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WTF are you doing with them? Maybe don't strap them to claymore mines?
1 is already very similar to my pen of choice, and 2 used to be my pen of choice. So depending on how they feel, one of them.
Fountain pen master race
must be a clicky pen so I can click
pilot g-tec 0.4
Bic Atlantis always..but if I had to pick, 2.
2, and it's not close.
They call it the "Precise V7", but the ink makes it anything but. I think make it out of ground-up neutron stars.
But that's why I like them. The writing's no good if it doesn't bleed a little.
2 but never black. Red or green are best.
Being that my usual choices aren't on there no real preference TBH, except I prefer click to cap. Given the choice overall decidedly the Zebra F-301 with a bold ink cartridge.
jokes on you, #2 have already been besties for 10+y
Retractable version is superior
You're not wrong, but I don't see it pictured
It's not.
0/10 list. no v5 rt
5
Only valid answer
Always
With a .07 ball. I don't tolerate .05 or .1 heretics in my G2 superiority worldview.
I need all the different thicknesses for different writing tasks!! 1.0 is BOLD!
What does that make me (0.38 user)?!?
Also, I think you mean 1.0, 0.7 and 0.5
I don't have words to describe how much I would hate to use one of those. I already feel like I'm scratching the paper with the 0.5.
And...yea. You're right. I got my decimal point in the wrong place.
I have been known to hunt all over town for a store that sells this size, back before just ordering something online was so ubiquitous. This is the best size; my letters turn into blobs with anything larger
A lawyer
I had a proffessor in college that only allowed the use of 1mm black G2s. He was ancient and claimed he could not read anything else
Might as well use a fucking crayon.
I only like 1.0. I want that shit poured out.
My handwriting is borderline illegible already and I find with the 1.0 pens I just end up with blobs of ink.
My beloved
My husband works at an architecture firm. They exclusively use #2 in 3 different colors. My husband has gotten in the habit of putting a few in his pocket during the day while he works and emptying his pockets when he gets home. We have WAY TOO MANY PENS!!!! I've been bagging them up and giving them away!! They are nice pens tho... very good for drafting/drawing/etc. I just don't need 300 of them. Beware that the blue ones tend to explode the most.
I had a pen like that when I was very young, had to be maybe in the 5th grade. It exploded on me because I chewed on the end of it while thinking. Parts of my homework desk remained blue until I graduated high school, I'm lucky my teeth didn't also.
Oh my god, the explosions with the black ones are horrible, because you don't realize until you start to grip and the ink just coats your fingers. I love them, but the horror will live forever in my mind.
1 but micro, not fine.
This is the correct answer
Clear winner.
Only answer for left handers!
not pictured, but uniball eye micro was my goat for high school and college. I had to do british standardized exams in high school which required black pen (not pencil). these guys write super smoothly and create really nice lines, but they take a sec or two to dry so you gotta be careful not to smudge.
I think #1 in the pic is a thicker version of these
I assumed 1 was this one! Still the goat, still have 3 on my person at any given time.
Why does half the ink leak into the grip though
Edit
Is what they say
5
Number 7 100%
if it's a true bic. knockoffs might not work very well.
I used to live quite near to one of the bic factories in France. Ahhhh I’m obsessed with Bic pens.
Ahhh Bic, where it's 2 main products are also the most stolen products.
Windsurf boards and razor blades? Yes Bic makes those.
Pilot G-2, Obviously. #5.
If 5 is the G2, then 5.
At school all the cool kids had these lol
or these
[I come from a very specific generation in French speaking switzerland, so this may not be relatable]
Germany too
Also Estonia, especially the erasable one
I can only write with friction now, I have ADHD and I often skip letters when writing words so I always have to erase the letter I just wrote. If I'm not using friction it looks horrible
Ooh, Pilot Frixion, I like those. I did not expect myself to ever be able to get excited about pens, yet here I am.
I love lending out Frixion Clickers out to my DnD friends and seeing them struggle with the click before they realise that the pocket clip is the thing that goes click.
When I taught tertiary anatomy to sports science students. The school's stationary cabinet was a box of lost pens that the cleaners added to. The school wasn't great. Rather than buy new pens, we were to take from the box. I knew I wasn't being renewed next year so I came in on the holidays and took every four pen in that box. About fifteen of them. It's seen me good for for pens for about 13 years now. I still have a bunch kicking around. Mostly green/red left, but I use those to mark my ToDo lists with completed and delayed entries.
I wish they sold cheap refills for the 4-pens but when I looked I could only find ones around the same cost as a new pen.
5, man I loved those pens when taking notes in college.
The price and quality are so hard to beat.
2, please.
Another for 5
2, the Pilot Precise, specifically a V5
Have you used one recently? I used to love those but they don't work as well as I remember when I've tried them in the past few years
This was the only pen I could use as a left handed writer that wouldn’t leave any ink on my hand.
I'd go for the Pilot Vball, but close enough.
5 for me
Definitely 5, gimme that gel pen every time
The day I first gripped a #5, had there been clickbait thumbnails back then, mine would have read:
This Changes EVERYTHING!
Pilot G2 if I must, but the real answer is a Lamy Safari.
Give me that smooth 5
As a shorthand writer I approve of this comment.
Definitely 5, so much better than 99% of other pens.
Pilot g2 if I had to choose but I'll stick with my rotring 600 with schmidt easyflow 9000 if it were up to me
5 is the objectively correct answer here.
Yeah, no contest at all.
It's probably the choice I would have to go with, but when I was working with full boxes a lot, I started caring more about which pens were sturdy sharp enough to stab through tape and drag through it 50 times an hour and not end up looking at the end of your pen and find out the tip ripped off. Switching to a box knife over and over slows you down a lot and I needed the pen to cross out and document what was missing from the orders. Pens with caps are a pain for that as well, waste time.
I probably should have tried to find something like this: https://atechgo.com/products/multitool-pen-9-in-1-box-cutter?variant=31317899149448&srsltid=AfmBOorxxFa__k_qsBl8iPIi6kKPJc6A4Ah6nJ8WZ7gm3JZhWGj1qBZ_1AY
I used to have a need to open things a lot while on the other side of a security barrier (and metal detector.) I ended up getting a Gerber Shard to carry around on my keychain. Does most of my multitool, prying and even knife jobs without being sharp enough to get taken by TSA (or rent-a-cop or whomever.)
Damn that pen is actually super handy. My only issue I'd have is i really like having a fine tip pen I use a Pilot G2 07 black pen
this is left handed discrimination
Out of fascination how is a left handed pen different? I just grabbed mine and it looks pretty symmetrical. I get the whole ink on hands thing but the meme didn't say you couldn't use a pencil or type anymore.
when you write left-handed you push the nib into the paper rather than dragging it. left-handed pens have angled tips so the nib still drags.
So it'd be one of these pens with a different cartridge, essentially. I think the question still works in that case.
usually they're curved.
which one?
As it should be!
5 forever!
3, it's the best one I recognise
Surprised I had to scroll down so far to find 3, it's just the same as 5 but with better grip around the finger tips, which avoids the pen from twisting when you hold it tightly.
Thank you, I agree.
1 is my choice pen. Always and forever. No other type kept up with me. I use a slightly different variant though.
This kind. I like the metal tip.
And respective mechanical pencil!
I used to use these a lot before I discovered micro tipped pens, these are great ball point though.
I like that they mark on metal. And the tip is great for tracing rough edges and rulers.
The apex pen.
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1 and 2 look good but looks are deceiving. 5 and 7 all the way.
I like 1 because it's thin and not a roller type. You only have to imagine writing and you're doing it. Rollers can be ok, and 5 is a decent example, but 1 used with a ruler for precise drawing, nothing beats that.
For me one looks like it would be very nice, but it’s just too loose when it comes to writing and the ink smudge is really easily from what I remember. My dad had them all around the house because they look very business like but I don’t really remember enjoying writing with them.
I enjoy the light loose feeling of writing with pens like 1. The pressure needed for a roller means that you really need to mean it, which I feel hinders my "creativity" in writing... I just like to write some fucked up tall cursive, ok?
I guess it's just a matter of personality. I mean there are some good rollers out there. I know, I've got some. In uni, almost 20 years ago, we had to take hand written exams, and the school still needed three copies plus your own, so we had to punch through three sheets to get a carbon copy on the last sheet. After my first exam where trying to crank out 10 pages per hour gave me cramps, I went out and got some really nice rollers. The grip had a diameter like my index finger. Still 4 hours and 40 semi-neatly written pages of A4 would cause a considerable strain.
I have pretty terrible handwriting so I feel like mine is pretty easy to not be able to read in the first place so something so loose doesn’t really work for me. I think if I had a nice Penmanship or with artistic, it would just flow a lot better, but I need something quite firm and stable.
I would've agreed with you 13 years ago, but something changed with the pilot G2s. They went from S tier to B at best. Ironically, I've replaced them with 2 now. The Pilot Precision's have been my favorite for quite awhile now personally
I think I’m more of a bic fan if it comes to pens or pencils But pilots are always been fairly standard. I guess it’s gone downhill which is too bad.
Pilot G2 and BIC are both classics, but I'm a sucker for a liquid ink pen
1 & 2 top picks, then 6 & 7. The rubber sleeves are nice for short notes and whatnot. They get slippery from sweating eventually. Maybe just a me thing.
Damn, pen so out of shape that he's sweating.
I have already chosen. And the one that I have chosen for life is not in this set.
Don’t leave us hanging! What is it?!
These. Albeit in various colours.
5
I would pick 3 but I don't think its ball point and I have trouble controlling the strength when I press down on the paper.
I used 5 once and I ended up buying a pack of 10 as they were so good to write with.
Honestly those of us who've bought 1 or 2 already main those. I'll never by another pen, the writing quality of the Uniball is just superb. The plastic grip isn't uncomfortable like you'd think, and rubber grips tend to feel weird after lots of writing anyways. The build quality is top notch, as someone who's accidentally broken lots of pens. Just a great design
Seconded. As far as pens are concerned, Uniball is where it's at.
I dont see any on here I would swear by.
I have taken a liking to the Pilot B2Ps, they are made of recycled water bottles, I liked them simply for the fact that they're the one type of pen we have in abundance at the office that no one else bothers to steal for some reason.
I like the Staples TRU RED series too.
what the hell is wrong with me, a year ago I'd be obsessing over some video game or hobby and now im discussing my pen model preferences, I think I've crossed the proto-boomer threshold
If I HAVE to use a ballpoint, it's going to have to be a rollerball. Like the Uniball. But really, I'd take just about any fountain pen over any of them.
A Lemmy of culture I see. Love the Visconti.
Edit : Just noticed the stealth VP over on the right.
Thanks, I think it's one of my best looking pens. The VP isn't a VP, it's a MoonMan A1. I'm not sure if it's made by Majohn or not, but it is super similar to their A1 and A2 if it's not. Writes well, good seal. For under $30. Highly recommend.
Where the fuck are the Zebra pens
Error: fountain pen not found
Seriously. This is Lemmy, right? Shouldn't it be fountain pens, mechanical keyboard, Linux, and automatic watches?
Lol, Casios
I don't get it.
I reckon there's as many people on Lemmy that wear F91Ws as there are automatic watch wearers.
Lol A168WE personaly but well called!
If you're not using a Uni kuru toga rotating lead pencil are you even living?
As a lefty i can confidently say youre wrong as fuck
A 0.38 tip size of No.5
Pilot g2 is the way to go
Was a committed G2 guy for YEARS (ultra fine all the way). But I’m a lefty, so ink smears were still a problem (though the G2 is better than most on that front). Then I learned about the Sarasa Dry pens from Zebra. The ink dries INSTANTLY, and writes like a G2. But they’re hard to find so I always stock up when I see them.
5, 0.7mm
You lost me at the fat tip
Preference aside, I've found that most others use the 0.5mm and that that means my pens usually find their way back to me when borrowed. I generally like the way the increased flow feels and don't experience a difference in control vs the finer tip. That said, the 1.0mm is crazy and feels like I am trying to paint, so I definitely get how others that prefer the finer tip might feel about my preference.
2
I write a lot (I am professor) and pilot g-2 (#5) is the way to go. Don't be fooled by sharpie's grip, I just finished a box of that model in red ink and g-2 is way better.
Hear, hear!
5 … but black and in .38
Pentel ENERgel pens.
But if I had to choose, 2 or 5. I have 3 at work and while it is nice, I don't know if it has the same kind of staying power 2 or 5 do.
Okay. I’ve used all of these and 3 definitely writes the best and is the most comfortable, BUT, I’ve had more of these fail or explode halfway through a cartridge multiple times.
So I have to pick my good old 5 will carry me through battle and back and I’ll lose it long before it stops writing. Never had a bad time with a 5.
7 can burn in hell
5, but black.
"Charlie, ever played roulette?"
#5 carried me through three degrees.
Uni Jetstream:
Yet another top notch pick
None of these are fountain pens, the obviously superior choice over ball-points.
Platinum Preppy. Cheap and cheerful with the capability of taking a converter, different nips, and being converted into a refillable marker. Amazingly versatile pen.
Hear, hear!
Where is the fountain pen??
Show me the fucking feather
1
Poor ignorant fools not knowing the F-701 and F-402 hack.
Enjoy your writing in poverty and discomfort, you will never know glory because you sought comfort in convenience and thrift instead of greatness at all costs.
They are in the order I would select, rather fortuitously.
A man of culture.
Jetstream 0.5. Probably 5 is the closest. I still have a box of 2 floating around.
5 is the pilot g2 pen. They're pretty good pens. I preferred the Atlantis series before they changed it.
That's probably my choice as well.... It's a decent gel ink ballpoint pen that is relatively comfortable to use.
I was always fond of how the 2 pen scratches the paper while writing.
Is there a difference between #1 and #2?
Please answer fast, I am sitting on the urinal.
Pilot v5 always
I use 3 at work now after someone gave me one. It’s an awesome pen.
My favorite I always get more of these when we run out
Yeah people here are overlooking the Sharpie pen, it's quite nice.
I’ve been a Pilot G2 guy until I was given this Sharpie.
Does a mechanical pencil count?
No zebra? Guess I’m never writing again.
Uni Mitsubishi .38 I want it too feel like I'm stabbing the paper when I write
Does it also come in 9mm? I feel like .38 is a bit underpowered.
No, but they do have a 30/30 version
2 or 5.
5 because it's convenient and a Swiss army knife of pens.
2 because sometimes you just gotta shank a bitch.
7 BIC or bust
7 is the the type of pen that lasts me the longest. They seem indestructible. All other types disintegrate in my hands after a year or so.
NFA (~);-}
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I'm lamenting the fact that this scenario means I've lost all my fountain pens, but I'd go with #5 in a .38
Uniball Signo 207
Writes easy and the ink is bold and dries fast. Comfortable enough for having to write 7 pages of client notes every night, even with my arthritic hands.
This is the true answer. The 207/207+ ink is the greatest. The sharpie pens are close though, especially with the weight of the metal barrel.
I already mainly write with #1s
I guess 3. Any of these pens would dry up as soon as I touch it. Graphgear 500 0.9mm drafting pencil for life.
I'm the only one going for #4? It's a uni ball vision elite, and I have about ten refills right now. Have had that barrel for the last fifteen or so years.
People must not know. #4 is where it's at.
Such a great pen. The ink flows so smoothly!
yeah I don't know how anyone can be voting for #5. it has to be the worst pen on the list. uncomfortable, dries up easily, doesn't write consistently. #4 is amazing, but they do have one better but it's not in the picture.
I would know if it, if only for curiosity's sake
4, those pens are so smooth
Number 6, I like how the ink flows
You're deplorable for this choice. 6 is the worst!
Eh, it means that I won't steal your pen, calm down
Can I just have a Parker IM Ballpoint? I hate plastic pens.
5 has the ink i use, the g2 whatever. But I use it in the fat Dr. Grip pen, cause of my old hands.
Given my personal preference for the Uniball Vision Needle (not pictured), I'll go for 1.
The real question: Is that Pilot G7 a 0.10 or a 0.07? Very different pens. 0.7 ftw
2 or 3.
I use to love G2's, but they fell off. I found a sharpie pen a while back and was shocked by how well it wrote, it's now my goto.
Sharpie pens are the best!
I have several boxes of Uniball Eco. The ink dries fast enough lefties can write without smearing. Also it looks sleek and professional.
Probably 1 or 2 would be my style.
None of those. I exclusively use Pentel Energels. Prior to that it was Uniball Signo. Up your own game OP.
The G-2 will take EnerGel refills. Best of both worlds IMO.
Interesting. I did not know that and may give it a try.
Me too, but looking at this pic, if I had to use one of these, it would be 5
3, it's the easiest to activate and handle
I'd pick 7 if it's a Bic, but it's definitely n.3 because of the ergonomics
7
7, easy spitball shooter
It's 2 for me, always so reliable and write very clean
I once bought a pack of maybe 40 number 7 in all 4 colors, I am basically committed for life.
But these fuckers dry out if you don't use them for a long time, I had to throw away a bunch. I tried receiving some by soaking them in Isopropyl alcohol, it worked for some but not all.
1 looks the most balanced to pen spin with the least egregious lapel.
I keep one at my desk and have one in my pocket (most of the time).
I've had the bullet version on me at all times for the last decade or so. Fits in my coin pocket of my jeans perfectly.
Same
I've written on Cross since middle school (1980s)..
7, because they don't feel special. I never have to fret about my brain wanting to save them for special occasions.
Probably 2, 6, or 7. I've always loved the V5/V7, but the liquid ink is messy, a bic is a classic for a reason, and the PaperMate flair has been my go-to felt-tip for a long time now. Though, the ultra-fine version is much better for writing than the medium one.
If 6 is the Papermate felt tip, then that one. I like the static tip. Otherwise, probably 3, the upstart Sharpie.
Pilot G-Knock 1.0. G2 barring that.
Give me a clicky pen or give me death!
3
This one right here by zebra: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6VIUPS
By far my favorite pen
I prefer the F-701 personally but yeah, any Zebra pen over the ones in the op
None. Pens fucking suck. There are limited use cases for pens, which is basically none unless I am signing a contract.
For every single other use case I’d rather have a mechanical pencil.
I respectfully disagree, pencils are the devil's implement, pens are for the superior writer.
Since having to write so many notes in school, I've preferred pens.
pens can't even write more than a couple letters on a wall and even less on an overhead surface. imagine my absolute disappointment when I built a custom over bed upside down desk only for my pen collection to be unusable
I use a uniball power tank pen. It will write upside down, on thermal paper, and even on wet paper.
I feel like blood flow to your arms would become a problem in your custom -built upside down over bed desk.
oh it absolutely was lol. I made it in grade 7 or 8 when a relative retired and my parents took his tools
Your assessment is nonsense but ok
Pencils are for those who lack conviction!
I am a fellow mechanical pencil enjoyer. GraphGear for life, but I have been having an affair with the Ohto MS01. All in 0.3 because it forces me to have good hand writing.
anyone voting G2 hasn't used one recently, or hasn't used literally any other pens in that time. I think the G2 is the absolute worst one on the list. At least the bic doesn't pretend to be able to write very well.
3 or 5 was always my goto. That being said, I didn't have to write anything by hand in the last 15 years, and I'm pretty much forgot how it's done
Where is my Sakura 03 micron??? 🥲
What, no papermate inkjoy? Cheaper than G2s and they fit better in your hand, unless you are gripping it with clubs.
The good ol' BIC G2. Phat fucking lines, I've never had one clog, they're comfortable to hold and fun to take apart and put back together again while you pretend it's a gun.
For finer lines, though, I'd want a Sharpie (and not the one shown here). I don't know the model of the pen, though. I basically only ever have them if I happen to find one on the ground 🤣
I have an entire note taking program calibrated around the ink colors of 5. I kinda dug myself that grave though. They are at least decent pens.
Also you can mod them into pen guns. Shooting works better if you replace the ink though.
I use a Lamy Studio to write, so close to a 6.
Also in my arsenal is a Parker Jotter and a Moonman C1.
3
7 because I like to eat my pen covers (please tell me I'm not alone in this).
The real solution is to find a parker compatible chassis that has the right shape, feel, and weight for your preferences. Then simply buy parker refills of your choice. Energel .5 is pretty great :)
The Japanese uni-ball pens are sweet,
don't think they are on thisNvm it's #1 or close enoughPretty sure both 1 and 2 are jp and good
I was using whatever pens I could get before I found the JP pens. Now when I see one, I have to get it. The writing feels as though it glides like a brush over the paper.
Besides that, not sure why people say they explode on them, mine are indestructable. I write and draw with a very heavy hand and they stay rock solid. Pretty good pick for heavy handed people.
When I was a server, I only used Number 3, but it has to be the 0.5 size. 0.7 still smears too much.
Another vote for 5, 0.7
Like those Zebra Sarasas, the blue ones are perfect
If I had to choose one of these, 4. (I can't see a whole lot of detail in the image. Looks like a Uniball.)
But my preference is my Uniball Signo click pen, with micro tip. Love that precision. No cap for me to lose. And I will lose it.
7
The Bic Cristal (number 7) all day long. They last forever, are dirt cheap and are the best selling pen in the world.
But they just disappear into the ether for no reason.
Because the cap is a good coke spoon that's why
That's why I buy them in packs of 50.
This. (I actually use the orange ones but the same applies).
I don't know the difference between 1 and 2, so I'm going to go with 2. 7 in some instances though. Never 6. Fuck 6.
Anyone saying anything but #7 is delulu. There's a reason Bic won pens
No fountain pens?
#2. 100%
No skilcraft government pen?
7 all day. Bic for life
I love Bic but those particular ones have never done well for me.
#5, but you tear off the clip. EVERY TIME.
I do that with sharpies so I can get them in and out of my back pocket easily.
All of these suck.
Paper mate inkjoy’s have been my go to after g2’s and sharpies had defective ones in the packs I bought.
s gel goes hard. but not 3. the black metal barrel
0 I don't hand write
These days I use a pen maybe once a month. I've probably used some of these, I vaguely recognize 1 and 7. I use pens so rarely that I don't really have a preference. I guess if one of them is best for avoiding dried-up ink, that's the one?
It can't just be me, right? I don't use pencils either. I use keyboards, either virtual or physical. Other people must also do virtually all their writing electronically.
To me this is like choosing your favourite buggy whip.
None of these pieces of shit.
Probably would stick with my Pilot S95 Elite, or if I wanted something a little less flashy, my Lamy Vista.