Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

You can read my original review after my update. I purchased these pencils a long time ago and did set aside my Prismacolor Premier pencils to use these. After a while, I found a lot of imperfections. The big one is that a lot of the pencils don't seem to be mixed together thoroughly, e.g., while using a blue pencil, it will suddenly have streaks of violet in the lead. Needless to say, I no longer use these pencils and suggest spending a little more money for a better quality... unless, you're getting them for a kid or something. Also, I think I was in denial about each pencil being its own unique color, a lot of them look the same color, maybe for a slight difference. My original review: Just like my headline says, I'm pleasantly surprised by these colored pencils. I wanted to try an oil based color pencil, but couldn't afford the Fibercastell brand, I picked these colored pencils on the fact that there's 160 different colors AND the description actually says they are oil based. I really like these, the pigment is great and by pushing hard, I can actually fill in the teeth of the paper, where when I push hard with my Prismacolor pencils, they do not fill in all the teeth. Honestly, I put my Prismacolor pencils aside and decided to only use these for now. I am only a beginner and don't really know much about this stuff, but this is my 4th set of colored pencils (all different brands) that I've purchased and these might be my favorite. I should also mention that my Prismacolor colorless blender pencil seems to work with these, not dramatically like it does with its own brand, but I think that's a good thing to know. I found these are a little easier to erase too. I forgot to mention that they come with a DIY color chart, which is super awesome. I have a bit of OCD and my color pencils HAVE to stay in the exact order that they came in. This is the first color pencil I've purchased that does not have an example of the colors (in order) on the box and the numbering system on the pencils are not helpful for THIS issue.