JetPens- My Favorites
11:04 pm January 30th, 2007 by Sal Cangeloso
OK, I’ll admit it: I like pens. I do so much work on the computer than when I have a chance to write something down I guess I just appreciate it. This is not anything new, I used to like more expensive writing tools, but lately my interests have drifted to cheap stuff (the average price is under $3.00), especially Japanese pens. My interest in Japanese pens is what keeps bringing me back to JetPens.com. They seem to be the best resource, but I am going to be exploring Ebay some more as well as a few stores in NYC.
So far I have made three orders from JetPens, but since I made the last one yesterday and it did not arrive yet, we won’t concern ourselves with that one. Out of the about 15 pens I have purchases, two clear favorite have emerged.
1) Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto- This was a major surprise for me because I generally don’t like multi pens. The Coleto is actually a empty body and that you add two ink cartridges to. There are a number of different color cartrdiges available in either 0.3mm or 0.4mm so you can customize the color combinations to your heart’s content. Personally I went with a blue and a red in 0.4mm.
2) Uni-Ball Laknock- Another big surprise. I generally like to write with roller balls, but this pen is a broad (1.4mm) ball point. Sometimes the ink smudges (I’m left handed) but it really writes well and it is nice to have a solid ball point when you need to write on something slick, like a business card. At $2.25, it’s a great pen.
Those two are my favorites, but I had a number of other nice pickups, like a bunch of the classic Pilot Hi-TEC-C pens (I like 0.5mm), a Uni-Ball Alpha Gel, and a Pilot drawing pen.
[...] big differences? The old Coleto, one of my favorite pens, held two ink cartridges while the new one holds three. Also the new model comes in four colors- [...]
Greetings from Malaysia.
I bought the tri-colour version today. And went for a purple, blue and black combination. All in 0.5 thickness. I would prefer the 0.7. And will probably get another pen with three other ink colours. The pen writes well on Moleskine notebooks, too.
hey…where did u buy de pen in Malaysia??
Cziplee in Bangsar.
thank u so much….
I was just wondering, but how do you like the feel of the Hi-Tec C Coleto? I’m looking into ordering one… but I’ve heard mixed reviews about the sharpness of <0.5mm size pens, as well as the duration of the ink cartridges…
I’m a student so I do quite a bit of writing. Would you recommend this pen to me? (i love the colours and the positive reviews have made this pen sound amazing).
Any other possible pens you might recommend?