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December 6, 2019

PARKOO Rainbow Erasable & Gel Pens Review

I’m always on the quest for rainbow gel pens and erasable pens – the 2 types of pens I use the most. So when ParKoo contacted me asking if I’d like to review some of their pens of course I said yes!

Disclaimer: ParKoo sent me the pens mentioned in this post for free in exchange for this review. As always, all opinions are my own.

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ParKoo Gel Pens

I’ve been eyeing off these gel pens for ages but they’re hard to find online and expensive to ship to Australia.

Why’d I want them so badly? Have a look at the colors… The perfect rainbow.

parkoo gel pen review rainbow swatches yellow ink you can actually see

You can actually see the yellow reasonably clear – much easier to see than most pen brands.

Read more: Yellow pen swatches (and my recommended pens that have yellow ink you can actually see)

I was disappointed that the pen that looks teal actually ended up looking green when you write with it. Apart from that I love the bright colors in this pack.

parkoo pen testing in my plum paper notebook rainbow gel pens retractable 14 colors

I much prefer when pens some in a case as it makes them much easier to store (I keep them in baskets on a shelf in a bookcase).

parkoo gel pens rainbow pen testing swatches ghosting bleed through pink blue green

ParKoo Erasable Gel Pens

I actually already had a set of these before ParKoo sent them to me. Erasable pens tend to dry out / empty quicker than ballpoint and gel pens. However they are refillable.

parkoo erasable pen medium tip retractable cheaper alternative to frixion rainbow

Retractable (they call them clickable) pens are my favorite type of erasable pen as you don’t need to worry about removing a pen lid from the end to erase.

The dark green is actually turquoise. I like the color and prefer turquoise but the ink color isn’t true to the pen body. The pen ink is a bit more prone to skipping than other erasable pen brands.

Read more: My favorite erasable pens for planners and bullet journaling

parkoo retractable erasable gel pens review pen swatches ghosting bleed through

These 4 colors are my favorite!parkoo retractable erasable gel pens review pen swatches ghosting bleed through better than the pilot frixion

I did the swatches in one of my Plum Paper notebooks (I have a whole notebook dedicated to pen swatches). There was hardly any ghosting of these pens!

parkoo erasable pen ghosting

ParKoo versus Frixion Erasable

If you follow me you’ll know I love erasable pens – especially the Frixion – so how do these stack up?

  • The Frixion come in more colors (and nicer brighter colors)
  • Both brands are refillable
  • Both brands are retractable
  • The ink is lighter & more prone to ghosting in the ParKoo
  • Comparable price
  • They both have a 0.7mm pen tip

So really the only major difference is that the Frixion come in more colors. I’ll have to update this post when I have a better idea of how long the ink lasts.

More pen reviews

  • My Favorite Fineliner Pens for Planning & Bullet Journaling
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  • How I use different types of pens when planning

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Comments

  1. MaryAnn Coy says

    December 6, 2019 at 21:27

    Ironic my Parkoo assortment came yesterday. I’ve been looking at that 20 pack of FriXions forever but at $35.00 I held off until Black Friday hoping for a break! Nah! You mentioned Parkoo’s in a blog a few days back so I found them on sale Black Friday the set of 20 for $13.95. Most comments said a little skipping and not as much ink. But as you say refillable. So for around ⅓ the price I decided to try them. These were from Amazon. Parkoo makes refills for only the 16 most popular colors. Their refills also fit FriXion, and FriXion refills fit Parkoo. So far FriXion refills common in groups of single colors. Except the standard Black Red Blue. Have you used any of the other erasable brands? Mostly Chinese brands. I’m hoping for the FriXion to have a price break after the holidays. I want the erasable ones for my planner. Happy Holidays

    • Rachael says

      December 7, 2019 at 11:37

      Hi MaryAnn,

      Yes I did a list of my favorite erasble pens for planning in this post: https://allaboutplanners.com.au/my-favorite-erasable-pens-for-planners-and-bullet-journaling/

      I don’t think the Frixion pens ever go on sale. If you have the ParKoo erasable already you probably don’t ‘need’ the Frixion as well. Have you tried Jetpens? They sell the pens individually if you’re only after a few colors and don’t need the entire pack.

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