I own many of the expensive colored pencil sets - Caran d'Ache Pablos, Faber-Castell Polychromos, Holbeins, CdA Supracolor II, FC Albrecht Dürer, Lyras, Museum Aquarelles, CdA Luminance, and Prismacolors.

Because of my investment in the largest size available for each of these sets, and the fact that toggling through annoying tin and cardboard boxes in order to fish out specific colors from each set gets tedious, (and also takes up valuable drawing table space) I decided to purchase the 160 BTSKY organizer to hold just one of those aforementioned sets.

I had also purchased at the same time the Global Art Pencil holders. After comparing the two brands of pencil cases, I realized that while the Global Art brand is more expensive and was purchased from an art website, the BTSKY is far superior.

Why?

The Global Art holder doesn't have individual loops for each pencil. Instead, the Global Art brand sandwiches three pencils together (maybe four if your pencils are thinner), making it difficult to take one pencil out and place another one back in. I usually get my fingers stabbed with the points of my pencils trying to get my pencils back into the tri-loop. HOWEVER"” the BTSKY has a single loop for each pencil. The loop bands are well-spaced, leaving me room to delicately put my pencils back into the loops and take them back out again - one-at-a-time.

Faber-Castell pencils and Luminance pencils are thicker, but they fit easily into the BTSKY pencil loops. Anyhoo, I've decided to order one of each color of the BTSKY pencil organizers in order to store all of my colored pencil sets into their own individual cases. I like that I can label each case on the side like a book (I use a sharpie marker to directly write on the vinyl cover) AND I can also store my BTSKY pencil organizer upright like a book in my bookshelves. This hardly takes up any room.

Anyway, I absolutely love and recommend this case to any colored-pencil collector or artist looking for a convenient and well-built product to store and carry their multitude of pencils. I also recommend this holder to artists looking to actually remove and replace their pencils without poking their fingers as they try to wrestle them out of their elastic bands.

I love this pencil case. This is the second time I've bought this style of case. The first time it was a different brand. The zipper broke the first time I tried it. I was really careful after that. I put all my smaller sets of pencils into wrap style cases. But the newest set was way too big for a wrap. I noticed that the few reviews that mentioned zippers for this case only had good things to say about them. Now I know why. This case is engineered so the zippers can't fail.

As for the rest of the case, the elastic that holds the pencils is the right size for both pencils and for water based markers. I will buy another for them. The pencils which are brand new fit perfectly. I was able to organise them by color family.

I am so happy with this purchase.

This was my one Primeday splurge and honestly I wish I had gotten another.

Let's start with my cons (yes I have a few cons and still gave it 5 stars because these are just personal preferences -- I still love this case):
~ The elastics are more prone to shredding on the ends, which is just the nature of elastics, but there are ways to minimize that.
~ Most mechanical pencils are a really tight fit, if they fit at all (partially because the ones.I most wanted to store in here are the Pilot color Eno pencils and they have a grip attached that makes it a real struggle to use them in this. Not the end of the world, I could have fit a few in the wide elastic spots but chose to put stick erasers there.

So far that is my entire list of cons. If that changes over time, I'll update the review.

Now on to the pros:
~ This case is the perfect size for most people. Someone with a small collection of pencils and pens could probably use a smaller case, but if you color or draw at all, this is probably a good size for you. In my case, my main pencils are a 72 tin of Inktense and then a few small tins of drawing pencils, some mechanical pencils, and a few pens. This gives me enough room that most of what I have that was excluded wouldn't fit well in this case (things like inktense blocks, some paints, a few thicker markers).
~ The sizes of the elastics. I know that I said some of my pencils don't fit well, but that is more on them having the grips -- they simply do not easily push through the tight elastic slots. That said, those space are decent enough than they will fit something as thick as a Tombow brush pen (you will want the fine tip side up against the zipper side as the brush pen cap does end up causing it to stretch the zipper a bit and feels like an invitation to ruin the zipper) and a standard pencil and keep both sized items firmly in place.

Neutral:
~ The look. It's a pretty standard generic look. This could be good or bad depending on your personal preferences. Doesn't stand out.

Verdict: If I find that I need another pencil case, I'll definitely buy another one of these. Since most of what I have left to store is larger items like paints and markers, I'll probably look at other cases for that but I will start my looking within this brand's line.

So glad I found these on Amazon. I did not want a cloth holder, or a roll up. They are my favorites by far and I am happy that they came out with a 4 zipper version that holds all my 150 Prismacolors plus extra spaces for blender, erasers, etc. I have never had any problems with the zippers, smooth and well made. I am now going to be ordering the new ones with fewer slots per section, but big enough to hold my Sharpies. Love the colors, and I have ones in pink, turquoise and gray, and soon to be getting the ones for my Sharpies in Lilac and black. The zipper pulls were sometimes getting stuck at the bottom when open, but I have attached all kinds of bling to them (photo attached). The ONLY negative thing I have to say, is that I wish they had riveted a handle at both ends to carry them by. The full four zippered case is too heavy to pick up by just the strap attached to the top.

I purchased this to keep the supplies I use for my adult coloring books organized. The description says this has 160 slots. Oh, not so! This is much better. So, to start, this is a book style organizer. The exterior I chose is pink, the interior is grey. Each interior page, if you will, is grey fabric/vinyl over a hard cardboard. Each section has it's own zipper which is nylon, well sewn, operates smoothly, & has a nice size pull. The slots in this organizer are all individual elasticized cloth slots. You won't need to try to fit multiple pencils or pens per slot. The first section has two 1" wide slots at the top which can hold a bullet or square sharpener or an eraser. The first elastic slot on that page that would hold an item the length of a pencil is capable of holding something the size of a marker. I placed my Prismacolor blender marker in that slot. I purchased this to hold my 150ct Prismacolor Premier pencil set. There are 14 pencil slots on the rest of the first page. Each of the next 7 pages holds 22 pencils or pens. So, while BTSKY lists this as a 160 slot colored pencil organizer, it actually has 168 standard slots, 1 larger slot, and 2 slots for square sharpeners or erasers. After I added my Prismacolor pencils to the case, I added 2 typewriter style erasers, a blender pencil, a burnishing pencil,a khol pencil, my pencil extenders that hold my colored pencils when they are too short to be held by hand, an automatic pencil, and a small pad of sandpaper that is made for use with colored pencils to the last page of this organizer. I even put in a small baggie so I can sharpen my pencils with my bullet sharpener right into the baggie without needing something larger to hold the shavings. With this organizer completely filled, I have not found the zippers to be put under any stress whatsoever. There is plenty of room for all my needs. My pencils are protected. My sister-in-la
w & I enjoy this hobby so we bring our paraphenalia with us when we visit. The men can watch tv and we chat while we color. I will be able to bring this out in the yard this summer to relax and color while outside w/o worrying about lugging things around awkwardly or losing things. I previously brought some of my coloring books & pencils on a trip but found it awkward to color on a plane. I can put this case behind the book I'm coloring in & it makes a perfect support for me. Of course, I am aware that it is a pencil organizer & treat it accordingly. But, I am able to lean on it enough to color quite comfortably. I did go to Prismacolor.com & printoff their color swatch. I prefer coloring it in myself so that I can shade each color from light to saturated. I then placed the pencils in the case in the same order they were in as the Prismacolor color chart except for the neon yellow, neon orange, & neon pink. I placed those with the yellows, oranges, or pinks. Otherwise, it makes it very easy to find the color I'm looking for. Also, because as your pencils get sharpened down, the color names & numbers are removed. But, by keeping them placed according to the Prismacolor chart, I know exactly what color I am using. I highly recommend the Cosmos Aluminum pencil holders for getting every bit possible out of your colored pencils, the Alvin Brass Bullet Sharpener which provides the sharpest point, and the Farber Castell Perfectioin 7058B eraser. If I remember the name of the other eraser that I've found to work wonders, I will update this review. I hope this wasn't too long. But, I just kept tripping onto some of these items by accident. If I can help another hobbyist with what I've found, I try to. Also, if you enjoy Johanna Basford's coloring books, take a peek at Hanna Karlzon's books. They are a bit expensive; but, quite worth it. I rely on the reviews of others when I am determining making a purchase online. Other than the seller's description & photos, the honesty of other buyers is all we have to go on. Therefore, I provide my 100% honest opinion of the product I a reviewing based on looks, quality, durability, and use. I have been using this for a couple of weeks so far. Should anything change, I will update this review. I would like you to know that I am so happy with this product that ordered another one in green today for my gel pen collection. I actually use quite a few mediums considering the fact that I am by no means a true artist. I love using gel pens & glitter glue pens when some of the pictures show gems in them. Anyway, I am including photos with my review. I should mention that this comes with a nice size wrist strap that has a lobster claw clasp. It allows you to carry this around your wrist leaving your hands free for other things. If you found this review helpful, I'd appreciate if if you'd click the button.