Pick one
(midwest.social)
LadyButterfly she/her
General Memes & Private ChuckleNo Parker pen on the table so ill take a 7
If i also need to clean my ears? 7.
I use fountain pens.
- It writes well and is fairly ubiquitous.
If #5 is a Zebra Sarasa 7mm gel ink pen, then that's the one.
S Gel is just as good as the g2 but black ink > blue ink so s gel for me
the build of the g2 is superior though, but ink > build imo at least the s gel build is tolerable but the clicker is subpar and I'm not too big a fan of the grip
edit: oh shit ignoring ink color g2 obviously. If only for the compatibility of the refills
I assumed that OP saying ignore ink color meant we could get it in any color.
But I'm on the fence between S Gel and G2. They're both pretty great, however I agree G2 is much more solid. However as a lefty, G2 smear more
7
5 but have a soft spot for 7
#2
None. I use a Legami which has an eraser and looks like a Shiba.
Pilot G-2. Obviously.
The G2 is good and all but... That S Gel has my heart
3 and 5 tied for first. 1, 2, 4 tied for second. 7 if there's really no other option. 6 can fuck right off unless there's a very specific reason I need it.
I will absolutely not ignore the colour of ink
4. The vision elite in BLX ink. Archival quality ink and very smooth point.
That being said I prefer fountain pens to all of these if it's gonna be my one and only
Well didn't intend the larger bold font by using a number sign. Oh well I'm leaving it. Also 4 looks like it's BLX green-black ink which IS a nice colour when you see it in person. I'm just partial to BLX purple-black ink personally
Got converted to the pilot G-2 club (5) by someone who goes through an ink refill a week with them. They are precise, reliably dark, and silky smooth to write with. I am actively disappointed when forced to write with average pens instead
Typically pilot g2. Regular bic at work though. I feel nothing when i lose them
I hate to be this guy, but Zebra F-301 for life
- Good and reliable. Any with ink like 5 are annoying to use left handed.
I'm left handed and stick with the dry ass bic crystal. Everything else smears or just stops working in the middle of a letter.
4 has a quick drying ink that works pretty good for southpaws
3 or 5. I need to click the button on top 10 times a second. There's no way I'm giving that up.
I yam inVINcible!
gets frozen
As someone who enjoys the sound of another person obsessively and rapidly clicking their pen nearby, I would just like to say thank you. As a token of my appreciation, I would like to award you with the medal of clicking. So, if you would be so kind, please DM me your full legal name and address along with several recent photos of yourself from various angles as it will help with the delivery process and not so I can brutally kill you because that incessant clicking sound drives me into a murderous rage. Again, thank you and congratulations.
fooled me man, I thought for once in my life someone was thanking me for clicking my pen. I got scolded all the time in class 😭
Sounds trustworthy to me.
This and the stupid pocket clip on every other pen there is gonna tear up my hand. see how 5 is rounded? fucking genius
i pick the fountain pen i’m already carrying with the fatass german medium nib and enough ink to last a year between refills.
2, gels take too long to dry and smear.
I think #2 is a v5, nice pen, but the v7 is much better.
If #2 is a v5 then I go for #3, the sharpie s-gel. All solid choices, 6 is a little more niche and most of these can't replace 6, nor can it replace a standard writing implement. 6 is a trick entry
5 writes like silk. I really love that pen, especially that chonky boy 1.0mm
- But honestly after using the Pilot G2 0.7 for years, I've found the Pentel Energel Kuro 0.7 to be the superior comparable pen.
Always have 2 in my pocket.
1-7
My handwriting is shit no matter what kind of pen I use.
Where's my fountain pen? Say Lamy Safari.
These are all newbie pens.
😔
Respect. Although, I prefer a TWSBI 580.
Had a TWSBI (ECO I think, the 580 is put of my leage IIRC) lovely and with a spring loaded pump, much fun until kids dropped it and bent the nib beyond repay. They are super expensive 🫠 like like a new pen...
- writes smooth, is fidget toy
I always bite the end off biros, so that’s a problem.
Number 5, Gimmie that G2, baby.
5
4 by a wide margin.
1 is good but it skips more in my experience.
2 is probably better for art. The long thin tip is less obstructive to vision, but it's fragile enough that I wouldn't want to lend it.
3 It's a gel pen, which is a good compromise between rollerball and ballpoint in many ways. However, if you can handle the problems of a gel pen, you can handle a rollerball and get better results.
5 (see number 3)
6 The writing equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. I can feel the texture of the paper on my teeth when I write with a felt-tip pen. No cost or performance benefit over other options, to my knowledge. Probably just an outdated technology.
7 The best general-purpose pen in terms of cost per mile. Prone to smudging even years afterward, it's probably the lowest quality and least secure option here. Very easy to wash out, even accidentally with hand sanitizer.
4 is the supercar of the disposable pen world perhaps overshadowed only by the rare disposable fountain pen. Least likely to skip, by far. The specialized ink soaks into paper and becomes insoluble to water, alcohol and acetone once dried. Won't leak on an airplane like some pens. Problems include smearing wet ink and bleed-through. Smearing is mostly a skill issue for right-handed writers. Blotters are always an option, too. Bleed through is about paper quality and technique.
I didn't come to Lemmy to be sold a new pen, but today you've convinced me to try the supercar of the disposable pen world.
4 is so smooooooooth
I'm gonna be chaotic and say that I have no preference unless any are felt tip. I don't want those.
Felt tip hate FTW
They are good for certain things, but they are atrocious as a general purpose pen.
Thanks for the additional perspective. What's their best use case?
Really useful when doing artwork because you can angle and bend the thickness really well.
Okay, that tracks. Thanks for the art lesson!
I like them when I need to write on corrugated cardboard. Better than ball points anyway. Don't need as much pressure to write so I'm not accidentally poking through the cardboard.
That's all that comes to mind. I just assume there are other use cases.
Fair enough, but if I have to write on cardboard, I'll probably use a giant felt tip like a sharpie.
2 - Pilot Precise v5 plz
Fuck yeah. I buy so many of these because people steal them from me. They're so good I ain't even mad.
- I already rock these in dark purple ink. For me there is no other.
#7, because it doesn't say I will be magically provided any pens, and that's the only style I know how to easily obtain. Which is important because I lose pens often.
I was going to say 7 because that's literally the only kind of pen I use for writing on paper.
Cheap, lasts ages, and if I lose one I can just nab another from IncognitoMosquito's desk :-)
3 and 5. The gel ink on 3 is superb, and 5 is smooth, if not with a bit of friction.
1,4,5 or nothing.
I gotta know why you selected two uniball rollerball pens and one pilot gel pen but not the pilot rollerball pen.
I fuck with 1, 5 and 6 if they are 1mm. I don’t fuck with 0.7 pens.
0.7 is way too thick. 0.5 is acceptable if there aren't any 0.38 available.
.038 need to be used carefully or you will destroy the tip and it will skip a lot. Feel good when not going too quickly and are writing with intention.
They are also terrible for anything requiring multiple carbon copy layers such as waybills or deposit slips. Cuts through the top layer or doesn't reach the bottom layer
For me 0.7 is way too thin. I need them thicc ass lines.
Right? I'll use 0.7 rarely for flare on a birthday card or something like that, but not for routine use. 1mm is insane. Might as well use a chisel-tipped marker.
As long as its ISO 12757-2 certified i dont care. But would be a hassle if not because if i cant use any other pencil i cant sign documents.
Like think 5 is an eraseable one and in case of 7 ive never seen some certification on the ink tube so they would be ruled out
All of them will run out of ink long before I do, though.
2 if it's the same tip size I have at home but something else if it's thicker. My handwriting is not great so thin = more definition = better chance of reading whatever I scratched.
Signo 207
2
No mechanical pencil options? If I have to give up my Pentel Graphgear 1000 for some inky un-erasable bullshit I'm ending it all.
