June Gold: 72 Mechanical Colored Pencils & 36 Piece Refill Set

Most adult these days are really loving the "ADULT COLORING BOOKS" that are coming out.  With all these coloring books, you need some colored pencils that you can rely on.  That's where this 72 piece mechanical colored pencil set comes into play, by June Gold.  (Click here, to see them on Amazon).  

So as you can see, the set comes with 72 colored pencils.  What that REALLY boils down to, is two sets of 36 colored pencils.  I was slightly bummed when I realized I didn't get 72 different colors, but honestly, 36 is enough.  These ARE mechanical colored pencils.  To release more "lead", simply press down on the "eraser" looking end of the colored pencil.  If you accidentally make the lead length too long, you can shorten the length by pressing down on the eraser looking end again, and lightly press on the lead to push it back up into the pencil.  However, make sure you do not depress the lead ALL THE WAY back into the mechanical pencil.  If you do this, the lead will not be released again until you take the entire pencil apart and manually pull the lead colored lead back out.  It's a bit of a pain.  I've done this more than once.

If you look closely at the end of the pencils, there's a small hole in the tip of it.  This is actually a sharpener for the leads.  I've found that it's easier to use two pencils in this case.  The one that needs sharpened and a different color as the actual sharpener.  Honestly, for the fine lines in most of the coloring books I have, these colored pencils are the BEST I've come across.  

So if you've found that you've blown through BOTH colored pencils of the same color, don't fret.  June Gold also sells a 36 piece refill set.  This set has one additional lead for each of the 36 colors.  However, they aren't labeled, so good luck figuring out which lead goes into which pencil.  If you don't have a lead in the pencil already, some of the colors are a bit misleading up front and this can be a tedious chore of figuring out which lead goes into which pencil.  To see the lead refill, click here. 

Overall, I'd rate both of these products four out of 5 stars.  The pencils because it's too easy to shove the lead back up into the pencil and you're left tearing it apart and the leads because they aren't labeled.  Nonetheless, these are good quality products and are great for coloring with.  

I did receive both of these products at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest review... before Amazon went on a Bully Spree and decided that this type of review is unwanted.