Ohuhu Honolulu Alcohol Art Markers: The Brush Nib, Range by Range
Honolulu is Ohuhu's brush-nib alcohol art range, and this catalogue holds 19 listings under that name at a median $49.99 and a median 4.8 rating, the highest median of any set family here. AP certification appears in several titles. Brush nibs blend, and they also fray. Drying time across alcohol markers draws 4,466 reports and 3,006 of them are negative.
Honolulu is a range name rather than a formula, and every barrel under it holds the same alcohol dye as the rest of the Ohuhu catalogue. What the name marks is the brush nib and the colour groupings sold with it, from pastels to grey tones. The surface behaviour is the shared one, and the alcohol markers surface matrix sets it out across all 489 products before the range name matters.
The phrase is a young keyword. It draws 600 searches a month with no established difficulty score and a year-on-year change large enough to mean the term barely existed twelve months ago. A sibling phrase, the Honolulu basic set, carries 700. Together they are a range being discovered rather than a product being compared.
The 19 listings, and what separates them
| Set | Price | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pastel 48, Honolulu Sweetness, AP certificated | $44.99 | 4.8 | 5,559 |
| Brush tip, double tipped art marker set | $89.69 | 4.8 | 3,493 |
| Brush and fine tip, 48 colours | $49.99 | 4.8 | 3,106 |
| 24 colours, brush and chisel, Honolulu | $24.99 | 4.7 | 1,827 |
| Brush tip, 120 colours, AP certificated | $114.99 | 4.8 | 970 |
| Brush tip, grey tone, dual tips | $39.99 | 4.8 | 583 |
The median across all 19 is $49.99 at a 4.8 median rating. That rating is two tenths above the 4.6 median for alcohol markers as a type across 489 products, and one tenth above Ohuhu's own brand median of 4.7 across 146 listings. On price the range sits well above both the $21.36 alcohol type median and the $13.99 site median.
Read the list and the structure of the range becomes clear. The entry is a 24-colour box at $24.99, which is $1.04 a marker. The volume seller is a 48 at $44.99 or $49.99, which is $0.94 to $1.04. The top is a 120 at $114.99, or $0.96. Unit price barely moves across the range, which is unusual: with most alcohol brands the per-marker cost falls sharply as the box grows. With Honolulu you are paying for the nib rather than for bulk.
What the brush nib buys
A brush tip gives a pressure-variable line, hairline to broad, from a single pen. On hair, fabric folds and skin tones that is the difference between one pass and three, and it is why the range is grouped by palette rather than by nib width. The grey tone set exists for exactly that: shading done with pressure rather than with colour changes.
The cost is nib life. Brush tips fray under pressure and do not recover, and tip quality across every marker type on this site draws 11,073 reports across 191 products with 2,519 negative. At 23% that is the lowest complaint rate of any major attribute, so nibs mostly hold, but the failures cluster on brush and ultra-fine shapes. The breakdown is at 11,073 buyer reports on tip quality.
Where the ink works and where it stops
| Marker type | Paper | Whiteboard | Chalkboard | Glass | Wood | Metal | Plastic | Ceramic / mug | Rock / stone | Fabric | Skin | Car window | Cardboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Alcohol-carried dye. Blends, but soaks and feathers on absorbent stock. | ◐If… 1,820/mo Feathers and bleeds on anything but marker paper. 1,820 searches a month are people looking for the right stock. | ○No 10/mo Stains melamine permanently. Use a dry erase marker. | ○No no measured demand Porous board absorbs the dye and stains. Use a liquid chalk marker. | ◐If… 90/mo Beads on glass and wipes off with alcohol. Not a glass marker. | ◐If… 170/mo Absorbs into bare wood like a stain. Some people want that. | ○No 60/mo Beads and rubs off. Use an oil-based paint marker. | ◐If… 270/mo Streaks on gloss. Works on primed styrene for models. | ○No no measured demand Beads on the glaze. Use a paint or acrylic marker. | ○No 10/mo Soaks in and dulls. Use an acrylic marker. | ◐If… 900/mo Bleeds into the weave and is not wash-fast. | ○No 900/mo Alcohol dye, not cosmetic grade. Use a body marker. | ○No no measured demand Wipes straight off tempered glass. Use a chalk or washable marker. | ◐If… 10/mo Bleeds heavily unless the board is coated. |
Paper is conditional at 1,820 searches a month and needs marker stock or a bleed-proof pad. Wood is conditional at 170, plastic at 270, fabric at 900 and cardboard at 10. Metal at 60, glass at 90, ceramic, rock, car glass and skin at 900 all fail outright, because alcohol dye beads on any surface that will not absorb it. A whiteboard stains permanently, which on a $114.99 set is a costly place to test a theory.
What buyers reported
Bleed-through — 1,207 reports, 82% negative, across 17 products
Unfortunately, the markers bleed through the paper, which it specifically states on the paper it is not supposed to do. Very disappointed
Copic Markers PMPADA4 PM Pad A4, 50 Sheets
My daughter who is 13 thought these were great. They do bleed through and are hard to blend because they do dry inconsistently, but for a new artist
Ohuhu Alcohol Markers - AP Certificated 80-color Dual…
4 more verbatim reports
First time using these. Won't buy again. They bleed and there's nothing to indicate what the colors are and don't know which one is the blender
Shuttle Art 61 Colors Alcohol Markers, 60 Colors Dual Tip…
First time using these. Won't buy again. They bleed and there's nothing to indicate what the colors are and don't know which one is the blender
Shuttle Art 101 Colors Alcohol Markers, 100 Colors Dual…
First time using these. Won't buy again. They bleed and there's nothing to indicate what the colors are and don't know which one is the blender
Shuttle Art 30 Colors Skin Tone&Hair Art Markers, Dual…
First time using these. Won't buy again. They bleed and there's nothing to indicate what the colors are and don't know which one is the blender
Shuttle Art 26 Colors Skin Tone&Hair Art Markers, Dual…
Ink drying — 353 reports, 80% negative, across 10 products
Some were dried out. Returned for new set, same thing. Gave up
Copic Sketch 12-Color Set, Refillable Blendable Dual-Tip…
Some were dried out. Returned for new set, same thing. Gave up
Copic Sketch, Alcohol markers, 12pc set Warm Gray (New…
4 more verbatim reports
the initial and replacement from Amazon did not write and were completely dried out
Copic Marker, Copic Drawing Pen F01 Black
swatching there are 18 out of the 120 markers of mine that are completely dried out and 3 that will barely release ink and i did not get a blender
Ohuhu Alcohol Markers Brush Tip -Double Tipped Art Marker…
Great use none were dry which was awesome, I've had them a while and they all still color great I loved the color cards that went with them
Ohuhu Alcohol Markers 216 Colors Brush& Chisel for Adults…
I ordered these for my granddaughters birthday and half of them were dried out when she went to use them. For the price, this is very disappointing
ARTEZA Alcohol Markers – Set of 36 Portrait & Skin Tone…
Bleed — 1,747 reports, 79% negative, across 23 products
excited to use this marker but it's much darker than I expected and it BLEEDS
Copic Ciao Markers, Dark Brown
Prefer these to my Spectrum Noir markers. Yes , they bleed but so do Spectrum Noir and they are twice as expensive. Will definitely order again
Caliart Alcohol Markers 100 Colors Dual Tip Fine & Chisel…
4 more verbatim reports
While they do bleed through the paper, it isnt all that bad
Shuttle Art 121 Colors Alcohol Markers, 120 Colors Dual…
So many colors that are unusable. They do bleed, a lot, but that’s alcohol markers for you. I wish I would have put the $60 towards Ohuhu markers
Caliart 121 Colors Alcohol Markers Dual Tip Art Marker…
They do bleed through pages! We have to stick heavy duty card stock under the sheet of paper they are trying to color on
cloudriver 120 Colors Alcohol Markers, Dual Tip Permanent…
While they do bleed through the paper, it isnt all that bad
Shuttle Art Pastel Alcohol Markers Brush tip, Dual Tip…
Drying out — 1,514 reports, 73% negative, across 20 products
The majority of the markers were leaking and dried out. There’s only about 15-20 markers that are semi-usable
Caliart Alcohol Markers 100 Colors Dual Tip Fine & Chisel…
Some markers were dry and this is an item that has to be boxed and labeled at home
Caliart 121 Colors Alcohol Markers Dual Tip Art Marker…
4 more verbatim reports
Some were dried out. Thought colors would be vibrant like alcohol ink paints
Dual Tip Alcohol Based Art Markers, Lineon 30 Colors…
These would be fantastic markers if they weren’t dried out. Almost half of them are already dried out or I only got one coloring out of them
Shuttle Art 61 Colors Alcohol Markers, 60 Colors Dual Tip…
These would be fantastic markers if they weren’t dried out. Almost half of them are already dried out or I only got one coloring out of them
Shuttle Art 101 Colors Alcohol Markers, 100 Colors Dual…
The only problem was 2 of the markers exploded in the lids and completely dried out. All the tips were smooth and worked good
belleza suprema 101 Colors Alcohol Markers Dual Tips…
Counts are Amazon “Customers say” topic summaries aggregated across every alcohol marker in the corpus. Quotes are printed exactly as buyers wrote them, including typos.
Drying time is the largest alcohol topic at 4,466 reports across 115 products, 3,006 of them negative, a 67% rate, and the Ohuhu rows in it run both ways. On a 216-colour box: "Great use none were dry which was awesome, I've had them a while and they all still color great I loved the color cards that went with them." Against it, on a brush-tip set: "swatching there are 18 out of the 120 markers of mine that are completely dried out and 3 that will barely release ink and i did not get a blender".
One buyer on a 48-colour Honolulu brush and fine set offers a mechanism rather than a verdict: "These from Amazon seem to dry out quickly, and from my research a lot of people say it’s gotta be due to how they’re stored at the Amazon facility." That is a buyer's theory, quoted as such. What the counts do support is that storage matters: caps seated hard, barrels flat or tip-down, and a set checked on arrival rather than at the start of a project. The type-wide numbers are at 4,466 alcohol reports on drying time.
Blending is the other half of the range's promise, and one report sets the expectation honestly for a beginner: "My daughter who is 13 thought these were great. They do bleed through and are hard to blend because they do dry inconsistently, but for a new artist". Inconsistent drying is what makes blending hard, and it is a property of alcohol dye rather than of this range.
| Product | Tip | Pack | Rating | Ratings | Price | Per pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohuhu Ohuhu Alcohol Markers 48 Colors Brush& Chisel for Adults Cozy… | Chisel | 48 | 4.8 | 17,006 | $49.99 | $1.04 |
| Ohuhu Ohuhu Alcohol Markers 40 Colors Chisel Fine AP Certified for… | Chisel | 42 | 4.7 | 15,224 | $25.49 | $0.61 |
| Caliart Caliart Alcohol Markers 41 Colors Fine & Chisel Dual Tip… | Chisel | 41 | 4.7 | 13,893 | $23.99 | $0.59 |
| Shuttle Art Shuttle Art 51 Colors Alcohol Markers, 50 Colors Dual Tip Art… | Mixed | 51 | 4.6 | 13,281 | $25.99 | $0.51 |
| Shuttle Art Shuttle Art 61 Colors Alcohol Markers, 60 Colors Dual Tip Art… | Mixed | 61 | 4.5 | 10,373 | $25.99 | $0.43 |
| Caliart Caliart Alcohol Markers 100 Colors Dual Tip Fine & Chisel Art… | Chisel | 100 | 4.6 | 10,190 | $35.99 | $0.36 |
Honolulu against the rest of the range
If the basic set rather than the art set is what you are comparing, Ohuhu Honolulu basic, set by set covers it. If the question is how far the palette should go before the money stops working, the Ohuhu 320 and its price per marker does that arithmetic. The brand's full position is at Ohuhu's 146 products and their medians.
Frequently asked
What is the Ohuhu Honolulu range?
Ohuhu's brush-tip alcohol line, named on 19 listings in this catalogue at a median $49.99 and a median 4.8 rating. It runs from a 24-colour set at $24.99 through 48-colour sets at $44.99 and $49.99 to a 120-colour set at $114.99.
What does AP certification on the barrel mean?
It is a manufacturer claim about toxicity that appears in several Honolulu titles, including the pastel 48 and the 120-colour brush set. Across the whole catalogue, 22 products name an ACMI or AP certification and 122 Crayola products carry a general non-toxic claim.
Is the brush tip better than a chisel?
Different, not better. A brush gives a pressure-variable line from hairline to broad, which is why it is used for lettering and shading. A chisel gives two fixed widths and lasts longer. Brush nibs fray under pressure and do not recover.
Which Honolulu set has the most ratings?
The pastel 48-colour set, described as Honolulu Sweetness and AP certificated, at $44.99 and 4.8 stars across 5,559 ratings. The 48-colour brush and fine set follows at $49.99 and 3,106 ratings, and a double-tipped brush set at $89.69 holds 3,493.
Do Honolulu markers bleed through paper?
Yes, like every alcohol marker. Alcohol on paper is conditional at 1,820 searches a month. Bleed resistance draws 6,757 reports across 138 alcohol products, 4,407 of them negative, a 65% rate. Marker stock or a bleed-proof pad is the fix, not a different brand.
What does Ohuhu cost against the field?
Ohuhu holds 146 products in this catalogue at a median price of $33.99, the highest median of any brand here with 100 or more listings, against a site median of $13.99. Its median rating is 4.7 across a total of 259,147 ratings.