Sharpie's new amazing liquid pencil

[Leros]

This is amazing.

http://blog.sharpie.com/2010/08/introducing-the-new-sharpie-liquid-pencil/

- writes as smooth as a pen
- erases like a pencil
- becomes permanent after 3 days

 

[coxmaster]

Not new.. We sold a few different types of "liquid" pencils when i worked at Office Max

 

[theflyingpig]

I must have these. I keep meticulous records of my guests, but sometimes, I mess up. You see, my guests are often under some duress when I'm taking notes, so they don't speak clearly, and I need to go back and make corrections. Currently I pencil everything in and then type my reports up later. This works fine, except that the pencil is a little too light and it strains my eyes to read for long periods of time. These new Sharpies solve that problem, and they become permanent after a few days. These pens solve so many problems and function so well, I'm surprised they don't have the Apple logo on them. Anyway, I'll certainly be buying them in bulk.

 

[Leros]

Not new.. We sold a few different types of "liquid" pencils when i worked at Office Max

But do they erase well and become permanent after 3 days?

 

[Kelvrick]

Does it smear? I can't access the site.

EDIT: Looks pretty interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m7DYYgbrhk

 

[Leros]

Does it smear? I can't access the site.

This image is the only thing they have on the site:

 

[Kelvrick]

This image is the only thing they have on the site:

Click my link, its of a youtube test. Guy writes stuff, scribbles, then erases. Then rubs his hand over it. It smears a little bit, not too bad.

 

[coxmaster]

But do they erase well and become permanent after 3 days?

Not really sure. They didnt sell well, and I never used them.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

This is news? There have been erasable pens on the market for more than 20 years. They were very popular when I was in high school, we used them for forging hall passes.

 

[Leros]

This is news? There have been erasable pens on the market for more than 20 years. They were very popular when I was in high school, we used them for forging hall passes.

Erasable pens never worked well. If this writes smooth and becomes permanent, then it seems like a pretty awesome device to me. I'd buy tons of them.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Erasable pens never worked well. If this writes smooth and becomes permanent, then it seems like a pretty awesome device to me. I'd buy tons of them.

That was true in the early models, but they've come a long way. This Sharpie looks like the exact same thing already out there being repackaged with a different name. Instead of calling it an erasable pen it's being called a liquid pencil. Still erases, still becomes permanent after time. All they're doing is trying to hide the stigma of "erasable pens" for people who remember the crappy old Paper-Mate models instead of the new ones that work very well.

 

[AbAbber2k]

The people in the comments are WAY too into this product. Time to get out of your cubicles I think.

 

[AMCRambler]

Whats wrong with a pencil? Does the same thing for way cheaper.

 

[SleepWhere]

People still write? I thought we used computers now

 

[Leros]

People still write? I thought we used computers now

I do a decent amount of math type problems and note taking for my engineering classes. I can take notes and do math faster with a quality smooth writing pen, but I want the erasability of a pencil.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I do a decent amount of math type problems and note taking for my engineering classes. I can take notes and do math faster with a quality smooth writing pen, but I want the erasability of a pencil.

I find for math I just scribble the offending bit out, even when I'm using a pencil. The only reason I use a pencil is because for some inexplicable reason my writing is easier to comprehend. But an erasable pen (or a liquid pencil, whatever) would be useful for my study notes, I make too many mistakes and corrections for eraser fluid to be practical.

 

[Leros]

I find for math I just scribble the offending bit out, even when I'm using a pencil. The only reason I use a pencil is because for some inexplicable reason my writing is easier to comprehend. But an erasable pen (or a liquid pencil, whatever) would be useful for my study notes, I make too many mistakes and corrections for eraser fluid to be practical.

I rarely erase when I'm doing math, but its niceto be able to have presentable work especially when its complicated work. I have no problem using a pen for my personal scratch.

I find myself making lots of mistakes when taking notes. Or even worse, when the professor misspeaks and I have to erase and rewrite something.

 

[Dominato3r]

That's some bad printing

 

[Born2bwire]

I do a decent amount of math type problems and note taking for my engineering classes. I can take notes and do math faster with a quality smooth writing pen, but I want the erasability of a pencil.

If it really doesn't smear then this would be very good for notes and work. I keep work journals of my research and I used to take all my course notes and journal notes in pencil because I needed to erase incorrect work. But then I noticed a few years later that my notes were destroyed by the graphite rubbing off and making entire pages nothing but solid lead. So I now use pen for its permanence so that when I go back months or years from now to review my work it will still be legible. But this means I can't erase mistakes and I waste a lot of paper and disrupt the work flow. I don't use eraseable pens because I find the resulting ink and the feel of using the pens to be poor.

So I can see how this could be very useful.

 

[Cheesemoo]

... I'll certainly be buying them in bulk.

So how many "liquid pencils" will it take to make 10 lbs?

 

[sourceninja]

Can students use it for tests that require a #2 pencil?

 

[Ika]

Can students use it for tests that require a #2 pencil?

Probably not. Why would you want to use it for a scantron-type thing anyway? It's not like it's the most difficult thing in the world.

 

[Saint Nick]

Where can I get about an alternator sized i love you of these pencils?

 

[Q]

Can students use it for tests that require a #2 pencil?

Maybe, Office Depot says it's "#2 Lead equivalent". Also says is permanent after about 24 hours and is liquid graphite.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...rkers-_-730116

 

[rcpratt]

Can students use it for tests that require a #2 pencil?

That would be the biggest question for me. Not that I would ever need to use these anymore, but when I was in school the only time I would ever use a pencil was for Scantron tests, and I hated it.