just find rubbishy markers on sale in the supermarkets so these are worth the price on grounds of assured legibility alone.Eamonn

Excellent product well worth buying. You can use drain unblocker bleach in a bucket immerse labels into the liquid and leave for about three weeks. Use rubber gloves to remove labels from the very strong bleach making sure you do not get any bleach on your hands nor your clothes, rinse in a sink of cold water, leave for 15 min utes , then run the contents of your sink away and rinse again under running water for about 5 minutes. Use an old tea towel and dry your labels, I have managed to recycle over 10,000 labels this way. No LIABILITY ACCEPTED.

They are very good and reliable. They also come with different colours and different knib sizes. They are so good that my family continually steals them from my studio-which is why I have to purchase a lot of these pens as shear replacements caused by `innocent` sticky fingers !!!!! (I always blame the children). Ho, Ho!But we all love them.

Love these pens, really nice to work with on DVD’s. Had for a few months now, all worked well. I have both the medium & fine version, both are great, having purchased other cheep pens from the site in the past, I can really tell the difference. Will be buying Steadtler pens Again. ( When required) Best I have ever used.

Love these, great for many uses from labels that last to DIY. I'm now on my 4th box, and as this is over more than 10 years it shows how they last if you keep the cap on when not in use. TIP: Turn the one you are using upside down in the box, that way you don't start using several by mistake!