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If you are like me - and yearn for the feel of ink, yet the convenience of a ballpoint..then do try using a rollerball. The hack here is to use some very speci

If you are like me - and yearn for the feel of ink, yet the convenience of a ballpoint..then do try using a rollerball. The hack here is to use some very specific refills and use it inside your cool Rollerball. For example I use a Signo 307 refill (which is smear, water and tamper proof and specially designed for anti-document signing fraud) inside my special edition Waterman. The other super cool Rollerball refill is the Pentel Energel. That's as close to an ink pen experience you'll get.

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the_pwner224 8y ago
I used the Uni-Ball Vision Elite rollerball from 7th grade to my first year of college (1 year ago, when I got a fountain pen). The bold point tip (0.8mm) lays down tons of ink, and the ball glides across paper smoothly. I don't have a very expensive fountain pen, but to me writing feels just as good with the rollerball as it does with the fountain pen. One can feel a difference between the two, but IMO neither is 'better' than the other, and I still enjoy using the rollerball when I have to do so (they are better for extended journeys due to ink capacity, don't leak if you store them up-side-down, have anti-fraud ink, and are airplane safe). The Vision Elites feel noticeably better to me than the Pilot G2 gel pens which I see many people using.
rwmj 8y ago
I have a TWSBI and several Lamys, which are great, but the pen I buy and use in bulk is the Uniball UM-153S rollerball. All the fun of a fountain pen without the hassle of dealing with ink. It's the pen for notes and shopping lists. From my Amazon orders, I seem to buy a 12 box of them at least once a year. To Mitsubishi Pencil Co (makers of the Uniball): please make a green ink version!
- ricardobeat 8y ago
  I just saw them in green yesterday (and a host of metallic inks) in a Coop supermarket, also available online: https://www.amazon.de/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Tintenroller-Spitze-Stück/dp/B00HT78XYC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546171227&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65 https://www.amazon.de/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Tintenroller-Spitze-St...
  - rwmj 8y ago
    Yes I have this set too :-) However it's slightly different from the UM-153S, in particular the nibs are narrower and not quite so nice to write with. (I will admit I'm now being very picky indeed - all of these pens are far superior to biros).
lb1lf 8y ago
+1 on the Pentel Energels. They are incredibly smooth to write with, cheap and available in just about any conceivable colour.
trmsw 8y ago
Gel pens are even nicer IMO. Pilot do very nice ones but the 0.38mm Muji ones are also great and a bit cheaper

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the_pwner224 8y ago

I used the Uni-Ball Vision Elite rollerball from 7th grade to my first year of college (1 year ago, when I got a fountain pen). The bold point tip (0.8mm) lays down tons of ink, and the ball glides across paper smoothly. I don't have a very expensive fountain pen, but to me writing feels just as good with the rollerball as it does with the fountain pen. One can feel a difference between the two, but IMO neither is 'better' than the other, and I still enjoy using the rollerball when I have to do so (they are better for extended journeys due to ink capacity, don't leak if you store them up-side-down, have anti-fraud ink, and are airplane safe). The Vision Elites feel noticeably better to me than the Pilot G2 gel pens which I see many people using.

rwmj 8y ago

I have a TWSBI and several Lamys, which are great, but the pen I buy and use in bulk is the Uniball UM-153S rollerball. All the fun of a fountain pen without the hassle of dealing with ink. It's the pen for notes and shopping lists. From my Amazon orders, I seem to buy a 12 box of them at least once a year. To Mitsubishi Pencil Co (makers of the Uniball): please make a green ink version!

ricardobeat 8y ago
I just saw them in green yesterday (and a host of metallic inks) in a Coop supermarket, also available online: https://www.amazon.de/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Tintenroller-Spitze-Stück/dp/B00HT78XYC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1546171227&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65 https://www.amazon.de/Uni-Ball-UB-157-Tintenroller-Spitze-St...
- rwmj 8y ago
  Yes I have this set too :-) However it's slightly different from the UM-153S, in particular the nibs are narrower and not quite so nice to write with. (I will admit I'm now being very picky indeed - all of these pens are far superior to biros).

lb1lf 8y ago

+1 on the Pentel Energels. They are incredibly smooth to write with, cheap and available in just about any conceivable colour.

trmsw 8y ago

Gel pens are even nicer IMO. Pilot do very nice ones but the 0.38mm Muji ones are also great and a bit cheaper