EXPO Original Dry Erase Markers Chisel Tip Red 12-Count

What can I say? Teachers today use a lot of dry erase markers and Expo are simply the best. They last a long time, write smoothly, and consistently throughout their lifespan. As a 29 year veteran, I don’t use anything else. Read more

My white board is getting on in years and since I use the board a lot it has been getting progressively harder to clean. On top of that I'll lay out several weeks worth of plans at one time so when it's time to erase more often than not it is a big pain to remove the well dried lines. Until I made a discovery. I had a board full of different colored notes and one of them erased beautifully. Somehow out of the dozen or so markers I had only one was the original dry erase formula, guess which one worked perfectly? The low odor pens smeared, left ghost images or just flat refused to erase. So I picked up this set of the original pens and they work great. They even remove the scum from the low odor pens! (that's pretty amazing because I've tried every chemical I could and even brake cleaner won't touch that stuff) Buy these and leave the low odor pens for those people who don't have anything better to do than clean their white board. Read more

Everyone knows the secret to good teaching is the intoxicating odor of Expo Original Chisel Tip Dry Erase Markers. I have no room in my life for that hippy, "LOW ODOR" nonsense. I need to feel the glory of fifty thousand unicorns coursing through my veins every time I uncap my marker, these get the job done. If you too, feel similarly about the pungent funk of what you use for your in-class cave paintings, read on. If you're shocked by your own incredulity re:my awe inspiring writing, you lack discipline. Sit down children, Mr. Amazon Reviewer is going to uncap his huffing marker and tell you a story about how sissies ruined a functional product for the rest of us. According to the Online Compendium of Human Knowledge, Wikipedia, EXPO markers were unleashed upon humanity in 1976. There was much rejoicing. The markers mark methodically and meticulously, markedly making many more meager markers miserable and morose. Uncap that sucker and make a juicy black line on the board, because you can, you winner, you. Did you make a mistake? Need to erase it quickly? Methyl isobutyl ketone, motherf...oops, family site, I already did an "M" sentence. It has an obscenely high vapor pressure and it's the solvent in EXPO markers; ENGLISH: the markers stink because they dry quickly, they erase easily because they dry quickly, I'm a Chemistry teacher, trust me. Note, this has -one- con, if you leave these uncapped for more than five minutes, they are done. They've dried out. You can re-cap them and leave them upside down overnight, but chances are, they're gone. Why do I hate low odor markers with the fervor only a marker huffer could muster? For starters, it is now impossible to purchase these normal markers anywhere locally. I'm not joking. The low odor markers were released as a punishment in 1986, potentially for hair metal or other terrible 80s pop culture, probably a sign of the Last Days. They used to be clearly labeled on the package, and the marker. "EXPO2," they said, the 2 written nearly as bold and large as the entire word preceding it. You saw that 2, and you knew, right away, that either your teacher was a sissy, or they were a glutton for punishment and enjoyed cleaning their whiteboard weekly with an angle grinder. That marker was not an EXPO, it was an EXPO*2*, a shoddy revision, a retched swindler, an impostor. "Why does that matter?!" I'll tell you why it matters. The labeling changed. Now the boxes look identical, save for a small, secret scarlet set of words in the corner, "low odor marker." Retailers decided they didn't need as much floor space for these things. People also misplaced their manhood. Go to any big-box retailer or office supply store, and the low odor markers are all you can find. They are more difficult to erase, don't smell like winning, and believe it or not, not as vibrant. How are they different? A weak, measly, slowly evaporating alcohol replaces the methyl isobutyl ketone. The colors are the same, sure, you got your black and blue and red and whatever. The stink is not; I personally think the "low odor" markers smell worse. Ketones smell sweet. Alcohol smells like college and bad decisions. Like the decision brick and mortar retailers made to stop stocking the stuff of legends. Read more

This is everything you would need if you are not planning to do a whole lot of writing. It is very basic and exactly what I needed as I did not need a lot of colors or a large set. It has the spray for cleaning the board and the eraser for erasing the writings. The only problem is that odor ink in the pens is very strong and should have bought the lower odor type. Other than that this is perfect for home use and for what I will be using it for. Read more

EXPO is the gold standard of dry erase markers. I use dry erase markers daily and have gone through many of the cheaper markers. I finally decided to spend a couple extra dollars for the EXPO brand markers. Other markers I have bought will dry out after a month of heavy use, if the tips aren't ruined before that. The chisel tip on these markers are very firm and don't break down as easily as some of the cheaper brands. It is also nice to have a new eraser with every pack. The spray helps with marker that has been left on the board for too long. Just make sure to use a clean paper towel to wipe the spray off. If you use the eraser to, it will smear all of the residue from the eraser onto the board. Read more

These are the new, low odor, markers and not the original as advertised. The Expo box arrived smashed and broken. Read more

Everything in this little kit is just as you'd expect. There are no surprises or anything out of the ordinary. The eraser is a block of Styrofoam with some felt glued to the bottom. The spray bottle works well. The markers are just like the markers you'd typically find in a school or office. We've had them for a couple years and they still work fine. I'd buy this set again if we needed more and also recommend them to a friend. The only thing I wish this had was a holder for the markers and eraser that I could screw to a wall. It just came in a blister pack - but for $6 I think that's perfectly fair. Read more

These are great! The markers have vibrant colors, even the green, which in most dry-erase markers is quite light, this one is a true bold color. The eraser - meh. I don't use it that much as I feel it smears a bit, so I just use a paper towel or a tissue to erase. And the spray, I'm not sure if it works better than Windex or something similar, but I do use it. I use these to write on my white fridge, and since I'm renting I need to make sure they come off! I make sure to erase regularly (nothing stays on longer than a week) and I use a paper towel first, and then a little spray. It works. Remember to store the markers horizontally so that they don't dry out. Read more