Refillable Board Markers 

I found this fascinating! I retired from teaching in 2012. I taught in several different rooms and two buildings over my 38 year career and used both markers and chalk. (Chalk was my preference.) I had no idea there was such a thing as refillable board markers. Thanks for the education. Kudos to your student council for recycling!

I watched this video from beginning to end even though I have no use for markers!!! I was still fascinated!

I know this has been up for a few years, but I just watched it. I really appreciate the review. I've just started with the Pilot Wyteboard markers this semester and I haven't needed to refill them yet. I loved the note on refilling the cartridges. I'd also note the markers work far better than Expos, especially Expos with more than about four days' use. They erase better. They're just all over better. Thanks again!

Thanks for making this video! I considered getting the last Pilot markers that you showed, but like you, I'm not fond of cartridges. I'm glad to see that they can be refilled.

6:49 From my experience, the 3 types of chemicals for removing dry or wet erase inks are: water, isopropyl alcohol, or oil (for oil paint markers). That is because marker inks are usually water-based, alcohol-based, or oil-based. I have come across some whiteboard markers that erase with 91％ isopropyl alcohol, but NOT 70% isopropyl alcohol. In some cases, you have to scrub very hard. For oil, i’ve used cooking oil and even mineral oil.

Thank you for making this video, it really helped me see a more eco friendly way of using dry erase markers. Thank you again :)

Great on location video. I had no idea, but love the refillable concept. Wish I had know some years ago. Have fwd the link to this to my 2 daughters who are in education, for when they return to the classroom. Both are shut down for at least several weeks due to COVID-19. Electronic learning only, Pixelated eyes and keyboards.

Thank you Jason for an indepth look at marker. Its an interesting subject in my old job, before i became ill I had a large office with a white board and enough space to get about 5 people in and sitting. I used the board mainly to explain complex procedures or Systems which were easier to explain pictorially than with just words. I didn't use refillable markers to be honest I did not know of their existence & even if i had I'm not sure the company would not have gone for them when you can buy dry wipe markers for peanuts . We also had big meeting rooms that had special broad that could print what you had written on the board , so that everyone could have a copy , they were really useful. I never thought really about the waste , if we had put all the markers used and thrown away in a box then my concern i suspect would have been heightened . I like the ones that stick on the board and the other pilot . I have a white board in my kitchen and I'm still using throw away markers when these are stuffed I'll definitely look into the pilot ones. Cool to see your classroom , your happy in your work which is awesome , i was never happy but i was very good and worked my way to the top which i hated but i was just good at what i did . Sorry I'm rambling now struggling a bit . Cheer for the video !

I personally like the whiteboard markers made by Staedtler and Edding. They offer refills as well. Their refills are almost like an inkwell, you stick the tip into the refill and it sucks up new ink. I've used whiteboard markers from Faber-Castell as well, but the pens and the refills are incredibly expensive. Although they are apparently the best., a colleague of mine has been using the same Faber-Castell markers with refills for years. I really like the Staedtler markers because they offer six colours - although they only have refills for black, blue, green and red (they have markers in purple and orange as well.) Personally, I only use blue, black and red. sometimes purple. In my experience, a lot of students can't read stuff written with green, because it's quite light. So I often use it for highlighting of grammatical structures.

didn't knew that the preppy can be also a marker.wow. that makes it a really nice edc pen-marker... nice video. ty

What a great option for the classroom! I go through so many markers. I write in cursive on the board too, but i teach cursive so i have to model!

I am happy you made this video! I have been waiting for your review of them for FOREVER! Where do you order your wyte pens from?

Hi! I really enjoyed watching your video. I’m a pretty avid whiteboard user at home and was thinking about getting the V Board markers. I was thinking about switching to refillable markers like the Pilot V Board markers, but I saw the plastic refill cartridges which disappointed me. I stumbled upon your video looking for an alternate way to refill the markers. Yay!I took a look on the JetPens website and they didn’t have the larger refills for the green and orange colors which kinda sucked. Now I’m pretty stoked that I don’t have to buy new markers as long as I replace the tips and refill the ink.

Yes, this was indeed useful! I have a siblings who teach students and use white board markers. Might get them some of these with extra ink as a present! Also to push them to a more reusable alternative. ;)

I was actually thinking about this earlier this week. I am a college student, and I want more white board markers because the ones I have are all dry and they are really good for working out problems

I'm in the chalk and chalkboard camp. I'm in my mid 60's, so school was a long way behind me when I first heard of whiteboards. We eventually were given a magnetic whiteboard to put on the fridge to leave notes to one another to let each other know where we had gone and when we might return, but it left smears on the fridge and the pens got lost, not to mention that they were expensive to replace when they dried out which they did often especially when the top was left off. No, give me a chalk board or paper and pencil any day.

Blackboards and chalk were the thing when I was at school. I remember the school teachers wore black gowns (both the men and women) which gave some protection to their clothing. In the workplace, the whiteboard is a common sight now. Currently I am undergoing some training for a new job and the instructor uses a portable whiteboard (on wheels) enabling him to write on both sides. Also, he has a large paper flip chart. Can't say I've paid any attention to the marker pens he uses. Another trick he uses is to link all the computers on our desks by Skype Meeting so that we can watch what he does on his system. I am digressing slightly. From an environmental point of view the number of marker pens thrown away is quite shocking even in a small school.

Thanks for doing this video. I have been having issues with ink flow using the preppy markers. The feed seems to dry out and not draw the ink. Have you had any issues like that? Not sure what is causing it. Using the preppy with a marker or fine tip and the blue erase noodles ink. Thx.

Do they even make chalkboards anymore? I remember when I was in elementary school it was a big deal to be picked by the teacher to clean the erasers in some kind of vacuum gizmo they had. And in high school it was always a treat to see a teacher wing an eraser at a kid goofing off. They'd probably go to jail these days, lol.

If it smells it might be xylene-based, but it looks too thick. I use alcohol-based copic markers, which are also refillable. The Japanese seem to be very far ahead on all things marker-related. Brush pens too.

There is a US version with 5 colors and bottle refills. I prefer refillable ink anytime over nonrefills. I don't like throwing plastics away when they can be reused. Is the Pilot master refill bottles refillable?

Thanks for the info! I started using the Board Masters (US branding for the Pilot cartridge markers) this year after giving up on the AusPens. My students use whiteboards every period for warmups and model drawing (NGSS FTW), and I go through a LOT of ink. Have you tried refilling with any other inks besides Pilot? I used AusPens ink successfully in a 1-Pilot marker trial, but have wondered about the cheap bulk inks on some of the Chinese sites. (Note that the AusPens ink trial was in a student marker, so I wasn't able to track how easily it erased compared with the Pilot ink.)

Nice video. Have you tried alcohol to clean the whiteboard? I've taken permanent marker lines off with alcohol rather easily by just pouring some on a paper towel and wiping.

Have you ever tried making blue-black with the Noodlers weterase inks? I’m still working on the right ratio. - Jeff

Have you had any issues long term with the preppy markers drying out? I tried the Noodler’s blue wet erase ink, but after about 6 months to a year, the tip would dry out irreparably and ink would no longer flow.

Hey! College grad student here. Could you go over in detail how you refilled the fatter last pilots? Did you just drip directly? Could you see the level of ink easily?

Thats a cool clock

Cool review! Thanks. (Not a teacher, but gov't office have whiteboards).BTW..nothing wrong with 'old school' (chalk) if it meets your needs :-) Thanks for recycling!!!

If you haven’t already, can you do a video on liquid chalk markers?

yeah about 18 years ago when i was a teacher they were just comming out with white boards and i paid a company to take that shit off and hide it inside the auditorium and i bought a black blackboard it was magnanimous i loved it ... these new fangled things are goopy and yucky after i left that job as i was leaving the principal told me thank you i wish we had kept the black boards they were so much cheaper and i said na really and went into medicine and all they use is technology barely even paper these days

I don't use markers but I liked the video 👍🏿

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