Milwaukee Tools has recently announced several new Inkzall permanent markers. These markers are designed with clog-resistant tips, indelible ink, and the ability to write on dusty, wet, or oily surfaces.
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Milwaukee Inkzall Marker Styles
- Fine point marker (48-22-3100)
- Stylus and fine point marker (48-22-3101)
- 2pk medium point markers (48-22-3102)
- 4pk fine point markers (48-22-3104)
All markers will write with black ink.
Milwaukee has said that the markers were optimized with a proprietary ink that dries quickly to reduce smearing. Additionally, the tips were designed to hold up durably against rough materials such as OSB, concrete, and cinder blocks.
Each marker also features a hard hat clip that could probably also serve as a pocket or belt clip.
Milwaukee is also coming out with a combination fine point black marker and stylus that works on capacitive smartphone and tablet touchscreens.
ETA: February 2014
Pricing: $1.39 for fine point marker, $9.99 for combination stylus marker, $3.99 for medium point 2-pack, $4.99 for fine point 4-pack.
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First Impression
This seems to be a logical extension of Milwaukee’s foray into the construction hand tool market. There’s not much I can comment on just yet, but it will be interesting to see how the new Milwaukee Inkzall markers compare against Sharpie’s industrial and professional markers.
I like how Milwaukee created a combination marker/stylus Inkzall. Unfortunately, the stylus component is built into the combination marker and cannot be removed and transferred to non-stylus replacement fine and medium point markers once the ink runs out.
Cameron
any word on price points and release dates.
this would be a perfect replacement for the conventional sharpie i use now.
Stuart
Pricing has been added, and retail ETA is Feb 2014.
Mike
Had me sold at hard hat clip. I’ll give them a try.
Nick Marques
Hmm, just don’t grab the wrong (non-stylus) side of the combo pen and get busy on your iPad.
JT
Im looking forward to buying that stylus!
Scott
Simple work great not badly priced but sharpies also work and are cheaper, but a least these write on wet suffices.
Benjamen
I just ran into the Inkzall stylus. So I did a search on ToolGuyd to make sure I didn’t duplicate a post. Sure enough Stuart covered it.
Anyway here are some of the things I was thinking about:
This might be great for when it’s cold out. You can’t use you phone or tablet with gloves on. Sure there are gloves that claim to be touch screen friendly, but they are usually pretty thin and I’ve had spotty luck with the gloves I’ve tried. I’ll have to repeat the same action a few times or I pick the wrong thing on the screen.
Also I’ve been signing a lot of receipts on tablets and phones lately. I just got a freight delivery Friday and I had to take my hand out of my glove and sign the guy’s phone. Also if you require your clients to sign your device handing them a stylus might make them more comfortable signing.
Last, a good stylus can be more accurate than your fingers. I don’t have a tool related anecdote, but I used to play this game on my tablet where you have to guess what spaces are colored in a grid based on what’s near it (kind like Minesweeper), I bought a stylus and it became much easier to play. I’m not sure how accurate this Inkzall is, but I’ll have to try it out.
Bryan
The inkzall fine point marker has a cap that won’t secure to the rear of the marker. They are great markers but why Milwaukee would design it like that is beyond me, really dumb on their part.
PB
I was hoping someone made this comment. I never knew how annoying this could be until I had these markers. Maybe it is because I never had to deal with a writing tool whose cap didn’t lock onto the back.
I must say these marker’s tips are good, but the ink doesn’t sit too well on bare metal. Which is a tough scenario.
PB
It’s annoying because
– The marker will roll away too easily. Normally the cap’s clip prevents this.
– You have to keep track of the cap