Gelly Roll Retractable Gel Pens Colored - Opaque Color Set - Art Gifts, Holiday Gifts & DIY Projects - Medium Point Ink Pen - With White, Gold & Silver Ink - 10 Pack

These write smooth and have great colors, not too much glitter but shimmery. I have used this brand for years and highly recommend them.

I got functionality, quality, smooth writing, value for money, fun to use, color variety 5 color pens are awesome items!

These pens are great for coloring books, dry really fast and do not smear. Love that they are retractable as well. The medium point size is perfect.

White gel pen isn’t as smooth as the gold and silver. Have to write over the white lines several times to get it to fill in.

They write very smoothly and it’s great that they are retractable.

Very smooth

CLASSIC I originally purchased the classic colors(black, red and blue) at my local craft store and liked them so much that I decided to buy the 10 pack on Amazon, as it was much cheaper and had more colors that my store offered. NEW COLORS Honestly, the glitter and metallic colors blew me away! I think if I had to go back, I would have never purchased the classic colors though. GLITTER/METALLIC VS. CLASSIC The Glitter and Metallic colors are all very juicy, vibrant and do not skip literally AT ALL! 10/10. But the Classic colors, while they are gel pens, they write more like ball points pens and they do skip some. They are also not as juicy as the glitters and do not write as thick and do not glide on the paper as easily. I would honestly give them a 8/10 now that I have been spoiled by these new colors. I would give them a 7/10 but it is hard to find pens that do not bleed through paper. Good news is that the metallic and glitter also do not bleed through!(Video included) CONCLUSION If you are getting these for the classic colors, do not expect to be blown away. They are fine, good enough for me to be interested in buying more colors, but they are not as good as the metallic or glitter colors. If you are interested in the metallic/glitter colors you will not be disappointed, they are perfect! They do take longer to dry than the classic but it is worth it to me. THEY DO NOT BLEED THROUGH PAPER, which is amazing!!

UPDATE: Lowering to 3 stars. Right after I bought these I bought some of the regular removable cap ones to compare. Some of the older ones I have have lasted for years so I wanted to see! The new Amazon ones lasted about 3 months while the regular Sakura ones are still going strong. I wont buy these lower quality ones again as they last a tiny fraction of the time as a regular Sakura gel rollerball. I wanted to replace my Sakura Gelly roll glitter pens I've collected for the past 25 years or so after losing them in a fire. I couldn't tell which pack to get from the descriptions so I figured I'd write you all a key so you don't order a bunch of pens you don't want like I did! "SPARKLE" is a multi pack that is for the most part is made up of non-metallic and more importantly non- glittery pens! Don't buy the "Sparkle" pack unless you really want 4 plain blue and black ink pens. If you are a person buying glitter pens you likely don't. "METALLIC" is the sample on the right. They're always fine for everyday use but no big whoop. The pen caps are glittery. Way to make the new version of these pens even more confusing. "STARDUST" is the sample on the left. THIS IS THE GLITTER YOU WANT! Fine for everyday use but also super sparkly for when thats a thing you need. These have the pen caps that are all clear with a very subtle glitter in the plastic. Sakura - come on. These are the most confusing pens ever. Aside from the issues above the trompe l'oiel caps as the retraction button trompes my oiels every damn time. Everyone in my household struggles with the caps for a moment before we realize it's not a cap and swear while clicking. I dearly miss the old Sakura Gelly pens but will relegate myself to using the Stardust ones for everyday use for now. Please bring back real pen caps and stop messing with my family's perception of reality.