I truly wanted to like these. I use furniture markers quite frequently and for different purposes.
I never really liked paint markers though. However, these were for an off-white wood door, which was damaged with a long “line” scratch.
My white furniture marker didn’t quite match the off-white color of the door but it actually covered the scratch quite well and FAR BETTER than these ink/paint markers.

These paint markers require a whole lot of “muscle” work - it might not seem so but shaking these for 30 seconds is actually quite long, especially when we aren’t young. I’m not young but I’m actually pretty fit and don’t mind working hard, unless it’s unnecessary, which is the case here! There’s also the fact that we must press the pointer against the surface in order to get the paint to come out. We must wipe off any excess paint, which there’ll be, since this is paint and it comes out as we press the pointer against surfaces…all of which requires time and effort, which regular furniture markers are far effective in reducing…after all, that’s the actual purpose of touch up furniture markers!!! Hello?

Sorry to say but these never deliver on the “long run” like ACTUAL furniture markers do… to say the least…not to count that these can be quite messy!
Just think about this for a minute: IF YOU MUST SHAKE IT, IT’S PAINT INSIDE A MARKER…NOT INK! There’s a difference between ink and paint!

Paint manufacturers tried to come up with the same concept as touch up furniture markers but in reality, they failed miserably because this is a completely different concept than furniture markers, which are extremely practical, is multi-purpose (hence highly useful!), long lasting and therefore, highly effective. Also, I learned that fixing mistakes I make while using furniture markers isn’t much of a big deal. All I have to do is get a different color furniture marker in order to remove the ink color I apply by mistake. So the markers itself can correct its own flaws! That’s definitely not the case with paint markers. Paint is paint. Once applied, one must either wash and wipe in order to get it off or paint over it!

I also hate that these white markers don’t come with flat/edge pointers. What’s up with that? This is SO very LAME!
Why do the grey markers have flat pointers and the white markers have round pointers? Round pointers are utterly ineffective and inappropriate for accurate/straight line coverage and for fixing defects over and around furniture edges and hard to reach defects, which is why the flat pointers have a longer edge on one side.

I’ll stick with regular furniture markers and use the “color shade” as my “last excuse” to purchase these terrible paint markers!

If I want to paint my furniture, I can do a lot better with regular paint and brushes!