I reviewed the Kokuyo Beetle Tip 3way Highlighter last week and liked it so much that I ordered up the 5 Color set from JetPens.com for a giveaway. If you are a big highlighter fan and want to try out a very unique product, just follow the instructions below:
1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. You are limited to one entry. Feel free to link this giveaway on your blog, or share it with anyone you feel is a true pen addict. If you have a blog, I would love a link back, but it is certainly not required for entry into the contest.
2. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post. The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on. The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.
3. The contest winner will be posted on Friday, October 16th. The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.
4. I will ship internationally. I know there are many international readers and fans of The Pen Addict, and I will gladly ship to you at my expense.
Thanks, and good luck!
I was very excited that JetPens started stocking the Kokuyo Beetle Tip 3way highlighter. I had heard about it for a while, but now I finally have one in my grubby little hands. During the same new products push, JetPens started stocking more colors of the Zebra Techno Line 0.4mm ballpoint, so I thought that would be a great pen to review again with the Beetle Tip highlighter
When I reviewed the Techno Line a while back, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The only issue I had at that time - and it is still the case with the new one - is that there is a little bit of spidering with the ink. What I mean by that is there is sometimes a super-fine strand of ink between letters when I move from letter to letter. This happens once every few lines or so, and you probably can't even notice it in the picture. Otherwise, I like how fine and small I can write with it, and it is a pretty clean writer overall.
When I was a student, I was always an underliner, not a highlighter, so I was anxious to give the Beetle Tip a shot. Before this highlighter, I would just take the sharp tip and line under the sentences in my textbooks or notes. Now that I have the Beetle Tip, that underlining is made easier, and it works really well. I was concerned about how fragile the tip might be, but it seems pretty strong and should last a good while. The other thing I haven't put to a great test is do I really like the double line highlight? I think yes, but I am so anal that I wonder if large blocks of highlights will bother me with their uneveness. You can't beat the uniqueness and utility of the Beetle tip though, so I highly reccomend this pen.
One new thing I am going to try with my posts is add direct links to the products I have used (when available). Those who are frequent readers of the blog know where to track these products down, but I do get a good many questions from new readers on where to buy them. I'll try to do a better job of posting this information, and lets not kid ourselves, it also helps out the wonderful advertisers on The Pen Addict!
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