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Uni-Ball Vision Needle Micro

Gel and Roller Ball Pens Pen & Pencil Reviews Uniball Pens — 19 February 2009
Uni-Ball Vision Needle Micro
Woody shows off the Uniball Vision Needle Micro that was so kindly given to me by the friendly folks at Uni-Ball for a review.Woody shows off the Uniball Vision Needle Micro that was so kindly given to me by the friendly folks at Uni-Ball for a review.

The Uni-Ball Vision Needle Micro in this review was given to me by Uni-Ball themselves, specifically by Steve aka Uniball_USA on Twitter who also provided some great feedback for this review on a Uni-Ball Jetstream.  This is just another example of what I was talking about in this post when I said that Twitter was a great way to keep connected to the world of office supplies.  The folks there are a great resource for all kinds of information, and  I suggest you check it out if you have not already done so, and also think about following the users in that post I pointed out back there.

Uni-Ball Vision writing sample on Doane Paper

Uni-Ball Vision writing sample on Doane Paper

When I first tried out this pen, I was a little nervous because in the first 3 or 4 seconds of writing I got a strange feeling, almost as if there was a grain of sand in the tip.  It kind of scratched and didnt start writing as I was used to with every other UniBall pen, fortunately that stopped pretty quickly and the pen has not skipped a beat since then.  I’ve tried the pen on my Doane Paper and on my Levenger paper, and it really writes very nicely on both. The writing sample in this review shows the Doane Paper.

I did have some concern in thinking that a pen with “Needle Micro” in the name might be too fine and delicate for every day use, but this pen proved me wrong, as I felt no hesitation in writing in my normal writing style.

The Uni-Ball Vision Needle in Action.

The Uni-Ball Vision Needle in Action.

You can see in this picture here the cap is a little different, it has a transparent blue insert towards the top of the clip in the center of it.  It almost has kind of a jeweled look to it, but in a nice non tacky way.  The body of the pen also feels a bit more narrow than most pens, but still a comfortable size for writing with.

The one thing on this pen that I wish was different is the grip area, and the fact that the grip area actually lacks any kind of grip or traction to it.  After writing for a bit with it, you do notice yourself (at least my sweaty fingers did) gripping a bit harder on the smooth plastic surface to make sure you have a good hold of the pen.

Other than my specific issue with the grip, I think this is a very nice pen that will write well for you and probably hold up for some time too, as it seems to have the same quality construction of all the other Uni-Ball pens I’ve used.  A big thanks goes to Steve at Uni-Ball for sharing this pen with me, and it will be included as an option in my next give away.

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  • http://slywy.blogspot.com/ Diane

    Weird timing. I had just bought a box of these last night.

  • http://unpostednrepose.blogspot.com/ nrepose

    Very nice! I have some of these in the fine point that write nicely, but i think that the micro would better suit me. Great job as usual. Nr

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    Diane – I would love to hear your feedback on how you like them after you have spent some time using them…Im always curious to see if Im just super picky and if other people notice the same things I do.

    Nr – Thanks, shoot me an email and I can send you one of these to try out.

  • leon

    i love these pens the needle point is the best

  • Jim H

    I always want to know whether a pen has waterproof ink or not. Basically, that determines whether or not I’ll use it for drawing. Even standard “writing” pens can be great drawing instruments, but if the ink runs when wet it’s a deal-breaker for me. If you could include that in your reviews it would be great. Also, maybe some more specs on the pen. Thanks!

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    Jim H – Thanks for the good feedback. I will work on adding some more specifics as you mentioned.

    This pen, unfortunately for you does not have waterproof ink…only water resistant.

  • Kevin P.

    I wonder why Uni-Ball has two product lines that appear to be very similar, the Vision Needle and the Vision Exact. The Vision Needle has “waterproof” printed right on the barrel. However, according to the uniball-na.com Web site, the entire Vision line (except for a few less commonly used colors in a couple of models) contain the anti-check-washing ink, so the water resistance should be pretty good.

    Incidentally, one popular online retailer prices the Vision Exact at about 28% above the Vision Needle. I wonder if the Uni-Ball rep would be kind enough to explain the differences between these two lines.

  • http://yanquimike.com.ar Yanqui Mike

    Rumor has it that the Vision Exact will be discontinued in favor of the Vision Needle. Any way to confirm that?

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    @Yanqui Mike I just asked one of the Uniball folks on Twitter, here is a link to it…hopefully she can give us some insight.

    http://twitter.com/OfficeSupplyGee/statuses/1559854301

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    @Yanqui Mike – Uniball_Pen_Gal on Twitter said:

    “The Vision Exact is a classic and isn’t going away any time soon!”
    http://twitter.com/Uniball_Pen_Gal/statuses/1587708641

  • http://twitter.com/dland Dave Land

    I’m sorry to see that Woody’s been injured: he’s got a bit of a crack below the second knuckle of his thumb. I hope he’ll be OK. Solid review, as always.

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    @Dave Land – Thanks for noticing, hopefully Woody’s crack does not spread any further, he is fairly young so Im relatively confident that he will recover just fine. ;)

  • http://rbravo.net Reinaldo Bravo

    I find the vision needle to be a smooth and easy to write with pen. I’m surprised by how much the ink lasts. The blue, fine version has a great hue to it. Brings the words to life in my opinion.

    I think you made a good review.

  • http://www.officesupplygeek.com OfficeSupplyGeek

    @Reinaldo Bravo – thanks, glad you enjoyed the review.