Tombow 56180 Blending Kit. Includes Blending Palette, Colorless Blender, Spray Mister, and Blending Guide 3 Pack

The Tombow blender is good for detailed work - where you want a tiny brush with a fairly hard tip. However, it's not really good for blending together larger areas because the tip is small and it really doesn't dispense all that much water. I recommend adding the Pentel Aquash brushes to your collection to allow you to really blend with ease. I'll also add that I go through these pretty quickly - in just a few pictures the tip got pretty worn out and not so fine anymore. Still works, but no longer good for that detailed work I had in mind.As for the blender palette, this is basically just piece of plasticized paper. You could do just as well transparency sheets, acrylic sheets, etc. Nothing special here. It's flimsy- it's not hard.The blending guide is really simple.

Okay, I bought this at about $7 and some change. Now I see it's TWICE as much. I was thinking that the price was crazy ridiculous when I bought it. The blending plastic board is just basically a laminated sheet of paper and the ink soaks into the sides. It had scratches on it when it came so the ink also soaks into those and I don't want those colors mixing with other colors I'm using. So I decided to use a flexible plastic cutting board. So far, so good. A little big but I'm still experimenting with different things. The little spritzer is awesome but dang, the price. Lol 14 bucks?! I can get a little spritzer at the dollar store but it's not as fine a spray. The blending pen is 3 bucks alone so the price I paid for the kit is fair. Twice as much isn't worth it. They need to lower it again.

The blending pen is great and works as it should; so does the mister. I love the small size! The blending palette, however, hardly lasted a week before it started soaking up the water and falling apart. It's essentially coated paper.This kit might be nice to get if you're getting a smaller 10 piece set. If you're buying the entire collection of 96 colors, you already get a blending pen, so this kit is mostly unwarranted. You could find a small spray bottle in the travel section. There are also several things you could use to replace the blending palette- a credit card or anything similar to that material works, or if you need a bigger palette for backgrounds, you could use either a laminated sheet of paper, or buy a cheap flat paint palette. I found a set of 2 large ones at Hobby Lobby for 2.99 (actually less, because they always have a coupon!) and it works perfectly.This kit isn't a bad kit- especially for the price (which is currently cheaper than the $7.99 I paid)- but if you're having to replace the main part of this kit so quickly, I'd suggest just spending money to get something that's going to last.

Eh this was a decent buy I suppose. The blending palette is basically lamenated paper that has a picture of all of the colors available from Tombow and the other side is white and says blending palette. Still useful though as you can create new colors with Tombow markers and then use the clear blending marker to color with the new colors. I haven't used the mister yet but the label is peeling off of mine so dust, hair, dirt etc keeps getting trapped in it and makes it look meh. Otherwise it's all still cool and it's not expensive so it's worth the buy if you are a Tombow marker fan.

I was a bit worried when I saw some of the negative reviews. I use this set with the 96-pen assortment to color the white edges on paper models, and the occasional touch-up or detailing. The pen is well made with good proportions. I've only used the "brush" end so far, but it is holding up well, and is just the right shape and size for getting into tight corners (tiny tip) or following curves (full side). The misting bottle works fine, looks like it will last a long time. The blending palette is 4" x 6", which is plenty big enough for blending the small batches I normally require. The color guide is okay, but I always make my own for the the various papers I use (mostly mid-range card stock and high-end matt photo paper). The price seems to fluctuate a lot... I paid a reasonable $5.81 on 11 July 2017, it's $6.16 at the time of this review. It was overpriced when it was $14 (as mentioned in a few other reviews). All-in-all I'm happy with these, and I'd buy it again at the current price.

I was really excited for this!Pros:- Has a color wheel of all the colors on the back- Comes with a squirt bottle to make some cool effects- Has an extra blending brushCons:- Kinda flimsy. Could do the same thing with any kind of laminated or glossy white surface (like a piece of a milk carton or a laminated paper)-

The 10-packs come with a colorless blender, which I didn't know. That was why I got this one. The blending palette can be substituted with a sheet of transparency or even the plastic package of the 10-packs. The mister is just a really fine mist. But for the price, why not just get it all together.

I love my Tombow markers, but I’m not impressed with this. It’s basically a little laminated card and a blending pen (which comes in most sets anyway). After using the card for about a week, it’s already peeling up at the edges. I’ve found that color doesn’t blend or pick up as well on it as it does with just a regular plastic bag.I like the conveninece of the card, but it feels more like an after-thought money-grab. I’m going to attempt to keep using it for the moment but am hoping to find a better long-term solution.