Cool Office Supplies and Pen Reviews
Just about every dry erase marker I've ever used was pretty thick, even the supposed fine point dry erase markers I've used would probably be the equivalent of about a 5 mm gel ink pen, and thats not "point five" mm, thats FIVE mm. They are just flat out thick, but then I found the Staedtler Lumocolor Correctable Pens (via Amazon) that are legitimate fine point dry erase markers that measure in at .6mm, yup, POINT 6 mm. … [Read more...]
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For quite some time now, there has been a trend away from standard ballpoint pen ink refills towards hybrid ink refills that look to take the smooth and consistent flow of a gel ink and combine it with the quick drying durable ballpoint ink that people had become accustomed to. It seems like the Cross Satnink Hybrid refill (via Amazon) is a bit late to the party, but when it caught my eye I figured I would grab one to check out and review. … [Read more...]
The good folks over at JetPens make it easy for us to get review samples for the blog as part of our partnership with them for the monthly giveaway that we do. Today is exciting because this is the first time we have actually had a JetPens branded product to try out, and its their fairly new Mini Fountain Pen the JetPens Chibi which you can check out here as an option to add to your cart to make sure you hit that $25 minimum for free shipping. … [Read more...]
The Retro 51 Tornado is just an all round great pen that has a ton of available colors, themes, and styles that it is available in. With my personal penchant for all things retro flag related, the new Metalsmith Betsy version of the Tornado (via Jetpens.com) was a must have. There was a nice post regarding the of Retro 51 series over at Clickypost.com that you should check out too. Although the Retro 51 Tornado Betsy for this review was received free … [Read more...]
I've always been a fan of the Rotring 800 mechanical pencil (via Amazon) but was reluctant to pick one up because of the hefty price tag and the fact that I'm not a huge pencil user. I finally decided to pull the trigger and pick one up recently to see if it was worth the price and deserving of all of the praise that I've heard for them. … [Read more...]
I'm sure if you are a fountain pen user you have either heard or read comments from people saying that they don't want to use a fountain pen because they are afraid it will leak on them. It's something that I've heard way too many times so I just wanted to put this out there because I was thinking about it based on an experience I had the other day with one of my non-fountain pens. The above photo shows my Lamy Studio with a little bit of nib creep. The … [Read more...]
The Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine Felt Tip Pen (via Amazon) is the much finer tipped felt tip version of the Paper Mate Liquid Flair pen, but they are quite different. This version is a felt tipped and more narrow writing version whereas the Paper Mate Liquid flair has a broader tip and because its got liquid ink, it writes a bit wetter too. … [Read more...]
I recently stumbled across these BIC Disposable Fountain Pens (here via Amazon or here via Staples) which were new to me, so I decided to grab some and see how they performed. I'm also always looking to add to our list of beginner fountain pens because I think some of these more inexpensive fountain pens are a great way for people to get started and see if they might like the experience. … [Read more...]
In the past we have reviewed both the Fisher Trekker Space Pen and the Fisher Space Pen Stylus, so it was really cool to get a behind the scenes look at the people and the company behind these products in the "This Built America" series. Its kind of an online magazine article with a video spliced in, but its definitely worth the few minutes to check it out and see the humble and hard working people that put these great pens together and in our hands every … [Read more...]
The Sharpie Blade Highlighter (via Amazon) is yet another entry into the crowded highlighter market. In the case of the Sharpie Blade Highlighter though, it has a somewhat unique tip that sets it apart from most of its other competitors. I say "most" because I don't think anything really rivals the innovative Sharpie Clear View Highlighters that we recently reviewed. … [Read more...]
This Platinum 3776 Century UEF or Ultra Extra Fine Nib (via Goulet Pens) looks like a pretty unassuming fountain pen at first glance. Thankfully the good folks over at Goulet Pens were kind enough to send this review sample over free of charge for this review and to take a closer look at that Ultra Extra Fine nib, which sounds amazing to me since I love my micro tipped gel ink pens such as the Uniball DX or UM-151. … [Read more...]
The new Sharpie Clear View Highlighters (via Amazon.com) are designed with a clear window built into the tip so that you can actually see what you are highlighting as you highlight it. As you will see below though, you can pretty much skip these if you already own the exactly identical Uni Promark that we reviewed about a year ago. … [Read more...]
This isn't the first time this has happened, and I'm sure it won't be the last, but for those of you new to the blog I wanted to remind you of a quick, simple, fun and healthy...yes HEALTHY way to fix this problem. I would love to figure out why this happens occasionally though so I can avoid it in the future. For now though, lets take a look at how to fix an air bubble in an ink cartridge. … [Read more...]
In general pencils aren't really my thing because I don't enjoy the writing experience except when it comes to my all time favorite pencil, the Uniball Kuru Toga Roulette (review here) which I use exclusively. With that said though, it was hard to pass up these bright lime green colored Staedtler WOPEX Eco pencils (via Amazon) that promise to write twice as long as regular ones. … [Read more...]
