#MXbrand HP 61XL Black Ink #Review

      Boogie loves to trace letters and color pictures.  He uses up a lot of my ink.  It's not just him either, it's all of the girls wanting to color Elsa or Gummy Bear.  It can get pretty expensive always replacing the ink when it runs out.  Black alone is $15 for a normal sized cartridge and color is about $21 last I checked.  For both it's over $30.  And if I want XL cartridges so they actually last... the cost is unreal.  I can't afford that!

     Luckily you can find ink being sold by companies that don't make a big profit from selling you half-cartridges that are easily accessible.  One such brand is MX, their inks can be bought online.  They don't come on the shelf at your local big box store, so they aim to please.  And so far, I'm liking what I see!

     I just got their HP 61XL Black ink cartridge for my HP Deskjet 1010.  I noticed right away that it was a smidge bigger than my regular HP 61, which makes sense because it's an XL.  It fit into my printer perfectly regardless and it printed just fine from the very first page.

     When the first page printed, I did get a warning from my computer that the cartridge was "previously used".  I assume that means that the cartridge has been refilled, which is fine by me because it avoids waste.  Despite the warning, it still printed and didn't give me any issues.

     The best part is that this cartridge was $15 for an XL.  That definitely beats the price at the store I usually go to.  On Amazon, there isn;t tax and if you have Prime, there isn;t shipping or gas money to get to the store.  So it's JUST $15.  I love that.

     I would recommend this to anyone with a Deskjet 1010 or other printer that takes an HP 61 style cartridge.
     To learn more, check out MX on Amazon.

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