Touch up paint: Volvo paint pens vs paint+clear coat bottle+brush

I use Dr Colorchip exclusively.

Yes. I have a Denim Blue Ultimate. Matches great. I also have it for my wife’s car and have used it for my past two other cars.

I think you'll find that both those things you posted links to are identical. Volvo calls it a "pen" but you can see in the description it says "2x 9 ml" as you get 2 small bottles - one with colour and one with clear. I used the Fusion Red from Volvo (bought from FCP Euro) and it works OK...also had the Volvo one for our C30.

I've had my Volvo XC40 for seven months, and I need to repair two small chips down to metal and a 1" scratch. Dr. Colorchip (recommended above) says this about my color (and only my color--707).

"Your vehicle has a tri-coat / 3-stage color, meaning it was painted with a base coat, pearl coat and a tinted clear coat. Our paint is a single stage formula and there is not a single stage formula that matches exactly. However, the paint your receive should allow for a close color match and yield far better results than using regular touch-up paint. Please check the box to acknowledge this."

I can order the Volvo paint and topcoat instead, of course. Pretty unhappy about needing to repair so soon; it did not seem to take much to make these chips. One was under my watch. Not sure how good a job I'll do, but they are small, and I know I want to cover these asap to prevent rust. Wondering if there are any tools or instructions in the Dr. Colorchip kit that make it better. If so, I want to access these and use the Volvo paint, I suppose. Thanks for any suggestions.