Touchfive Alcohol Markers Review

Touchfive Alcohol Markers Review

Sorry for taking a while to post another blog, I have been distracted with other things and lost a bit of motivation but now I’m back and happy to finally post a review on the Touchfive alcohol markers I bought off Aliexpress for about US$18 last year. For the video review head over to my youtube channel “Mel Crafting” or view the link below.

First impressions are OK. I bought a 60 piece set and the Aliexpress seller threw in a couple of cheap pens. The listing said a colorless blender would be included but I didn’t get one so I was quite disappointed with that.

Some of the tips were poking out and needed pushing back in so consistency of assembly of the markers isn’t great. However, they did come in handy zip-up Pouch to hold the makers and it fitted a few extra markers I bought to complement the set so that was a bonus; again though the material of the bag is quite thin and does have a cheap kind of a feel to it.

 

he case for Touchfive alcohol markers
Touchnew 60 piece set zip pouch for Touchfive Alcohol Markers

The markers have a bullet tip and a chisel tip for each color. The caps feel very secure when you take them off and they give a nice click when you put them back on so I felt their was little chance of them drying out due to a loose cap. Holding them and drawing/coloring them was comfortable in my hand, I would have preferred a round barrel rather than the square profile but I didn’t get a sense of any control issues.

Touchfive alcohol markers bullet tip
Touchfive Alcohol Markers Bullet Tip
Touchfive alcohol markers chisel tip
Touchfive Alcohol Markers Chisel Tip

I swatched both the bullet tip and the chisel tip ends, noting down both the number and name printed on the cap of the markers. All the markers were juicy when using the bullet tip. I found marker 99 “Bronze” had a dried out chisel tip whilst marker 69 “Prussian Blue” had feathering issues with its chisel tip.

Touchfive alcohol markers swatch
Touchfive 60 Piece Set Alcohol Markers Swatch
Marker 69 Prussian Blue Chisel Tip Feathering
Marker 69 Prussian Blue Chisel Tip Feathering
Marker 99 Bronze Dry Chisel Tip
Marker 99 Bronze Dry Chisel Tip


Moving onto some alcohol marker blending. I tried out sets of three in colors that I would commonly blend together when I make my cards. What I found was that some markers were easier to blend than others; so that missing colorless blender would have come in handy…

Touchfive Alcohol Markers Blending Tests
Touchfive Alcohol Markers Blending Tests

I’m mostly happy with the color range for what I use them for (cardmaking/coloring), but I would have liked more in the purple range because, well, purple is my favourite color. The set has a great range of reds, blues, greens and brown/yellows with quite a few greys so really only limited by your imagination.

Touchfive alcohol markers in case
Touchfive alcohol markers in case

Overall, I recommend this 60 marker set of Touchfive alcohol markers as a first set for someone looking to try alcohol markers out but who also does not mind having a limited purple color range and can live with imperfect blending.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Happy crafting!

Mel Crafting



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