Helix Oxford Colouring Pencils, 48 Count (Pack of 1)

Great pencils. Well worth the money. Solid tin to keep them in one piece, vibrant colours, easy application and they sharpen well too. As a graphic designer who occasionally need to add a bit of colour to my work on paper, these covered the primary colours I needed and performed well for next to nothing. Reccomended!

Like a lot of people we have been enjoying colouring books during lockdown. Bought as an addition to the set that came with the pads. Found these pencils did not break when sharpened. Compared to the ones that came with the set that snapped so much only had half a pencil left until got to a point where they did not break.Very happy with purchase, nice colours, wear down slowly and sharpen well

~ HELIX® OXFORD~ 12 SHORT PENCILS~ TRIANGULAR BARRELLED‘Made in China’ooOooRepresenting good value, IMO, the 12 quality, ready to use colouring pencils are simply presented in a cardboard box that measures around 8.5 cm x 11.75 cm (max, including the point of sale hanger). Each triangular barrelled pencil measures around 8.5 cm in length, including the ‘point’. The branding is in gold lettering on one side.The colours in my box are what you would normally expect, namely 1 each of:~ LIGHT BLUE~ DARK BLUE~ PURPLE~ PINK~ RED~ ORANGE~ PEACH~ YELLOW~ LIGHT GREEN~ DARK GREEN~ BROWN~ BLACKWith the exception of the peachy shade in my set, all lay down a good layer of colour without too much pressure and little residue (image below refers).They sharpen up well with a good quality, regular sized hole pencil sharpener, in my experience, although a firm hand is required to twist the triangular barrel. Too sharp a point does break away at the tip on next use, I also find.[10 images attached]

I got two orange and a gold. The pink is a bit day glow. I’d have liked a second shade of red and and green instead. They are a bit hard and don’t lay colour down easily. Tend to break the colour tip easily when shading. They don’t blend all that well. They are okay for fun and play but not high end stuff.

I know it’s not the biggest deal as we can sharpen them but it’s a bit disappointing to get 2 out of the 12 nibs broken, when I wanted a nice, neat set for my boy to start high school with (lose one star). There were no broken-off nibs in the box itself which implies they were deliberately PUT IN broken, rather than broken in transit. In which case that’s pretty shoddy actually (lose a second star). The ones with nibs write OK, although as an artist, I’ve used the superior Caran D’ache and there’s no comparison, but not buying those for my 11year old!

The only problem i had with these pencils is, they must of been dropped because some of them I need to keep sharpening because the colour led breaking. I brought them in a tin so they didn't get broken.

Excellent value, bought for school. Tin so handy in keeping them all together and checking none are lost. Both my children have them and I would highly recommend.

Good quality product as you would expect from this brand. My son really likes them and he likes the fact that there is a tin so they don't go all over his bag and he doesn't have to rummage through a pencil case for a specific colour. They don't seem to need resharpening every two minutes so they should last quite a while. Not flimsy.