Pastel Highlighter Comparison: Mildliners, Stabilo Highlighters, and More!

While most highlighters capture your attention with bright inks, pastel highlighters use calming colors that won’t strain your eyes. In this video, we’ll compare nine of our favorite pastel highlighters. Shop all the highlighters here: to.jetpens.com/30VjRai
#mildliner #stabilohighlighter #frixion #pastelhighlighter
▬▬ ✦ P R O D U C T S ✦ ▬▬
Iconic 2 Way Marker Pens to.jetpens.com/30WsRMy
Pilot FriXion Light Erasable Highlighters to.jetpens.com/2PWTOZT
Zebra Mildliner Double-Sided Highlighters to.jetpens.com/3g1YBUQ
Marvy PastelLiner Highlighters to.jetpens.com/33W84KH
Epoch Kobaru Sweet Tapir Scented Highlighters to.jetpens.com/30RAJ1J
Stabilo Pastel Highlighters to.jetpens.com/3gWL5mq
Kokuyo Mark+ Dual Tone Highlighters to.jetpens.com/3iFwyfC
Staedtler Triplus Textsurfers to.jetpens.com/3fVeBYz
Uni Propus Window Soft Color Double-Sided Highlighters to.jetpens.com/3apdsr5
▬▬ ✦ T I M E S T A M P S ✦ ▬▬
0:00 Start of video
0:24 How We Tested
0:51 Iconic 2 Way Marker Pens
1:27 Pilot FriXion Light Erasable Highlighters
2:18 Zebra Mildliner Double-Sided Highlighters
2:59 Marvy PastelLiner Highlighters
3:48 Epoch Kobaru Sweet Tapir Scented Highlighters
4:21 Stabilo Pastel Highlighters
5:21 Kokuyo Mark+ Dual Tone Highlighters
6:00 Staedtler Triplus Textsurfers
6:43 Uni Propus Window Soft Color Double-Sided Highlighters
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[@JetPens]

If you want to try multiple highlighters, our sampler packs are a great way to do that! Shop them all here: to.jetpens.com/2E53T4H

[@parvatiramani964]

Please make a vedio about gouache paint 🎨 Love you❤️

[@chloeburt1722]

Do the new bic pastel highlighter

[@JetPens]

@@benkyon-chan1999 We actually have a blog post on this topic here: www.jetpens.com/blog/the-best-beginner-brush-pens-for-lettering/pt/885

[@chloeburt1722]

@@benkyon-chan1999 theres so many videos about brush pens, watch amanda rach lee, or other study youtubers

[@PehnavaFabrics]

I really wanna buy these amazing products but they aren't available in my country:'(

[@aki9530]

Can people really watch this video without having the feeling wanting to have all of the stationeries lol

[@xianotrey6991]

I feel tempted to buy em all Ó╭╮Ò

[@herecliche]

Impossible Lol 😂

[@josephinewidjaja314]

Really really imposibble 😂😂

[@so_frailejon]

Not at all

[@er-ci3sm]

actually, I have all the highlighters, literally every brands, but I still love watching their videos!

[@lizageorge8923]

I really wish they hadn't waited 15 minutes when testing smearing...

[@islarose5021]

I have both the mildliners and the stabilo boss ones and personally my fave is the mildliners but the stabilo boss are super smooth!!! Hope this helps anyone I'd also appreciate it if you like my comments also hope everyone is safe during lockdown 🥰❤

[@maric1010]

Thank youuu

[@islarose5021]

@idk I found that they were also quite expensive but I got all 25 for £20 on Amazon and theh probs have them on Ebay🥰😊

[@zarazhala7331]

Agreed. I have faber castell one and it wasn't anywhere near these two

[@ely_wannadie]

I find the mildliners dry out WAY faster though

[@tcconnection]

After 15 minutes you highlighted? We need to know for immediate highlighting as would happen often in a lecture, meeting, or planning session.

[@NHJ1114]

Very true!

[@MsRamona7]

I highlighted at home during recap sessions, I usually don´t have time to highlight during meetings... What are you guys doing? I have plenty of trouble to get the notes down, let alone highlight what's important because I am not sure what's important till I read it again later and decide what's worth highlighting. :D

[@veraserah]

Man, I was so prepared with all of my stationery - notebooks, pens, highlighters, white outs, sticky notes - for school starting, but then the upperclassmen unanimously told us to get iPads to make life a LOT easier because of the hundreds of slides we go through per lecture :( And it's not like I budgeted for an iPad or have money just lying around, but when I'm paying exponentially more for tuition, an iPad just seems like spare change T_T

[@islarose5021]

Ikr my school made us buy Kindle fires and apps that cost money!?!?

[@vestibulandaaos4077]

But why iPads? I have a Samsung tablet with S Pen that costs a third of the price. I've been using it for almost 4 years and it's still running good. I can even take notes with its pen and mark all my books and PDFs. Fortunately the world goes way beyond the Apple trending items 😆

[@apencupnamedgabriel5228]

vestibulandaaos40 What model is your tablet? Have been looking to buy a tablet to do art on for my GCSEs. Does it work well for artistry with the pencil stylus thing?

[@vestibulandaaos4077]

@@apencupnamedgabriel5228 Galaxy Tab A 2016. I suggest foi look for later models from 2017 on, like the Tab S3, S4,... they have a better pen for art purposes.

[@Lizhi荔枝]

Marquis De Lafayette I use tab s6 lite. Yeah it gets finicky here and there, but from someone who came from drawing on note 4, it’s better. Yeah some features are lost and the pen sometimes don’t react fine, but for a budget tablet, it doesn’t really seem like one. My own opinions.

[@demonheart13]

Thanks for doing the yellow highlighters, ive noticed that of all the pastels ive owned, a set can be amazing but the yellow is always the weak link. Even when its from a pastel set, when making swatches, the yellow usually too vibant and dark or this weird neon color.

[@Solarsidee]

I haven’t even watched the full thing yet and I can tell this is gonna be a good video! Edit: I have zebra mildliners and I absolutely love them!

[@alibongo281]

Tracy Rosales what pack of mildliners are your favourite?

[@Solarsidee]

Alice Brown the fluorescent set! Their very pastel in my opinion!

[@sofialou1809]

Did they bleed through paper? I just need a lil cheap highliters that doesnt bleed😭

[@Solarsidee]

@@sofialou1809 no they actually don’t bleed!! Their really good!

[@xmem2678]

word of advice, the stabilo highlighters bleed through pages like no tomorrow.

[@MsRamona7]

They don´t in Oxford notebooks! :) In the pricier side, but so worthy.

[@jadephoenix238]

.. hmm I have cheap paper but it doesn’t bleed that much at all? And with more pricey and sturdier paper it doesn’t bleed at all.

[@archiraxx]

It might be that the shop you buy it from has good quality, or it's because of your hand positioning and how you use the highlighter.

[@rkgormgpm4pm5g5gh]

not really, I use 90 gsm paper and it works fine?...

[@kristine7937]

i've been waiting for this😍 thank you so much!

[@MsBelaP]

I love this narrator! So calm and with a nice inflection 😻💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@NarutoUzumaki-xn1pr]

@JetPens know how to reach out to viewers... Much appreciated...keep up the good work. Loved and getting relaxed watching your videos. Especially the voice... Super awesome 🥰...Huge thumbs up 👍🏻..

[@funkyducky8751]

I love Pilot Frixion pens and highlighters. I also love the Stabilo Swing Cools. I love my Zebra Mildliners also. I want to try all these.

[@hemajsanil1401]

I was really waiting for this comparison video ❤️ of pastel highlighters

[@pinkmagicali]

I love this channel. Your info videos are seriously helpful. I wish we could could get the kokuyo brand more in Australia. Those dual tip highlighters look so cool. I have the Frixion highlighters but honestly feel they are too pale. I prefer the regular frixion highlighters which help me actually study because I don’t feel so darn guilty about marking the page. Lol.

[@abbybowman5584]

Seriously thank you for testing if they smear on pencil

[@ibizateahouse0000]

who highlights on pencil????????????????

[@Trashsuit]

@@ibizateahouse0000 people that take math classes

[@cheekymonkeygirl3378]

@@ibizateahouse0000 😂

[@SakennaM]

I have been using Pilot Frixion pens and pastel highlighters for years now. Pretty sure I was introduced to Frixion through Jetpens

[@apencupnamedgabriel5228]

Good luck for your university courses :)

[@silversassafras2794]

And then there's me who can't afford any of them

[@apencupnamedgabriel5228]

Depending on which country you live in, where I am the stabilo boss highlighters are in basically every supermarket, and they’re pretty affordable too :)

[@lainiwakura1776]

If you're in the States, they have the Frixions in Target, Walmart, and craft stores, the Mildliners and Stabilos in craft stores, and the Staedtler's in Target.

[@sophiaflores.]

lain iwakura they have mildliners at target and they just started selling them at Walmart

[@avgr777]

You ain't alone lol

[@jilllowman9848]

Me too. I wisl you could buy single highlighters instead of a whole pack.

[@minnahyousaf8676]

This what I need thanks jetpens 😍😍😍😍

[@taymay4894]

Just bought the big oack of mildliners for my first yr of college i wanted em for my senior yr of hs but they didnt sell em at the store here yet. But im glad i got em i love the colors

[@joylim599]

Uni propus window highlighters are my favorite, I’ve been using them for 3 years now :)). I love them so much ❤️

[@ac2055]

My fav too!!

[@angelkaye1982]

How is thr bleedthrough?

[@susanwright134]

Stabilo and Staedler are my all time favorites.

[@amydebuitleir]

They're not pastel, but I love the Zebra Justfit Mojini Line Highlighters. They don't smear my fountain pen ink. It would be great if they came out with a pastel version!

[@just-i-me-and-myself]

i recently got the Mildliner 15 pk and I got to say, I would recommend using them!

[@BLoren]

Would love to see a video or blog post about pens that write well on washi tape! I am having a hard time finding a good one.

[@ChibiChidorii]

I think a good criteria to consider for highlighters is hardness of the tip. I hate Stabilo Boss because i find them too hard and i am already heavy handed, to the point it makes noise and the lines always end up squiggly. That's why I love the Staedtler Triplus. They are so soft and easy to control. You can also use them for lettering, especially for beginners because it's so easy to control the pressure and line weight.

[@etersven]

Omgg this vid is really good!!! Best review!!!

[@nathanielcabansay4535]

I've already tried both the original six colors of the Stabilo Boss Pastel Original (all bought individually, and I haven't found any stock for the four new colors yet and I haven't visited my favorite bookstores in ages since the long, long quarantine started [we are still in quarantine as of now]) and the Mildliners (I got an entire 25 set from my local bookstore for about PhP 2000 last February [that is around $40 in current Forex rates, likely due to tariffs from importation]). For cheap notebook paper (the ones you find in a cheap binder), there is going to be quite some bleedthrough with the Stabilo, but less so with the Mildliners (I am both left-handed and heavy-handed) but no significant smearing occurs even with a gel pen (which bleeds only very slightly on cheap notebook paper). This does not happen so much with the copy paper we use though (70 or 80 gsm paper).

[@rusya_rg]

Very cool video! Can you do the review about hybrid pens, please? For example pilot acroball pen and another similar pens.

[@onishojo9430]

I use the BIC pastel highlighters and they're super good and cute!

[@nareshbatra6326]

The intro is the best!!

[@vestibulandaaos4077]

The new Uni Propus smoke colors should have been shown altogether! The smoke colors are not too light as the pastel ones, but still nice on the eyes.

[@crazypastellady3749]

I love the smoke and light series! I like light series better than the soft series whoops x)

[@gia7109]

do they bleed? they looked really wet

[@soucky1]

I had the Mildliners & Stabilo Boss which i really love my fav., are doublke side ended & Pilot Frixion Erasable Highlighter, these are so cool, but i always bought the cheaper ones because i use so much these ones it will coast me a fortune to get only my fav. ones,

[@f6love19]

Cheap : that i choose✔️

[@gabbysimone5099]

i just bought the zebra milliners and stallion boss highlighters. i can’t wait😆😆😆

[@wendybaryl6867]

Great content ♥️ thank you

[@shelbyg.8553]

I was looking at pastel highlighters on jet pens website yesterday 😳 how did they know

[@sav902]

my favorites r the zebra mildliners, stabilo pastel highlighters, and the pilot frixion ones although the zebra mildliners r quite pricy and the stabilo ones bleed sm

[@idealthinker101]

OMG.... !!! I didn't know that I wanted them all so badly 😯😭😭

[@alexsinnett6123]

Ok but like, does anyone know what those highlighters are at the very start of the video? Before they show the mildliners in the intro?

[@hollenthompson9210]

Oooh! I want midliners!

[@nehaumbre6647]

Just go for the mildliners..worth every penny ❤

[@officiallyawesome8585]

Could you do a neon highlighter comparison too?

[@rigzinchoudhary2594]

I love highlighters. They are so bright and colourful. Thank you for showing various varieties and sharing the best with us. I love mildliners but they are quite expensive. Are you shipping to India?

[@JetPens]

Hi there! Yes, we are.

[@rigzinchoudhary2594]

@@JetPens Thank you for the reply!

[@angelkaye1982]

Hi Jetpens! Where can I find the bleed through test on these markers?

[@kimmycassie]

I've been waiting for this! Thank you so much!

[@sivagamimkr3559]

I love all the products because those are so cute and useful

[@25hztolife86]

Where's the German woman? I liked her upbeat and cheerful voice.

[@isa-belva]

antonia!!

[@Farheeeennn]

Yeah!

[@MightBeMilla]

I find the chunky stabilo’s quite uncomfortable to hold for longer periods of time, as I naturally hold them at the little edge where the cap clicks on, if ya know what I mean. Also not a fan of how easily they bleed through... super juicy and vibrant though! The pilot frixions are super light and don’t last that long, and if you’re not careful the erasers stain... but oof are they fun to use

[@sophiaflores.]

So can you just rub the ink for the frixion then it will erase?

[@SilverSeaOT7]

I’ve tried many and while I love the mildliners the best, the colors seem to always be darker in person. I am sure it is really hard to capture the colors on camera. For example the “smoke blue” mildliner I have is a good bit darker than I expected. Still searching for a nice desaturated blue that isn’t super dark. Same thing as my search for the perfect pink. They all seem to be florescent or “in your face” bright. So the search is still on for the perfect pink and blue.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Yeah, Mildliners lack a nice pink, I bought a Stabilo Boss after testing it at Michael's, and it's a really nice pink.

[@SilverSeaOT7]

lain iwakura - Thanks so much. Will check it out!

[@vincarosea_art]

Mildliners are so aesthetically pleasing but are too expensive😬

[@enec0]

idk if anyone sees this anymore, but there are dupes to the mildliners called "milkliners" and you can get them on e.g. AliExpress for a way cheaper price than the mildliners, and they look very similar to them too and the colors are pretty much the same too

[@sofialou1809]

@@enec0 i know abt the milkliners but im very curious if it doesnt bleed through paper just like mildliner. If u know, is it bleed through the paper? I mean both. Mildliner and milkliner. I really need one that cheap but doesnt bleed through my paper:”)

[@enec0]

@sofiaa mg i have the mildliners and no they don't bleed through :) sometimes when i use them on very thin paper (like the leuchtturm bullet journal paper) they don't bleed but you can see the "shadows" of them on the backside, lol i hope you know what i mean. but that's only with the dark colors :) and the milkliners, i don't have them but i always look through reviews of them and everyone says they don't bleed through either, you can see pictures in the reviews too, e.g. on aliexpress. or i would recommend watching youtube videos where people try them, because then you can actually see them in action

[@sofialou1809]

@@enec0 so even the dark colours doesnt bleed through tho. The pastel colour will ofc doesnt bleed too right? Btw thx so much for answering this it really help me out since i really want to buy them for note taking:)

[@enec0]

@sofiaa mg yes, no color will bleed through, neither the dark nor the pastel/light ^^ you're welcome

[@narasaiahm8484]

Jet pens make a video sampling all colours of the zerbra mild liners so i can choose which colour i want please

[@feelearthy4969]

Jetpens have the cutest stationary supplies 😍😍😍😍😍

[@jintujamoh5499]

🌸🌸The hiliters are beautiful ❤️❤️🌸🌸

[@Chirupadmini]

Awesome video bravo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@faithfullilac]

Zebra mildliners or stabilo ones, I cant choose

[@jungshook2354]

My favourite is Zebra Mildliners cause I love there colours it makes me want to look at my notes

[@jenniferhenkel6902]

Just watching this I'm really satisfied.

[@darraghmurphy1940]

I really like the staedtler ones

[@kanchanpandey4241]

First time early on jetpens video 😁😁

[@ailanyt.7368]

I love the epoch kobaru ones I can't get them though 😭....

[@capricious_carp]

Very nice video🥰

[@vincarosea_art]

So technically which one is the best?

[@shrikumar1908]

this sounds like studyquill?

[@gingerdrozd484]

I just have a question if you could please answer it, where did you get that Stabilo Boss highlighter?I'd love to know!⬆️💡

[@JetPens]

Hi there! All the highlighters in our video can be found in our site, which we link in the description. You can find the Stabilo Boss Highlighters here! www.jetpens.com/Stabilo-Boss-Original-Highlighters/ct/4345

[@jinseinoowari2427]

Cries in No Money :,(

[@apencupnamedgabriel5228]

Where I am the stabilo boss highlighters are affordable :) I’d look into those if you are looking for cost effective highlighters. Still, it depends where you live.

[@sophiemli]

i just use the zebra sarasa for handwritten notes lol and every highlighter works

[@shahnawazhussain5820]

I love your videos

[@janetay8798]

I have uni propus and mildliners but the uni propus are my favorite!

[@aubrey3615]

The yellow stabilo pastel has the same shade with the sharpie one, thus I interchange both, and use both of them the most. I also love the zebra mildliner! And yeah! The frixion really is good for books! Especially the ones with thin sheets! I didn’t know Marvy had pastels too! I really like their neon yellow... I wish I knew about the Kokuyo beforehand... I want to try that

[@eldestinthemiddle]

@jetpens im begging you to stock the iconic retro again. they were so perfect.

[@JetPens]

Hi there! Unfortunately the Retro colors were discontinued by Iconic, the manufacturer. We miss them too :(

[@khankhattak.]

hey jetpen team, love your content. I have a question about where are you based either in us or japan?

[@JetPens]

We are based in the US!

[@sharifrafa2774]

As a stationary lover this just makes ppl like me have a hard time to choose and want to buy every type

[@henryh3922]

You should a video on pen refills that fit in different bodies, like how Studyquill puts the Pentel Energel in the Zebra Sarasa. 😁

[@darlinghopelessromantic]

Henry Hawkinson if you go to their website, each product has a tab which shows you what kind of refills/pen bodies/papers/etc. can go with the selected product. i forgot what it was called (sorry) but it should be labeled. Hope this helps!

[@henryh3922]

Yes it does, thanks ! 😊

[@cookycutie]

I want all of them istg i always wander what they do with these pens/pencils after the video , as an artist i can guarantee you that i avoide wasting money on food eating/clothing/accessories just to afford few pens i know i'm sacrificing alot put drawing is my passion and i go by "no art , no life"

[@areebee006]

Is midliners good for books like for highlighting books?

[@JetPens]

Hi there! We recommend highlighters like the Staedtler Triplus Textsurfer or Stabilo Boss Pastel Highlighter: www.jetpens.com/Staedtler-Triplus-Textsurfers/ct/5766 www.jetpens.com/Stabilo-Boss-Original-Pastel-Highlighters/ct/4347

[@BilliesCraftRoom]

stabilo boss but ready to try the swing version

[@tcconnection]

Is every type mentioned available to buy as a single to just try one or two individual pens?

[@JetPens]

Yes except for the Iconic 2 Way, Marvy PastelLiner, and Stabilo Swing Cool.

[@tcconnection]

@@JetPens Hopefully these will be offered as singles soon

[@tcconnection]

Thank you

[@tanvigurav5231]

STABILO and MILDLINERS❤️

[@cazzabojangles]

Here's me hoping this will help me get view on my own highlighter comparison videos lmao

[@Phoenix_Ash30]

Please review the Monami 3000.

[@JetPens]

We don't carry the Monami 3000, so we're not able to make a video on those pens. Sorry we can't be of more help!

[@carissasantos9657]

I need everything

[@jenichams]

I STAN STABILO! They last long, like really long XD

[@sophiaeszone4822]

So bad.I cant find any marvy higlighters😞

[@aarushiverma3353]

I also want this

[@Lucifersluvver]

What were the ones at the very start of the video

[@JetPens]

Hi there! Those are Zebra Brush Mildliners. www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Mildliner-Double-Sided-Highlighters-Brush/ct/5727

[@Lucifersluvver]

JetPens lol my bad I mean the ones before the mildliners. the non pastel ones.

[@JetPens]

@@Lucifersluvver It's the Zebra JustFit Highlighters! www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Justfit-Double-Sided-Highlighters/ct/3965

[@moon_sun_stars_]

ok so like for uhm the smudge test your supposed to wait 15 seconds not minutes

[@yashodhararanjan7169]

Do you ship to India?

[@JetPens]

Hi there! Yes, we ship to India.

[@punkivy9776]

Didn’t you already have a video like this?

[@fisherman7633]

T h a n k s for sharing !!

[@Bareena-ok5ji]

I guess zebra mildliners are best for annotating but idiot me bought stabilo swing cool because I wanted to 🤦‍♀️

[@josie3986]

do the mildliners bleed through thin pages tho ??

[@Bareena-ok5ji]

@@josie3986 depends on the paper gsm. On really thin pages. Yes.

[@jintujamoh5499]

🌸🌸I use every line in my book 😁😁🌈🌈🇮🇳😘🌸🌸

[@ItsSpringyYT]

Please do another math related video :D

[@srestha]

Yes, please just take all my non-existent money already, thanks.

[@lorenezrawhitman4467]

I stopped using dixon erasables when I left my book in the car and the heat erased all my annotations

[@kimtaeheechangmin4695]

Kokuyo 💕

[@ima.muslimah...]

we have all in one -- Apple Pencil

[@itzzjustmesart1913]

I really wish you guys to do a giveaway🥺

[@JetPens]

We hold weekly giveaways on our Instagram page! instagram.com/jetpens/

[@itzzjustmesart1913]

@@JetPens defently gonna check that out💛

[@twilight3304]

Cries in India