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Amazon Basics Highlighters Set of 8, Smudge Proof, Durable sits on our pens & writing shelf, where the ranking comes from what buyers actually said rather than from what the box says. From the seller's own listing: Dry-out design keeps your highlighters working for longer, even when you leave the caps off. Shaped tip with 2 and 5 mm line widths for highlighting and underlining different-sized text. That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. Buyers have it at 4.6 out of 5 from 32,269 ratings. We work out below what that is worth against everything else on the shelf.
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The typical pens & writing product on our shelf scores 4.6 out of 5, measured across 50 rated products. This one comes in at 4.6. That's inside the bottom quarter of the shelf. It isn't a warning, but better-rated options do sit alongside it at similar money, so you would want a specific reason to pick this one.
Behind that score sit 32,269 ratings, against a shelf median of 8,067. With that many opinions behind it the score won't move much, and it is difficult to manipulate. That is exactly why volume carries weight in our ranking.
The shelf runs from £1.58 to £12.99 and the midpoint is about £4.99. On price, this one is in the middle third. Which is where most sensible buys end up: not the cheapest on the shelf, and not the one you pay a name for.
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Worked out from the 50 pens & writing products we track, not from the brand's own claims. How we rank →
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
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