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I used to like using fountain pens, but now I use Uniball Eye pens almost exclusively. They write almost as well as a good fountain pen but with none of the fa
by jstanley 3y ago
I used to like using fountain pens, but now I use Uniball Eye pens almost exclusively.
They write almost as well as a good fountain pen but with none of the faff. And you can just leave them lying around, in bags, in pockets, etc. without worrying about the orientation, or whether it will be left so long that the ink dries up, or whether your valuable pen will go missing.
If you haven't used one, try one. They write remarkably smoothly and are cheap enough not to have to care about. They're "cattle, not pets" but for pens.
- bayindirh 3y agoI like these, esp. the flight safe Elite versions, but it creates too much waste at the end. A super sealer like Lamy 2000 or Esterbrook Estie can go months without writing a single dot, and continues writing without skipping. Also not all pens have the same leak resistance. Some of the pens definitely do not care about their orientation as much as others.
- eternityforest 3y agoI use Uni-Ball PowerTank pens for the same reason. Nowhere near as smooth as fountain pens, they're just nice ballpoints, but they're $2 space pens that work ever single time. I assume the 10 pack I got will probably last me a decade or more of occasional use. I do like fountain pens, but to be honest... the faff is pretty much the whole point for me. They're fun fashion accessories for when I want to look and feel really strongly like I'm not a phone scrolling addict. I've only used the cheap ones and I'm always pretty happy with performance, since my only expectation is "A bit nicer than the cheap ballpoints I'm used to".