Sakura Aqualip Gel Ink Pen - 5 Color Set

These pens are indeed great but be warned... they are the exact same as the Sakura Glaze pens! If you already have the set of 10 Glaze pens, then you already have these pens. Same colors, same tip thickness, everything.

They were probably just marketed under a different name in Japan...

And also, as with the Glaze pens, they write on just about anything... in case you were wondering.

These are really great pens. They dry lifted, with a 3D shape. The ink also flows very freely. Just one caution: don't leave these pens out in the sun. It melts the ink and causes the ink to leak and drip down the ink barrel if you store it vertically with the cap side up.

I still bought this set though. I like using these pens to make titles for different sections of my notes.

The reviewer saying these are exactly the same as Glaze pens is almost correct. The tip size is the same, but the ink colors are more saturated. Some are darker than Glaze (blue, yellow) and some are brighter (green, pink) while orange is just about the same shade. The difference is just enough that if you start a project with Glaze pens and then switch to AquaLip, the switch will be very noticeable. But you could go ahead & treat these Aqualip pens as different colors (even tho the pen caps are the same color so you should mark them w/a sticker or something), then you can enjoy even more varied colors!

The colors are really great, and it's really cool to see the wet look after it dries. And yes, it is a bit hard to tell if they're dry or not whenever you write.

This writes so smooth, almost too smooth. And the writing comes out really slick, as though it never dried. The only down side is that it's hard to tell when the ink DOES dry.