Sharpie Liquid Pencil writes and erases like a pencil, dries like a Sharpie (video hands-on!)
By Nilay Patel 
posted August 9th 2010 3:02PM
posted August 9th 2010 3:02PM
It basically works as described, although the marks don't erase completely clear -- because you're writing with a metal pen tip, there's no way to avoid impressing the paper a little, and the indentations are pretty visible. Still, it's better than any erasable pen we've ever used, and it definitely writes like a decent clicky-pen, so we can't fault it too much. Oddly, Sharpie's blog says it takes three days for the ink to dry to permanence, but the back of the package says 24 hours, so we'll have to see how long our test scribbles last -- we'll let you know. Video after the break.
@wsuwarrior
lefty suck big time
:-(
Because they are not doing it right.
:-P
@magallanes - actually we are since the right side of the brain controls the left hand
@Joseph Mama
Yup, I remember those were the only pens I would use for a few months way back when.
if it's anything like the other "erasable" pens i have seen, try this, write something, erase it, then throw the paper in the freezer... from the ones i have seen it's heat activated ink that vanishes when heated up... reappears when exposed to extreme cold.
You are describing Frixion pens. This Sharpie pen works different.
Lefties are the devil!
THIS IS NOT NEW
I had a pen you could erase when i was in primary school
It dried instantly, was just a normal pen... that you could erase.
Or is the selling point that it is a sharpie version of that, which can write on... anything? :S
@painfull2006
Because may be it uses a new technique that does not s*ck like other methods.
@painfull2006
The Sharpie likely performs better than the crappy Papermate erasable pens back in the day, and the ink becomes unerasable within a few days. We have had mediocre erasable pens for a long time indeed, but this is the first one that becomes fully permanent after a brief "grace period" of erasability.
Great stuff - and a bargain!
Does it come with a free bumper?
I don't care who you are, this is cool. I want to go out and buy one now.
I'll stick with my Apple-branded SpacePen from the Company Store.
Yawn. This is hardly "news" since Parker Pen marketed their "Liquid Lead" pencil back in the '50s. But to be fair the proof is in the details ... Parker's LL didn't erase that well - maybe the Sharpie will. But really I gotta wonder ... So what ???
this is great for school XD
If "no breaking leads" is really the main selling point of this thing, then it's got quite the job on its hands. If you don't want breaking leads, which is hardly a big deal, just use a regular pencil. They're a lot more permanent than people give them credit for.
these have been out for yearss. The future are those talking pads/pens. The pad works with the pen to give you all sorts of crap. For example it can copy what you write into the pen and then you can upload it to microsoft word if need be. from paper to computer! It can count how many words you've written etc.
There's a random thing too where if you draw a small piano on the paper, the pen will then recognize it and then you can play the piano as the pen has a small speaker!
Really fun thing to do in school when your teacher was going off on a rant about plants.
i had a pen like this a few years a go. so nothing special to see here
I sense a lawsuit coming shortly...
http://painting.about.com/od/artsupplies/gr/liquid_pencil.htm
#2 led.. dayemmm...
I guess you can use it for tests too - as it says on the package it is like number 2 pencil.
However - what is the size of the tip?
Some of us have standards you know...
I'm a .5mm man myself.
Liquid pencil... Liquid metal... What's this liquid day?
next step: Tattoos
I'm buying these in bulk!
wow i had one of this pen in high school 15 years ago
===ENGADGET! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!?!=====
====THIS IS 1950s TECHNOLOGY!!====================
http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Parker/ParkerLiquidLeadPencil.htm
PARKER PENS have had Liquid Pencil (graphite) pencils out since the 1950s.
I know ENGADGET writers must be a) young b) don't do Google searches c) not lived long enough to have seen a moon launch, but really now, how about b) Google searching first before posting something So Ancient that it's not even news-worthy?
In any case, the reasons these never took off are:
a) Don't erase completely.
Here, even the Mitsubishi Fanthom, Frixions,etc do better due to their thermal changing ink. (Yep, write, blow dry, and it's 100% gone!)
b) Not dark enough (vs. regular pencils)
c) Cost (vs. boxes of pencils on sale each year for
@bloggingpig
You clearly have never used an erasable pen.
#2? If not, my teacher kicks me in the nuts.
There is already a fantastic erasable pen on the market -but only in black in the US. Pilot FriXion is awesome but I have to order all the colors from Japan via jetpens.com. Check it out!
This Sharpie looks super, but...when is it getting Froyo? I bet it ships with 1.6.
Fail, Sharpie.
I spy a southpaw!
"...and we were charming enough to snag an early review sample" - how does obtaining a review sample make one charming, out of curiosity?
How does this work on wood?
What's so innovative about this? I've been using such pens for years: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Papermate-Replay-Max-Eraser-Blue/dp/B001ECC6O6 .
If they remove the becomes permanent after 24 hours from the back of the packaging then it isn't really false advertisement.