Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen
The Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen pen in this review was generously sent to me by dunkind who writes the Good Pens Blog which always has a ton of great pen reviews, so make sure you go check it out. His review of this pen can be found here.
When I first got this Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen in the mail, my immediate instinct was to compare it to a much older version of the PIlot Precise V5 that I’ve had for years. I wanted to compare the way they wrote to see if there was any difference between this one and the older version. To my surprise there was absolutely no difference in the way that these write, they are both incredibly smooth, especially for a pen with such a fine point. I also looked around to see what other people had to say about the Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen, and found an old review from The Pen Addict before he moved his site over to the new version. One thing that he had to say which I did notice is that the older version of this pen does seem to have a slightly thinner tip.
Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen Writing Sample
The writing sample for the Pilot Precise V5 BeGreen is pretty straight forward because writing with this pen is very smooth and there is no bleeding or feathering that I experienced. The paper used in this writing sample is the paper from my review right before this, the Miquelrius graph paper notebook.
It seems as if this Pilot Precise BeGreen is easy enough to come across at any of your usual office supply stores and also can be found
here on Amazon.com
On a side note, there is one thing that I would like to see changed about refillable pens in general and that is the way that they are sold. I think it is a step in the right direction that companies are being more green, but I dont think that simply offering a refill is going as far as they can. I never understood why instead of offering 24 packs of pens like this, they dont offer something more along the lines of a 6 pack with 18 refills, or a 2 pack with 4 refills. I know that the office supply cabinet where I work has a variety of pens, some of which are refillable, however there are almost never refills ordered, and I have a suspicion that this is the case in many places. If companies would start to package pens in a way that encourages the user to actually use the refills because they are there, I think it would go a long way in reducing waste.
I had no idea that these were refillable. Great comment about refillable pens too. I know that I hardly ever buy refills and I should. Thanks for the reminder. Nr
nrepose – glad you liked it…I have to admit that I am guilty of not always using refills. I am going to talk to the person that takes care of our supplies here at work and see if I can encourage ordering of refills.
I agree with your comment. The pen companies don’t have me convinced when they package pens so wastefully. I also admit that I thought the SAME thing: why do they never sell a single pen with two refills when maker of mechanical pencils do this all the time? Go to your local Office Depot or Office Max store. Look at some of the mechanical pencils first. Quite a few have one or two packaged with a carry case of 10 spare leads. Now look at the pens. Does even ONE have a few pens with a single refill in their wasteful blister packages? Nope. I usually ignore the pens and switch or permanently drop the brand/model I like whenever it becomes difficult to find refills for. The pen companies don’t seem to be doing much in their “environmentally friendly campaign.”