I am pleasantly surprised with the Pilot VBall RT Extra Fine. This is a pen that you should be able to pick up from just about any major retailer or office supply chain (Wal-Mart, Target, Staples, etc.), and at a decent price to boot. The 0.5mm extra fine puts down a nice and solid black line, with really no resistance from the tip on the paper. I had no idea I would be using this pen so much.
Labels: Pilot VBall, Reviews
-- Chad Doane, you sneaky devil! Click the link, scroll about 2/3 of the way down the right side, and check out the cool Pen Addict link. Thanks Chad! (Doane Paper)
-- Even Harvard grads are down with the Pilot G-2 (Us Doing Whatever It Is We Do)
-- Eco-Pencils, When Enough Is Too Much (Amateur Economist)
-- Seth is thinking about a fountain pen (Another Postcard From The Highway)
-- D*I*Y Planner starting up a fountain pen shootout (D*I*Y Planner)
-- Travels and Old Notebooks Revisited - Black cover back in the game (Black Cover)
-- Review: Nomad Adventure Journals (Spiritual Evolution of the Bean)
-- Review: Bic Select Fountain Pen (The Pen Collector)
-- Academic Light-up erasers (Joy of Erasers)
Labels: Doane Paper, Links, Pilot G-2
I try to like you Pilot FriXion, I really do. I've tried, and tried some more, but it just doesn't seem to be working out. Your fancy barrel caught my eye, and you were quite a treat to hold, but deep down inside I know it isn't going to work out. I'm sorry Pilot FriXion - I think we should see other pens.
Sorry - that just came out of me, but yeah, I don't like this FriXion Highlighter either. If you click on the photo, you can see that the eraser smudges the ink when erasing (the gel ink pen is the 0.3mm Pentel Slicci). It does a fine job erasing just the plain highlighter, which you can see at the bottom of the photo, but what good is that? The color is too light and tends to pool at the tip as well, so there isn't much that I like about this pen.
Labels: Highlighter, Pilot FriXion, Reviews
