What is your favourite ball pen model and why? I hear best reviews from G Soft and Zebra but I'd like to hear more thoughts for fun I hope I'm on the right subforum btw

This post has been edited by cellsone: Aug 30 2014, 04:36 PM

Papermate kilometrico

I always use this one: http://www.officemate.co.th/images/zpimage/1035963.jpg I don't use their red and black one though. Red one ink not so bright. Black one sucks. Black one I use G-soft if not mistaken. Red one I use this one: http://www.skyshop.com.my/product_images/f..._38635_zoom.jpg

And my father got fed up with me because I was too particular with the pens I use. He would go ALL PENS ARE JUST THE SAME! JUST USE THEM!

pilot gels never fail me.
zebra & fable castel ink is not my liking

gsoft always.. <3

faber castell can go to hell

Staedtler Luna ball XF. Good pen.
I bought boxes of it for backup.

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Aug 30 2014, 02:21 PM

yeah i'm very particular about my pens to the point that lousy ones frustrate me haha. i'm looking for good quality ball pens that feel smooth when you write on them how about gel though? i used to like pilot g-1 gel pen but now they seem to suck :|

im really curious about the relatively new model by faber castell called x5? any reviews?

This post has been edited by cellsone: Aug 30 2014, 04:41 PM

yeah the faber castell x5!!! i think this is a new model right? how is it how is it? sorry pens play a significant part of my mood lol lol lol

I guess faber castell CX5 is better than many other pens out there!

This one from my era. Many students liked to chew the cap.

80s ?

Did they swallow it?

Faber Castell X5 for sure. 1.0mm nibs. I'm bringing like 8 of them to the UK this year.

just asking..dont you get angry when sometimes the pen accidentally fall down and then the pen wont work properly?

Yeah. I don't think it's really new. Been around for few years but of course not that old too. It's good to write. The ink is dark. Although their quality control isn't that good. You would find some of them always have overflow ink and some ink doesn't come out at all! Oh well, same thing does happen to G-soft too.

Come to think of it. I think I used Kilometrico during my secondary. It's something like this: http://www.winsin.com.my/shop/images/img1621-1.JPG I always use it because the ink could stand really long but I guess, I fell for the Faber Castell X5 ink afterwards :'D

Ouh. Yes. Especially when it's a new pen.

It does happen and this is why I am never able to finish any pen!

My favourite would be the Artline Ballpoint Pen (8210), it's as smooth as silk I've never been a fan of gel pens, I often smudge the ink when I write using those.

Only when the ballpoint pen ink leaked while in my white shirt pocket.

Too thin for me. Slips easily when rushing for time, especially during last 15 mins of an essay exam.

My fav pen faber castell true gell...
If anything get wrong wit the pen, send back to faber factory, they will gv a new pen.

I go for Faber Castell X5 too. But I think buying this pen really require some luck, sometimes I buy the 3-in-a-pack kind one, only one of them function well (or even none of them zzzz..... )
For gel pen, Pilot G2 is still my favourite over the years

Liked Faber Castell Grip X5. But currently using Unicorn BP-333DT~ not to bad though~

Well, it seems like this forum was last discussed in Year 2014.
Things are different now more or less in Year 2016.
I am a Pen Enthusiast too, and seriously I'm really frustrated with the Ball Point Pens available on the market nowadays. I am not sure if it is because it is cheap, thus the quality of it is really frustrating?
Note that I am talking about Ball Point Pens.
No matter which brand it is, from Faber Castell to Pilot to Papermate.

Most of the Ball Points, though promoted to be the best with so many features and guarantees marked on their packaging, but the moment I bought it home use around for a week or two, then the ink starts to get stuck and the result is a less visible/fader ink coming out of the Ball Point Pen.
So to be really honest its quite frustrating, given that we bought these BallPoint Pens for maybe RM1.50 or around there, and usually for students, they just grab a whole box of it. Go home give it a try and then perhaps a few of the pens are like that with the same problem all over again.

I think perhaps for the moment, the BALLPOINT Pens that I find it to be still of Reasonable Quality would be the ones from Zebra Z-1 Needle and Faber Castell Ball Point Pens, GRIP X7 and CX7.
Yet again, take note that at times they too have the same problems at times.
Not sure any one of you out there feel the frustration as much as me.

Note: Some might suggest Gel Pens, but at times its just not that convenient to use it, as they smudge easily when interact with water. In addition to that, they are not acceptable for usage when you are writing for an examination paper.

So if anyone out there, if you truly feel my frustration. Have you found your solution yet? Or are you just like me feeling totally frustrated with these poor quality BallPoint Pens?

Faber Castell X5 and the Pilot G2 0.38mm

I'm the 'don't care what pen as long as can write' type.

Most of my pens also I don't know where I got from haha.

But never was a fan of gel pens. Can get messy sometimes

I prefer ball pens as compared to gel pens because my handwriting can be messy sometimes if I used gel pen (pilot G2 is a disaster for me) and the price of a ball pen is cheaper than gel pen.

However, ball pen has its own problems too. Sometimes the quality of a pen varies over time. If you're unlucky, you will get pens which will smudge or dried out ink. I am the one who is always unlucky if I bought ball pens in bundles.

Before form 4 I was a loyal user of Faber Castell pens, however now I stick to Zebra ball pens instead.