Two years later, do these markers still work?

Estos marcadores ya tienen casi dos años conmigo y durante todo este tiempo me han ayudado para muchos proyectos, cosas de la escuela de mi hijo y tambien algunas decoraciones personales que he hecho, a pesar de tener casi dos años conmigo aun funcionan la mayoría, pero obviamente no todo es perfecto, hoy hice una prueba para ir eliminando los colores que ya no funcionan y aunque pensé que iba a botar más, es una perdida bastante grande teniendo en cuenta que son colores sumamente importantes, quizás los que mas suelo utilizar.

I’ve had these markers for almost two years now, and during that time they’ve helped me with many projects—things for my son’s school and some personal decorations I’ve made. Even though I’ve had them for almost two years, most of them still work, but obviously not everything is perfect. Today I did a test to start weeding out the colors that no longer work, and although I thought I’d be throwing away more, it’s quite a big loss considering that these are extremely important colors—perhaps the ones I use most often.

Estos marcadores los compre en Aliexpress, no recuerdo exactamente cuánto me costaron, creo que fue $18, trae 48 colores y como son marcadores acrílicos sirven para todo tipo de superficies, asi que eso los hace aun mas especiales. Aunque cuando los recibi senti que eran demasiado delgados y que no había demasiada variedad de colores, hay muchos tonos que son casi idénticos y la mayoría son tonalidades marrones/verdosas muy feas, como color fango y evidentemente los colores que menos he usado en todo este tiempo, esos tonos estan casi nuevos de hecho.-

I bought these markers on AliExpress; I don't remember exactly how much they cost me, but I think it was $18. They come in 48 colors, and since they're acrylic markers, they work on all kinds of surfaces, which makes them even more special. Although when I received them, I felt they were too thin and that there wasn’t much variety in the colors—there are many shades that are almost identical, and most are very ugly brownish-green tones, like mud color—and obviously, those are the colors I’ve used the least during all this time; in fact, those shades are almost brand new.

Y los colores que mas suelo utilizar son los tonos básicos, azules, rojos, amarillos, negro… Justamente algunos de esos ya no tienen mas vida. Asi que decidí botarlos porque estan completamente secos.

And the colors I use most often are the basic shades—blues, reds, yellows, black… Some of those are actually past their prime. So I decided to throw them away because they’re completely dried out.

Me sorprendió que no bote tantos colores ya que la ultima vez que use estos marcadores había muchísimos secos. Pero hoy pareciera que se refrescaron un poco y muchos de ellos revivieron, hice una prueba en un cuaderno y casi todos pintaban bastante bien. Aun puedo disfrutar un tiempo mas de estos marcadores, sinceramente me gustaron aunque si debo confesar que hay tonos que son bastante claros y ni pigmentan demasiado (blanco, beige, color piel claro) esos tonos necesitan varias capas para al menos darse notar.

I was surprised that so many of the colors still worked, since the last time I used these markers, a lot of them had dried out. But today it seems like they’ve freshened up a bit and many of them have come back to life; I tested them on a notebook and almost all of them worked pretty well. I can still enjoy these markers for a while longer. Honestly, I liked them, though I have to admit that some shades are quite light and don’t have much pigment (white, beige, light skin tone)—those shades need several layers to even show up.