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Pros & Cons
Pros
These pencils are much darker than #2 school pencils. This pencil beats all others for sketching on newsprint and is bold on white paper. They are fantastic because this is the only pencil they will need for basic drawing.
The quality and consistency of prismacolor is always amazing. Will purchase again as needed. It's a great bargain.
Cons
Every pencil i try to sharpen just crumbles when it reaches a certain point. The tip either breaks during sharpening, or as soon as it makes contact with the paper. Will not be ordering any future pencils online.
This product is truly disappointing. Absolutley garbage. Would not recommend. This is unacceptable!
The only reason i would use this pencil over my mechanical pencil is to get an even pencil shading on a sketch (that won't be scanned into photoshop) it's not even like the pencil itself is black, so there's no reason for advertising confusion. I agre... Read More
Highlights
Quality
You can never go wrong with the quality of prismacolor products.
Daughter love prismacolor pencils because the quality of the color, easy to work with, easy to blend, and make her pictures pop.
But that has nothing to do with the product itself.
The sanford pencils don't shed as much graphite while the prismacolor noticeably do.
Price
Great product at a very good price.
A staedtler norica hb2 is almost as dark.
Shipping
Occasionally i get an order that much have been really thrown around during shipping, as each pencil has broken lead, which you... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Was in fact what i was looking for and needed but i’m a little dissatisfied with the packaging.
Competitiveness
Blends well with a qtip, brushes, tissue, and an old sock, and.
At less than $1 per pencil, these are a good value.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 1,975 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 20 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Qc seems to be lacking pretty sloppy labels but doesn’t effect the usability
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When opened the packaging it was in wasn’t very protective and the pencils could have easily been damaged because of it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It looked as though it came undone while in transit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are for more advanced artists
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Lay down your dark areas first
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A staedtler norica hb2 is almost as dark
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There is one very important caveat
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The graphite will fracture the length of the pencil and you can sharpen it and it will fall off until you have just a nub
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