Temu Art Supplies Rubbish or Bargain | Temu Watercolor Brushes Review
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- Опубликовано: 21 фев 2024
- Temu Art Supplies Rubbish or Bargain | Temu Watercolor Brushes Review
I know this is quite a long video and I also have to admit I am not what you would call a watercolour expert. However I have been testing and experimenting watercolours and watercolour brushes for about 5 years now. Over that period I have purchased a few different watercolour brushes, none of them in the two or three hundred pound range, but decent quality nonetheless. I explain all this in the video, just to provide a bit of context regarding comparison of the Temu Watercolor Brushes
I have also added a written review of my experience buying from Temu and the quality of the products I purchased. Follow the link below for information on pricing, cost of the products overall and individually. In the written review I display how much all items cost under the deal and how much they would cost buying them individually.
Finally I would like to apologise for the mistake I made in this video but I was too tired to redo the video all over again so I went ahead with it, which I know is not very professional. On the test where I show how much certain brushes absorb and hold the water, as I lift the brush out of the water, the brush is slightly out of frame for a second or two. I apologise guys and will make sure this doesn't happen again. I have a long way to go with regards to videography, I am neither a video expert nor am I an entertainer, but I am trying my best to improve on all fronts, not just for you guys but for me as well, I hope it will improve new and older viewers experience.
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Thank you for the review ❤. It's was really helpful.
I constantly buy from temu because I cant find some of the art supplies locally. So far, my overall experience was good with temu. Most of the items I bought worked really well or were okay to use. Every package was delivered on time and I had no issue with my info being leaked or used, but this was my personal experience. I cant speak for others really.
Yeah my experience has pretty much been exactly the same as yours, everything delivered on time and well protected in the packing department. Thank you so much for your support and wonderful comment.
I think comparing natural and synthetic brushes are like apples and oranges or cats and dogs. They are 2 different things made for 2 behaviors and 2 different results. Yes, some perfer one over the other, but I think that comes down your style and painting preferences rather than the performance of the brush its self. Yes, naturals are great for holding water, but they don't have any spring. Which can be challenging. I love a synthetic watercolor brush. Especially the ones made to mimic natural. Best of both worlds without the unlikable qualities or the price tag of natural.
I agree, I don’t think I phrased the video very well, I haven’t really made clear my objective. I wasn’t really trying to compare brush types in the video, I wanted to simply showcase the quality of the products I purchased of which I have to say, stupidly had no idea what brush hair type they were before buying them. I just grabbed a few items purely for the purpose of testing their quality and testing the safety of ordering from a relative new and unknown platform to us in the West.
I made the video about three times in the end as each video I messed up and could see it was turning into a comparison video which was not my intention at all. The only reason I showcased the brushes I already own, was to simply show the type of quality or lack there of I’m used to, showing what past knowledge in brushes I have to compare the Temu brushes with. We live and learn 😂😂
I think you did a great job Harry & I enjoyed your take on the "buying experience". I did not see it as a comparison per se but more what the experience & the safety of your personal data, for example using your credit card etc. I do like my Derwent water brushes for things like inktense & my Albrecht Druher as a base in colouring books but I have bought liners for intricate & difficult spots. I find it easier to control the water & less is best in my books. I do use brushes, like rounds in my sketch books though. Thank you so much for your take on brushes. I wonder if there will ever be a standardization in brush sizes as I find that enormously confusing when trying to purchase brushes as quite frankly in photographs online as it can get down right confusing.
Thanks for this video, I found it quite helpful. Much love & *Virtual hugs* from a sweltering hot Perth Western Australia xxx
@TheArtGearGuide no shade on your vid Harry. It was great. I think a lot of people would turn their nose up to brushes from places like temu when in reality, they work just fine. Without your vid, some may never consider them
I’ve only ordered once from Alli Express and it took a month but I received exactly what I ordered and it’s a great product. I’d seen Irit Langraf demonstrating them a year ago. As far as Temu, I have yet to order from them as I already have plenty of art supplies and haven’t been tempted. Thank you for your review 🎉❤
its a lot faster now on ali too, guaranteed 10-14 days, etc.
Harry you should try one or two Rosemary and Co brushes, they cover a whole range of brush hair and their uses, oil, watercolour and acrylic. Their synthetic brushes are excellent quality and don’t break the bank for cost. They also do the higher end range brushes such as sable and Kosinski sable
I’ll definitely take a look but I always thought they were quite expensive. I’ll have a look. I love the synthetic brushes I already own, if I purchased a real sable or squirrel brush, my daughters if they found out, would hang me out to dry 😂😂😂. Especially our youngest Amelia, who has a Rabbit called Miss Honey and two hamsters. But my wife and I keep telling Amelia, the rabbit chews one more phone cable and it’s rabbit stew 🥘 for supper 😂😂. We are absolutely only joking, we love Miss Honey to death, in fact I done a drawing of her on the channel. Just getting in the disclaimer before I have SWAT descending upon me.
They do really great synthetic brushes that mimic real hair brushes. Their red dot line is great. Obviously the larger the brush the more expensive, but the smaller brushes are very reasonable. A size 6 pointed round red dot brush (they mimic sable) cost £5.55. You do have post and packaging to add but they are hand made brushes and a short detail brush is £2.50. Their golden synthetic size 6 is £3.75. They are an on-line shop and well worth a look. I don’t use real hair brushes either don’t like to think that an animal has died for me to get a brush. Please give Miss Honey lots of hugs from me.
Appreciate the sharing of your experience with Temu as well as the demonstration of the products . I’ve seen the Temu ads but haven’t had any personal experience purchasing from Temu.
That jackson's pallette is so awesome. I have it and it's worth evry penny I spend on it.
Hullo Harry, Brushes can be so personal! I can say synthetic fibers have come so far and there are brands that most people cannot tell the difference between the natural hair VS. synthetic hair brushes! The Princeton Aqua Elite line of brushes are so close to Kolinsky natural hair brushes as good as the just released New York Central Oasis Synthetic Brushes! Hair falling out and hair left on your paper is a bad or telling point against a brush! If the varnish starts pealing off or the Ferule is loose is another bad sign. I wash all of my brushes when I first get them home and I use Masters Brush soap. This is when any loose hair comes out, if it continues this is NOT good! I believe you did a fine job presenting these brushes Thanks Harry!
Masters brush soap is a really good product. Expensive in UK but worth it
There's been some red flags ive seen in other videos including the company bullying sellers and counterfeit items and personal information being stolen. Personally, I have policy in avoiding temu because I seem to have bad luck in general so I don't gamble lol
Yeah you see when I told my daughter I was going to do this for a review as subscribers had asked me in the past if I’d used Temu, she was dead against it. I asked her why and she said the same thing you said.
But I still had to do it so I could find out for myself what was going on and then I would be able to deliver a factual account the next time I’m asked.
But it would unfortunately seem I have not experienced any of the horror stories I’ve heard. I say unfortunately because I am really torn about my reply to such a question in the future. I can’t lie and make stuff up, my experience is exactly what I explained in the video but laid out in more detail in the written review. But my worry is, by replying to a question on Temu, saying my experience was okay, someone could use Temu and have a terrible experience.
@@TheArtGearGuide it seems to me like there's a lot of rumours around it, and i'm sad to say that there is indeed a predisposition to judge harshly chinese sellers or what we percieve as "dolar store/novelty sellers". i've never used temu, yet i've heard so many stories, all from people who haven't tried it.
I don't know, if anything, my own experience with ali express has been GREAT since back in 2018, i've been regularly buyinf all kinds of art supplies and office apliances.
My wife works as a coach at an organization for people with a handicap. They are making paper cut cards which are sold. They buy quite some of their tools and supplies at Temu. Most of it is very good. I got curious, so she ordered me some Boahong cotton paper (for an absurd low price) and some white pens for highlights. The paper is really great and the pens are working very well. The price I paid didn't reflect the quality at all, it's way better quality than the price suggests.
Boahong paper is surprisingly good.
@@joykruczay I do have their more expensive blocks and they can easily match themselves with the best of the best, but this was so inexpensive, it made me wonder. It's still really good.
@@joykruczay agreed, and you can buy it in bulk, either the blocks or also in 10 meter rolls that come boxed and with a pair of gloves to handle it included and all. it's great.
I have got three Boahong pads in my basket and been toying with the idea of whether or not to get them. I know a fantastic watercolor artist here online and he uses them and the paper always looks wonderful. I think I’ll go ahead and order them now, thank you.
@@TheArtGearGuide Enjoy them! There's an academic line, which is absolutely great already and a professional range, which is quite expensive, but even higher quality. Not sure if Temu sells those, so far I've only seen the academic line, which I got and is surprisingly good.
Temu used to have really good prices, but lately, I see that Amazon has better prices for the same items. Great review.
I’ve ordered a few things from Temu and delivery to Australia has been really fast, something that aliexpress and wish could never do. Some things have been hit and miss, the Kalour 72 coloured pencils in a case were half the price that they were on amazon and quite good quality. The colouring books though have been rubbish. The quality just wasn’t there.For the price though they will be good for kids.
Hi Harry, I don't do watercolour BUT as usual, you make me want to try something new. I'll never order from Temu but thank you for the demo and please don't apologise for all the great stuff you do for us all 👌🏽
Thanks for the review. I haven't ordered from them yet either but plan to. My feelings about natural vs synthetic brushes is I won't buy or use natural brushes. I figure if an animal has to die just so I can paint a pretty picture, well, shame on me and my artistic abilities. Love to the family. ❤
My husband and I have been buying from Temu for quite a while now. As you, I bought some art supplies to see how good the products are. When it comes to paint, I can probably find better value at any local craft store, not sure I would ever venture off into getting watercolors or acrylics. I wouldn’t even consider the oil paint. However, just about any brush I got was very good, n9 matter how cheap or expensive it was. All the brushes I got are exactly what I expected. I’ve also ordered a ton of fountain pens and fountain pen inks. The pens were all fantastic with the exception of one or two. The inks were all relatively good. I bought fine markers and loved them. I also got some pencils and graphite sticks, and they all worked well. I bought a bunch of notebooks and they were all top notch quality. All Crafting supplies are absolutely amazing. I also got myself a very nice magnifying glass with a light that was very cheap and extremely well made. When I got it I bought myself another one to take to my classroom. To be honest the only thing I was not impressed with were some of the clothes, there were a couple of misses, but since the price was so ridiculously low I did not care so much.
Very nice demonstration. I have not done water color, but this was very informative. Thank you. Peace and love abide with you 💕
Harry, thank you so much for your sincere review. I want to buy a set of brushes on Temu, but, there are so many brushes! And these brushes looks good, even though, they do not have the necessary quality, I say this because of the hair loss, among other things, but, after seeing this review, I can choose something good, and cheap. I understand the loss hair, is bad, and when the ferrule came out its bad too, and the brushes that not retained so much water are not good for watercolors, but...not all the time we can buy a set of quality brushes from a certain brand, but I can see some brushes that I'm interested. And I think, you have many good brushes there from Temu. Thank you very much for that, and for always being so humble in your opinions. Sending hugs from Puerto Rico🇵🇷
hello
i need your advice i need to buy water color pencils i have these option stabilo aquacolors or gold faber water color pencils or steadtler water colors??
Thank you for the detailed review=3
I got recommended the same rollup-brush set, but didn’t want to order them bc the company seems shady and i wasn’t sure about the quality. Thanks for the review!
Temu has been hit and miss for me but I will say that I'm impressed that they not only credit you the difference in price of something you've purchased if it drops in price but they will also give you a $5 credit if an order takes longer than expected to arrive.
I never knew that, was this something that happened to you?
Yeah, last order I had something missing so I went to file for a refund and I saw I had a $5 credit for excessive delay for my last order (I noticed it did take longer than usual but our post office is a mess so it didn't stand out much) and then there were credits for price adjustments for items that had reduced in price. Not sure how long of a time they adjust for. If I had to guess it would be for the time between ordering and receiving the order? All in all when I had received the $4 credit for the missing item and the delay credit and the price adjust credits, I had $19 in credits to the next order.@@TheArtGearGuide
Honestly, I am concerned about working conditions in Chinese manufacturing, but... unless one exclusively buys high end products (that are still manufactured in Europe or North America), then buying Chinese manufactured goods - whether art materials, or more widely - is all but unavoidable. I see no reason to boycott a Chinese-branded-and-manufactured product sold on Temu, but not a Western-branded-but-Chinese-manufactured product sold on the largest online retailer's site, or even your local independent art shop.
What I certainly wouldn't be doing is buying products that are supposedly Western-branded on Temu - or other China-based online retail sites - and expecting the genuine article. Giorgione certainly fly a bit close to the wind with some of their products looking like Faber-Castell's
I hope you get a chance to do some plein air painting in the countryside soon!
Temu is great. No complaints here.
Temu also automatically credits your account $5 for a delivery that goes past their estimated delivery date. I had one package that arrived 1 day late. I knew they offered the credit, but didn't want to bother completing any forms or anything for it, and wasn't bothered by the single day lateness. When I checked my account next day, there was a $5 credit in my account.
TEMU is great that way. Also, if you go back and look at your Orders, if any item has reduced in price (within 30 days) you can request a price adjustment. Which is also very quick and easy.
I never order from Alie Express or Temu. I always buy my art supplies in my favorite shops in the Netherlands where I live.
Thanks for the detailed review.🙂
I have found that cheap brushes are usually good, but in sets not all of them have the same degree of hardness and one or two are much softer than others.
For me, it's a bit too risky with Temu and I don't have any need for art supplies at the moment.
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and you are quite right, you mustn’t order from any platform you are uncomfortable doing so on, no matter what others say about it, myself included. You as an individual have to feel happy making the transaction that not only is the product going to be decent quality, but that the financial transaction is also going to be safe. If any of these factors worry you , you must do what is right for you and stay clear. Thank you so for you comment and support.
@GearGuide Perhaps TEMU has now become more secure.
I haven't looked into the site since it came up.
But it's nice to hear that it worked well for you. 🙂
My need for good and cheap art supplies I covered it with TK-MAXX, which is a shop that buys overproduction and so on.
I still have to see if things are really cheaper there, not everything is cheaper there. But I've already made a few good purchases.
like Spectra illustration marker 12 for 17€ instead of 26€.
Monte Matre signature Acryl set 24x12ml for 10€.
Spectra watercolour pencils double-sided set of 12 9€
been buying for soooo many years and not a shred of malware anywhere at all.
Not even a hint of it.
yet those making accusations can't come up with any.
I must say I have purchased a few items from Temu since this video and everything has arrived in the time declared and well packaged. Thank you so much for watching the video and commenting I really appreciate it thank you
Not a bargain for those who make them. Imagine what wages these people must get!!
Evening Harry
A US Congressional report has just stated there is a high risk that this company uses forced labor. It’s a report, don’t know if it’s true.
Unfortunately Suzy this is more than likely true and an element of truth in it, but I hope they are truthful in their reporting and fair. There are such activities in Apple, Samsung, Nike, Amazon have terrible working conditions for their employees and that is happening on the shores of the U.K. and US. Any company practicing such disgusting activities should be shut down but the reason it will never happen is because both the US and U.K. governments are making too much money in the way of back handers.
Before all of our industry, clothing, call centres, food, technology was outsourced to third world countries only because of cheap labour, there was strict regulations in place including Unions. But the big companies didn’t like it when they would suggest no toilet breaks for employees and the unions would push back. So to avoid such belligerent refusal to be treated like dirt, the companies all just moved employment overseas. Now I’m not sure about the US, but I know the U.K. Government could have made like very difficult for these companies in the form of taxes, but they didn’t because the government benefited as well. The only people who never benefited was the employees in these countries. But for consumers in the U.K. and US, we could boycott such companies, but that would be incredibly limiting to us as to where we could buy products. The level of corruption on all levels from so many companies is insane. I wish there was something that we could all do as a collective, but there isn’t. In order for a boycott to work, you need pretty much every customer
At 17:23 you're using the wrong kind of brush for scrubbing, it should be a much stiffer brush.
If you want to just lift out gently it's fine but scrubbing will quickly ruin your brush.
I personally don't like really soft brushes which this one seems to be ( maybe squirrel hair?) but it does seem to hold a lot of water in the belly of the brush.
Yes but snap back, flexibily, water retention, how fine a line can that brush do? There's a lot to review, and squirrel and sable brushes are different. Just the fact that it's losing hair is a no go for me.
i don' know about this case in particular, but a single hairor two falling out when cleaning the brush of that protective glaze they come with it's expected. If their are shedding while painting though, yeah, not a good sign
@@magical571 he was pulling them out while painting and I can just see fingernail marks in my washes if I tried this 😂 I couldn't handle it. My painting would be all scratches 🤣.
They're rubbish. :)
What’s your experience Demi? What did you buy from the platform and receive that was rubbish? Your account is really important. It’s all very well and good me making a video, but as I’ve always said, you guys in the comments section are the important part.