Carter's Felt Uninked Stamp Pad, 2.75 x 4.27 Inches (21021)

It’s a stamp pad. It isnt broken so it’s perfect. My use for it may be unusual. I have an ongoing sinus problem so that usually by 3am my nose is so stuffed up I cant sleep. Breath oil works but the cat knocks over the vaporizer, I hate those little inhaler tubes etc. so i tried using a mint tin with a little cotton inside. When the tin broke, I ordered this stamp pad to replace it. I put a dropper of oil on the pad & keep it under my pillow. When I can’t breath, I reach for the stamp pad open it leave it open beside my face. It doesn’t roll and get lost & it even seems to help my cat as she stop making those little squeeking sounds as she breathes.

We bought this as a one time solution for a stamp job and used it with a permanent fabric ink and a custom stamp. It worked just fine and we were completely satisfied. We can't speak to the longevity of the product because we only used it to stamp about one hundred items, nor can we rate its ability to keep the ink moist over time - we used it over a two week period. It seems to seal just fine, so is likely similar to most other ink pads in terms of how long it will keep the ink fresh.

It appears to be a good value, but I failed to notice that it was uninked. So I had to return it.

Yes, maybe I should have been more attentive. I now realize that this product is listed as just being a pad. However, when “black” is in the product name, I don’t think all of the blame is on the buyer, especially when the red ink pad (which works great) looks very similar per the product picture and is advertised in side-by-side fashion. The pad itself is fine I guess, even if it’s useless to me, and I assume it’ll work well because the red-ink version that I ordered does live up to my expectations. So, ugh, 4 stars and I’ll buy a different black pad. Cheers.

It leaks like mad. I tried underfilling. I tried overfilling. I filled with a medium amount of ink. Besides leaks, I think the insert pad’s lack of uniform absorbency (it doesn’t EVENLY absorb) makes you think the cheap pad is not getting enough ink. Of all manufacturers, why wouldn’t I trust Carter? Well now I don’t. They should be metal and EASY TO OPEN — which they are not. Still looking for decent dry pads. 😡

I used these with washable liquid watercolors I bought to make my own washable stamp pads for my kids. They work great for this, and my only complaint is that they dry out quickly. I don't know if the case isn't airtight or if the liquid watercolors tend to dry up quickly. In any case, if you buy liquid watercolors, you get a large container so it is not a major problem to keep adding some color to the pad.

No complaints, so there is that.

Works great. Bought to use UV ink with and gets the job done. Compact. Not sure why others are rating so poorly when THEY literally are the ones to blame for not reading.