As far as gel pens go, these are decent. The ink flows smoothly, never skips, and despite being scented, doesn't smell bad. But, they aren't spectacular. I would have been just as happy with a set of regular pastel gel pens. These ones write in just one color at a time, and when one uses enough ink to reach the point where the colors meet, the ink switches to an unpleasantly muddy color for a surprisingly long time before it completely changes to the next one.