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I have always purchased PG240 and CL241 cartridges for my Canon MG3620. Instead of buying expensive cartridges this time around, i checked YouTube to see how people added their own ink to used cartridges. Lot's of videos, and it seemed very easy. Looked on Amazon and found BCH, so I decided to spend the $9.00 for this ink set and give it a try.First, many of the YouTube video, including BCH's tells you to use that small hand drill to cut a hole into the top of the cartridge. You DO NOT need to cut a hole, so don't do that. All you need to do is pop off the cartridge lid. People don't think it is possible., but it is very easy to do. Just use a small flat/thin screwdriver and gently pry open the top lid. I had no issues and did not even scratch the cartridge. Some video tell you to use a knife to pop the lid off, but don't use a knife. Just use a small/thin flat screwdriver.Once I popped of the lid, i removed the rectangle shaped sponge from the cartridge compartment.For the CL241 color cartridge, there are three compartments inside the cartridge (one for each of the three colors). I gently fill each compartment with their respective ink colors, then i gently put back the sponge. Used scotch tape to hold the lid back on to the cartridge. Inserted the filled cartridge back into the printer and ran a test print. The printout did not show all colors, so I ran the Canon Deep Clean utility three times in case some nozzles were clogged. After that, the color printout worked just fine. You can view a color test page I attached.All worked just fine. Happy with the purchase and the ease of adding the ink to the cartridges.Notes:1. Even with the filled cartridges, the Canon printer still says Low Ink. Not sure if this is a false alarm. but I checked the web and this is normal when filling your own cartridges. No way to reset it. - that's fine2. When refilling the cartridges, it was not clear to me how much ink you are supposed to too add (too little/too much). I didn't wan t to fill it too much or else it would overflow and spill out when you insert back the sponge. So, I only filled it a third of the way. Next time, I'll probably add a little more..3. When you insert back the sponge, I wasn't sure how deep you are supposed to press it down. Should it just sit on top level of the ink or do you push it down farther so it hits the bottom of the cartridge? If so, that means that the sponge may soak up the ink.4. Be sure so use gloves. You will get ink all over your hands/fingers and it is a challenge to get ink of your skin.Update: 3/7/2020Yesterday, I had to refill my cartridges. Used the same process as when I refilled it before (my first time). I popped off the lid of each cartridge, pulled out the sponge, filled each container with the ink color, put the sponge back in, then closed/taped the lid shut. I made one mistake by putting too much ink in, which caused some overflow. One done, I used my printer settings to do a couple of cleanings/deep cleans/nozzle check. All was fine and prints outs (color and B/W) were fine. Clear color. Next time I refill the cartridges, I won't add so much ink.Overall, these ink refills supplies are great. You will save a ton of $$$.
