EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Markers
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Expo\'s are an invaluable tool at my job. Not only do they allow me to write the daily announcements for the students, they also help me illustrate how to solve an algebra problem in such a convoluted way that students are left more confused.\n\nAlso, we all use them to play pictionary. If you do too, you\'ve probably also realized that Expo needs to come out with more colors. Yellow should be in every pack, because I\'m pretty tired of the old "orange" sandy beaches and bananas.\n\nNeedless to say, they get a lot of use in our class and they last a lot longer than some others we\'ve tried.\n\nIn terms of opacity, they are on par with Board Dudes but last longer. Neither though are remotely close to being as saturated in color as Colormate. However, Colormate does not wipe off easily like the other two. Also, Colormate dries out quicker. All three have pretty standard, decent chisel tips.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I seriously love these markers. I teach junior high math, and go through multiple sets throughout the year. As students share their work on the board, they love to pick a color to show what they are doing. There are also certain things I put on the board, and having it color coded helps them immensely. Being able to differentiate between ideas, thoughts, people, etc. is so much easier with colors. My own children (ages 8, 6, and 2) love that they can draw pictures on my boards when they come help me lesson plan.\n\nAlthough I do go through multiple sets per year, these markers last well. Some colors are easier to see writing with--dark blue, dark green, purple dark brown, and black can be seen well from the back of the room. Pink and light green are great for color-coding but not for writing. The other colors are great for some writing and explaining, but not lots of printing things that must be copied. The students' favorites tend to be orange, and magenta, since those colors can't be found in any other classrooms (sometimes, kids even steal/borrow these colors because they want to use them on their locker white boards... they really, really, really like them!)\n\nIf I leave the color on my board for a long time (2 or more weeks), or my classroom gets really cold (under 60), I have a hard time erasing, but write over it with a fresh coat of marker, and it comes off. These erase best with expo erasers, and occasionally I clean my board (like every 2 months) with expo cleaner. Other than that, there's not much need to clean it, as these markers erase cleanly, and don't leave a huge mess.\n\nI would recommend this pack for anyone with a white board who likes color."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am a visual person, so, I need to draw almost everything a read for school and learning purposes (molecular biology, signaling pathways, etc.), so, I painted my basement wall with a dry-erase paint, and after checking reviews, I decided to get this EXPO pack. Well, suffice to say I'm so satisfied with the purchase. No lines left, nothing on the wall. However, I followed the recommendation of one person's review, suggesting to get the EXPO white board care spray. That works GREAT!!!! My board it's SUPER clean. BTW, I used those microfiber towels that are used to clean the dust. That works very well. Great great choice. Really."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Okay so normally I always just get office supplies in the store because I like to “touch” things before I buy them. With the pandemic and having a new baby I decided to buy these despite some of the horrible reviews. I mean Expo is a well known brand, maybe some of the people having issues is operator error.\n\nAnyways - the colors are vibrant, if stored correctly they last a long time, and they are easy to erase.\n\nI purchased mine direct from Amazon so maybe the people that have color issues didn’t do that, which could explain the inconsistency I noticed in the reviews.\n\nHere’s a picture of the markers and the color of each written on a U Brands white board for reference.\n\n** I was not compensated for this review and purchased this product on my own **'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Expo is the brand my 8th header asks for when we order school supplies. They last the longest & write the best. These colors were an awesome variety and as a visual learner myself I know the value of having a wide selection as information seems to be more easily recalled in vivid color. Fair price and the packaging was nice because it allowed us to easily see exactly what we were ordering online.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Because these are a well known product and the price was right..(I got them for a great deal at 5.88) I was thrilled to be able to order them. I am a teacher and admittedly use these daily. At least half of the colors are too light to be seen on a white board and the other half dried up really quickly. A couple of months into buying this product and I can only use the black and that horrible brown.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "These are the real deal, authentic, and came in retail packaging, and were not old and dried out. Most colors have lasted well over a year with occasional use. Some will start to dry out with a lot of use on a single marker, but only if my kid's are coloring in a lot of pictures over and over with just one particular color, but not when they're being used for just writing. For the most part, after leaving the cap on and not using it for some time, they seem to work again. If they're using all of the markers equally, then they're just fine. As a whole, I've never found a better brand, and all that we've tried will dry out with this same type of continuous use, only other brands seem do it even faster. Obviously, I wish that they wouldn't dry out in a day's time, even if my kid's have a favorite color that day, but I honestly haven't found anything better. &Let's not forget the great variety of colors in this pack, as well!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "The arrived entirely dried out. Waste of my time. I'm annoyed by that because as a teacher, I do not use all of the colors at once, so why would I even think to test them? I tried to write on my white board at work and the first one was dry, okay I thought, I mixed it up with my old one.... nope, each one after the other was dry. :("}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is the top product teachers in our school district ask for. I buy multiple packs each year and gift them to teachers as the school year progresses.\n\nGreat brand, these work well and these are the necessary colors without going for the extreme ones (pinks and such). They last a while as well, as long as you immediately replace the cap after each use.\n\nGreat price and arrive quickly.\n\nWe also use them in our kids' bathroom on the mirror to remind them of things for the day and it wipes off easily and leaves no residue."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "I opened a brand new box for the first time, just a few months after it was shipped from Amazon (but now after the return period has closed). To my surprise, almost all of the markers were extremely streaky and would barely write and seemed dried out. Only the blue and red markers worked and even then, the red was extremely faint and not vivid at all, more like light pink (the actual pink one in the box was streaky and dried out). Then to much of my dismay, the marks that the streaky ones made were permanent and wouldn't erase, and after I wiped more and more to get it off, it left a large permanent colored smudge. I used to swear by Expo markers and I still have some EXPO II from the 80s where the marker barrels are now yellowed and aged but they still write wonderfully except they do smell a lot stronger. I don't get how these markers that are barely half a year old are that dried out already. I also have a box of black fine point Expo markers from two years ago that are still working beautifully as well. As a lifelong customer of Expo, I'm extremely disappointed. I guess it's time to try a different brand.\n\nUPDATE: I decided to storing the markers pointing down after reading some tips to do so online. After ~1 week of storing them that way, I noticed that some of the markers started to work. Now, a month later, all the markers seem to work again and they erase well if they are dry (sometimes they smear if I erase immediately but then can be fairly cleanly erased after it dries again) but I'm glad I didn't just throw them away upon opening and tried this method. They must have been stored upside-down for so long in the Amazon warehouse that all the ink was at the other end of the marker."}]