Sakura has absolutely rocked the graffiti world with their Sakura Streaker markers. it's one
of the many great marker products coming out of Japan. and these streakers are absolutely adored
by tons and tons of graffiti artists and writers. and now, relatively recently they have come out
with these sakura streakers for high temperatures specifically. and today since the sun is...
sort of shining... but more importantly because it's going to reach a high of 32
degrees celsius, which is about 90 Fahrenheit, we are going to be doing a full surface tagging test
with these sakura streakers for high temperatures to see how they write.
and when we do get to our surface tagging test i will be putting a temperature indicator on screen
to tell you exactly how hot the environment is that we are writing with these sakura streakers
for high temperatures in, whether it be one of the outdoor surfaces that we're doing or
if it's just our studio surface that is also incredibly hot here. i don't know if you can
see me sweating on camera but it is hot in here! and at the end i will let you know exactly what
surfaces i feel these sakura streakers for the high temperatures specifically are best
for and if it's worth picking them up instead of a the regular sakura streaker markers and b
of course these sort of staple markal B paint stick. so let's get right to it.
we're going to be getting right into our surface tagging test where we're not only going to be
doing plenty of tags with these beautiful sakura streakers, but we'll also be directly comparing
them to the sakura streaker markers specifically for low temperatures. and that may sound weird
a little bit at first. why are we using a low temperature sakura in a very hot environment? and
that is simply because i want to feel that there is a difference between these two products.
if there is a difference between them, then there is some sort of legitimate value proposition of
these Sakuras for high temperature have. and that is not the only thing we're going to be comparing
them to. we're also going to be doing a loose comparison on a couple of the surfaces to the
Markal B paint sticks here just because the Markal B paint stick is a very staple paint
stick in the graffiti world of course. so i'm hoping seeing it compared to a markal b
will at least be something that a lot of graffiti writers have used, more graffiti writers than
these. so hopefully a comparison to something more people have used will be a little more helpful
to highlight the differences in how they feel. so let's head right on over to one of our
testing surfaces. we'll be doing a few different surfaces here today and i will see you there.
all right. welcome to the indoor portion of our tagging test here. trust me i know it's
indoors but it is hot in here. there is no air conditioning in our little studio area here at
all so it's about 30 degrees in here. i'm hoping you can't see the sweat pouring out of my face
constantly throughout this video but we'll see in editing. but what's important is that we are
within the thermal resistance of these sakura solid markers here. it says right on the marker
that these are good for between negative 10 and 200 degrees celsius. you can get them in
the slim size, which is this one. or you can get them in the full size, the normal sakura marker
size i guess if you will. they both have this nice screw up from the back system.
they come with this nice wonderful cap which absolutely will not stay in the back of the marker
unfortunately but you know that's how things are I guess. so i'll be showing you right now
how these tag on a few different surfaces in these sweltering hot temperatures that seem
to never end. and while i do that i'm going to A) communicate anything you need to know about
these but also B) i'll be directly comparing them to the sakura solid markers for cold temperatures
for the reasons i stated previously, and a markal b paint stick as well. since it's
sort of a staple. as always, i'll be tagging up some subscribers names who've asked me for
a hit off in a video as well as those who are over on the patreon supporting there which i do
really really appreciate! the patreon is where we are going to be doing some buff tests if you
guys are interested in that, but right now it's also where we do a lot of analysis of
graffiti pieces. so feel free to check that out. right now we're going to get into these tags!
so one nice thing about these sakuras is that they are supposed to be
waterproof and fade resistant on i believe every surface but glass is what it said.
they don't tend to do so well on glass. that's the same for any other paint stick as well.
they do have that nice twist up system on the full-size ones and these mini ones. i
don't know why that's not the case for the cold temperature mini ones as well. and they cost you
about four US dollars each. that's not too bad although the disadvantage with these comes with
how it's a lot harder to find anywhere to buy them in bulk. buying in bulk is really where you
get that extra bang for your buck and a lot of people who use solid paint sticks specifically
are using them very very prolifically, because they're so tightly associated with the freight
graffiti scene. in fact i will leave a link the first two (three) links in the description will be
bulk packs of the regular sakura streakers and the markal B paint sticks, if you did want to
check them out and pick something like that up in bulk. i always recommend bulk for this kind of
thing if you're going to use it a lot. they're not quite as easy to find as bulk packs of sakura's or
markals. these high temperature sakuras do come in four colours currently, which is the black,
yellow, red and white. in my experience sakura's have a very very vibrant sharp white, which is
a little bit nice. and that seems to be the case with the black as well. later on you'll see that.
so right away we started off just with putting up a few tags with the red and the black here on this
surface. the very first thing i noticed was holy cow the black sakura streaker in particular is
so much softer than the red one. the black one was soft to a point that it was just almost
melting. i know i'm gonna get comments saying oh you were just too heavy-handed on it, you're just
pushing too much, or you were too direct on the angle writing with it. guys, no i was not. i tried
specifically with the Sten, the Spoke, the Reko 54 tag on our indoor surface here - you can see how
light i'm trying to be the tip of this black one. It's just absolutely it's melting. it's a little
bit stringy just like the regular sakura streakers are, just not quite as much. so very very soft to
a point where it was like, if this is 30 degree weather and it's like this, there's no way it
would even work in say 45 - like i wouldn't want to use it in any higher than this to be honest.
that wasn't the case with the red one though. the red one i found to be nice and buttery,
not webby at all, not really sticky like the black one. just very pristine, nice to write with. we
did try it on all the same surfaces as we did with the sakura solid stick for low temperatures. and
i do have to say there's immediately a difference that you feel writing with these. the one for cold
temperatures is much more of a crayon-like feeling whereas the high temperature sakuras are much more
that buttery melty paint stick feeling. so they are significantly different in the paint formulae
that they concocted for these. i do have to say though on the very smooth surfaces such as the
glass you saw as well as our nice finished surface here that we tested out, i'm much more of a fan
of the low temperature Sakuras to be honest. just having that extra bit of resistance is a
little bit nice on those really smooth surfaces that don't provide as much resistance naturally.
comparing them to the markals of course, you're sort of comparing apples and oranges with these.
there's a difference between a streaker and a paint stick. paint sticks are just a different
level of sort of hardness on most surfaces. in terms of the markal on these surfaces what i
do want to mention specifically is although the black sakura streaker for high temperatures had
some trouble in other respects, when you see it compared directly to the markal with those Saint
tags, the vibrancy really really shines with the sakura marker there. you just you can see they
have the very vibrant colours. i don't know how they hold up very well in sunlight. i've heard bad
things but to be honest i haven't used the sakura streakers enough in their actual colours other
than the black and white to be able to reliably tell you that. if someone has used them a lot
the coloured sakuras, hey leave a comment help us all out. again i want to address this because i
know i'm going to get comments; people saying oh you didn't remove the wax layer on the markal b,
that's why it was so dull. guys i've been i've been using these for literally 10, 12 years.
i know about the wax layer. i know if you don't use them for a little bit the outer shell gets a
little hard. trust me i did all that. the dullness on the white surface here in our testing studio
area is particularly just because it's so smooth of a surface. on the wood surface outdoors you
can see it's a little bit more vibrant. there's more for the paint stick to catch on to there.
speaking of those outdoor surfaces the wood surface there very nice. it was a very rough wood
surface so you're getting the inconsistent lines where there's massive differences in the level of
the surface. but you can tell the sakura's for the high temperature the colour holds
up very well. they're very vibrant. again you're seeing them in a more natural environment there.
vibrancy holds up really well. that's the case for the cold temperature sakuras as well on that wood
surface. as for the size, the mini ones take a little bit of getting used to especially if you're
used to the regular size sakuras or similarly the Markal b paint stick type size markers. i'm always
going to be more comfortable with the regular sized ones but these are quite nice and i think
you'd find they're a lot nicer to use if you're writing on small spaces, railings, things like
that. the twist up system, very nice to use i have to say. no malfunctions with it as of yet. i used
them a little bit before today, no real issues with the twist up system so far. so after taking
a pretty good look at what these high temperature sakuras can do compared to their cold temperature
counterparts and these Markal b paint sticks here i just want to sit down with you guys and tell you
A) what surfaces these are going to be best for what you are going to want to use them on and what
you might not want to use them on and B) who among us graffiti writers will enjoy using these kinds
of things over the normal sakuras or the Markal paint sticks, some cheaper options like that.
okay is this sakura solid marker for high temperatures actually worth using> in short,
yes. i think it does have a lot of value that they're giving you. granted the black seems
to have some problems and i have heard people say that the black and the white
tend to be the worst for that webbiness, so maybe from that standpoint these aren't
all that helpfu.l that being said i did have a black one of the sakuras or low temperatures.
no webbiness whatsoever there. so i do think that these high and low temperature sakuras do
have some particular value to them and they might be worth picking up if you are the type
of graffiti artist or writer who lives in a very hot environment where it's hot most of the year
around. from using them the bit that i have today as well as before today a little bit i can tell
you that i would enjoy using these a lot more on that heated up sort of freight metal environment,
that type of thing. take that how you will. so if you're the type of graffiti artist or writer who
a lives in very hot environments that are pretty consistently hot most of the year around and B)
you're willing to pay a little bit more for your solid paint sticks than us sort of Markal heads,
then these might be for you. that leads me nicely into what surfaces they're gonna be best on. to be
honest i like them best from testing them out just on something that's a little bit rough.
those surfaces that just have a little bit of bite to them. even any kind of smooth metal that
is painted has enough roughness that these are going to be perfect on it. something else i didn't
highlight in the review that i just want to say is that uh they have a drying time of seven minutes,
at least that's what's listed on here. i thought there'd be absolutely no way, especially with
how much this one was just melting everywhere the black one. i tested it out rubbed them a
little bit when 10 minutes had passed. um and yeah these dry. they dry really nicely. they dry very
two-dimensionally i guess you could say. i think the two-dimensionality of the lines really does
speak to how soft they are. you can apply those very thin lines with them. but if you
have used these sakuras for high temperatures specifically, leave a comment! in fact something
i'd love to hear from everyone is what is your go-to paint stick right now? is it the art primo
streakers? is it the ap hobo markers? is it these beautiful markal b paint sticks? Is it hand mixed
even? would love to have a comment from everyone just to see where everyone is at on that,
because there's just so many of these solid markers out there nowadays you really have
the choice of many. and it'll be great to hear everyone's opinion on them. but if you're like me
and you live in an environment that is cold for about eight months of the year, then you might
want to check this video out. it is the review of the sakura streakers for cold temperatures
specifically. that's what's on screen now. again, feel free to throw a like on the video if you
found it useful or enjoyed. i hope to see you in that video over there soon. until then, peace!