I usually love these pens but I rarely use red and it’s dead , cover was on in a pen case indoors , the pink neon and orange I use more still going strong but this red is out or dead i don’t know ?‍♀️. The others I got at Michael’s this is the only Amazon stablo single and the only one I’ve had problems with . I never leave caps off but this says it’d be ok , I don’t think so since it’s dead and cap was on only a month here shouldn’t be out of ink the pink should but it’s not . I do love these pens however they have a nice strong tip, but they may be giving something up in durability because Stadliner similar size is a little bit softer, but they tend to last a little longer and brighter. Sorry I wanted to love it and I do love the others. I’m trying to revive it, but hoping I don’t kill it instead I can’t return it it’s too late, so just letting you all know you might want to get them locally and a pack of four or six instead of single that’s the only thing I can think of is that since they’re not in a pack, somebody might’ve been using the pen , you never know you know, it happens in the dollar store all the time with other pens all alone by themselves, not in the pack it is a good brand however, I guess this is the stablio store, if not, Stephanie might want to know that somebody is selling used pens. Perhaps I’m not sure I’m not accusing. I’m just saying my red pen is out. I might use it on a couple of loops and maybe some lines and that was that for Red pink I filled pages with pink still flows freely .