Review: Zebra mildliner pens

As a Bullet Journalist, I have built a large selection of stationery to ensure that when I am preparing my latest layout or spread I have everything I need for a practical and pretty planner. In the BuJo community there are a number of products that everyone knows and loves including the mildliner highlighter pens from Zebra which I am reviewing today.

The mildliners can usually be found in sets of 5, however, you can find sets of all 15 colours in some shops. The sets include bright neon shades usually associated with highlighters as well as other pastel and earthy tones to make a nice range of colours to be used in a planner all with soft water-based ink without the harsh startling pigments usually used in highlighters.

The pens are double ended (which people sometimes don’t realise!), with a thicker typical highlighter nib  which when angled correctly enables the user to highlight a thick row of text in one go (4mm), and a thinner end (1-1.4mm) which can be used for more precision work, colouring in or normal writing.

I have found the Zebra mildliner highlighters very easy to use with flexible nibs, a good flow of ink and a lovely selection of colours. The ink highlights text efficiently without blocking out the writing beneath and doesn’t usually seep through my notebook pages to stain the other side of the page. The highlighters can sometimes smudge ink if it hasn’t yet dried but I expect most highlighters would do this!

I really enjoy using the mildliners to add colour to my Bullet Journal pages and to point out important information that I might otherwise miss. I would like to see the range expanded and more colours available, but otherwise I am happy to award the Zebra highlighters 5 out of 5 stars and would recommend them to anyone looking for a way to brighten up their planner or documents.