I've seen cheaper versions of this pen/magnet over the years. The cost is way too high!!! And frankly it's just a gimmick, that overtime, gets put away and forgotten about. Thanks for your review, James.
@@GoHARD99 No, thanks, Bic pens are the bottom of the barrel of acceptable pens. Forever pen aren't always about the money, but never having to find a replacement, cartridges, etc. Once you find one you like you'll be set for a while.
FYI, the point of the "quick brown fox" sentence is that it uses every letter of the alphabet which is why you see it in typeface samples. But in your variation it's missing the D and the G, which is why normally you see "lazy dog" instead of "lazy river".
Cool idea, but I don't know why they couldn't have made the tip retractable, either via twist or click mechanism, and just had the steel/magnetic cap built into the pen instead of a separate piece.
You can buy at least 7 kuru togas. Those are the best pencils ever made. But there's plenty of good pens for that price. Never saw anything wrong with a cup on the desk full of pens or pencils
I think this one is like some of the other pens you have reviewed, way overpriced. I feel like some of these companies price themselves out of the market and end up failing. For even $20 I personally would probably pass, but I feel like way more people would be interested at that price point.
How easy it is to lose the cap is really the biggest downside for me. Since it doesn't work without the cap it makes the fancy pen a regular expensive pen. They should have added at least one or two replacement caps.
$72 is too much for me and I would also not consider it to actually "hover". It should be called the "self-standing" pen. Thanks for another informative review!
Very cool concept, although I've seen similar items over the years for less cost. While I'm a fan of thin lines and smooth flowing ink, that would be a $72.00 cat toy around my house. The first time either kitty noticed it would move would likely be the last time I ever saw it, at least until I de-cattoyed the underside of the furniture.
For seventy two dollars it better do my work for me... I shouldn't have to touch it.... I don't care if it's in a cup, or hovering on a disk. if I'm paying 72? Dollars it better produce miracles....
Knowing me, I’d probably misplace the one part! I’m a bit snobby about the ones I use - not by price but about how they feel and write. And this one doesn’t meet any of what I like - including the price! I sure do appreciate your videos of everything though! Keep up the great work!
when i was a kid my great grandpa had a pen at his desk that was made out of wood ( probably had magnets inside ) and it had a wooden C-ish shaped stand, and when he would be finished writing with it, he would place the pen in between the C shape stand and it would hover in air, and it didnt have a goofy cap that needed to be there to work, if this product didnt have the cap, i think it would be ALOT better, also the pen my great grandfather had was not expensive either
@@thAduck0132 I doubt it, xD had to look up the pen you were talking about, the pen my great grandpa had was made before I was even born,like this pen is probably 60 years old now
It totally reminds me of those Newton's Cradle balls that everyone in the world had on their desk at one time or another. It's a gimmick that will be quickly forgotten after the novelty wears off.
I think the prices I guess average for what it supposed to be. People spend a lot of money on fountain pens. Mont Blanc is one of the most expensive pens in the world. But yet people still pay that crazy amounts of money for them. So 72 for what this is is par for the course.
Though, one of the draws to fountain pens (Also, other high end pens) is the versatility of ink usage. Due to using a resevoir you can buy bottles of ink to use in them. While this thing uses specific cartriges, so you have limited options for inks.
One time when I worked grocery, there was a guy that lost is $3000 pen and was freaking out crawling on the ground. Get real , you can buy a 5 pack of pens for $15 that write smooth as
It needs to extremely lite or it will be top heavy and more likely to be bumped over. This translates to lightweight thinnish construction. It will definitely serve as a novelty first and foremost, but it's nice to see that it's actual purpose is not compromised. It is a nice usable pen.
Ok, fine something different. But, at $72. Nah maybe next time and btw what do you for a refill? If a cross or Parker or whatever cartridge fits then I’ll wait till I see it for around $40. $45 then I’ll buy it.
There's no way I'd ever pay that price for a pen. The novely will wear off pretty quickly and I guarantee you that thanks to the large metal bars most people won't even notice the pen is being suspended unless you point it out. It'd be different if it was actually hovering (man, I hate this trend of putting "hover" on the name of something that's absolutely _not_ hovering), but it'd still wouldn't be worth the price for me. I guarantee you there are pens out there that work just as well or even better for much cheaper.
@@BriBCG True that. I've been making a magnetic socket trays for my tool box but haven't bought the magnets yet because I'll need so many and it'll add up to so much :(
Such an overpriced gimmick. Yes it 'floats'. But it still has to use its specific dock. Put it this way, imagine if the cap was just welded into a metal dock, it would have the exact same function, be a lot cheaper, have no limitations on pen design, etc.
Could you use a standard neodymium magnet instead of the base? Base seems like such waste of metal just for looks, unless it is for the sole purpose of those 4 pillars sticking up to create a magnetic field to surround pen?
Most people do not use a pen except to sign their name and you can do that electronically. If it works and doesn't make you want to cuss because it quit before the job was done, then it is worth the money.
As an aside to the topic of pens, my favorite "pen" story is this: In the history of NASA, they wanted the astronauts to have the ability to write in space, and ink in a traditional pen doesn't flow. So companies were tasked to develop a pen to work in space. Obviously, the "Space Pen" was born, after A LOT of TIME, MONEY and EFFORT. At the same time, the Soviet Union wanted to be able to write in space as well, but their solution took very little time and effort, and was VERY inexpensive. Their solution to writing in space; A PENCIL.
"Why not just use a pencil? NASA wanted an alternative to pencils because the lead could easily break off and float away, creating a hazard to astronauts and sensitive electronics on the spacecraft."
When there's a knock off version on sale in the Christmas stocking stuffer bin at a standard retailer for like $15, I may consider this for the novelty of it. Definitely not for $72 though lol
i like how you are the only youtuber that actually reviews all of these obscure overpriced dumb products and actually show and test their claims and see if they are even worth it or not. on topic - this is an extremely overpriced version of a product that had existed and have been floating around in aliexpress for the past 3-4 years. the AliExpress version was about 7-9$ from what i remember lol why would anyone spend any amount over 5$ for a standard chinese pen regardless of how "premium" it may be is beyond me, if this was a novelty personalized parker pen than sure those are very pricy, but for a regular ole cheap sub 5$ pen with a 4 magnet "stand"? pff only true suckers would pay 72$ for that, the 7-9$ version from aliexpress is reasonably priced for something silly like this, but the Hoverpen rebranded one? such a ripoff...
Late 90's or early 2000's Reader's Digest gave levitating pens as free subscriber gifts. The pens were plastic and worked ok for quick notes. 75$ is outrageous.
I don't know if it's $72 worth. Although the base is pretty big and it does cost for the material and if it was handmade on a mill. That's probably almost the only thing that's having the cost high. Without that obviously it would have been a little cheaper. Maybe $50 for the whole thing. But again depends how the process is by making the base
can we buy replacement ink holsters ? all office supply stores are closed due to a mistake, inventing the computer for households! which also ruined your handwriting ability! :)
If it could do that without the "stand", it would be neat, but just using magnets, I'm not impressed. I would rather have one of those sideways things you can spin that "float" above 2 magnetic arms.
I luv your reviews. Keep up the great work here. My MARS by Crazybaby magnetic levitating (maglev) bluetooth speaker system is waaaaay cooler than that Hoverpen. Just saying.
Thank you so very much. I love your reviews. I know something good is going to happen today. God bless your family's health and finances. Thank God for all the wonderful blessings. In Jesus' holy name we pray amen 🙏 🙌. Hugs
The point of the "The quick brown fox..." thing is that it's a pangram. It uses every letter in the alphabet... unless you write lazy river instead of lazy dog.
Looks cheap. $10 pen on a $10 base. Way overpriced , but most gimmicky stuff is. Better off spending that $72 on really nice and good quality pen, instead of a gimmick.
$72 dollars for a pen with a magnet is just a little steep. Can't see this company lasting. They're not even solving a problem people have. I never heard someone go "I wish I could have a pen that stands up straight". It's called a $1 pen holder or just throw it on the disk.
Not something I’d buy. If I wanted to buy a desk or I’d buy something with better ply factor, if I wanted to get a pen, you can get excellent, properly balanced pens for the same amount,
I know I'm being pedantic, but the name is slightly misleading. The pen isn't hovering (from what I could see anyway), just standing on its tip with the help of the magnets.
I agree! I do love my Uni Style fit pens! 5 customizable colors in each pen, and 2 point sizes to choose from. I have several, and they are always my 'go to' pen!
For that price I would expect an actually ergonomic, aluminum body, a good looking stand, more than a single recharge, and less flimsy cap. Aka things that you can get from pens that are less than a third of the price.
I had one of these years ago, the base was best describes as "almost" a ring doughnut. It was free from a trade show. $72 dollars for this - you literally paying for licence to be stoopid
I've seen cheaper versions of this pen/magnet over the years. The cost is way too high!!! And frankly it's just a gimmick, that overtime, gets put away and forgotten about. Thanks for your review, James.
Yep way too high, for that price you can buy a less than $10 forever pen (doesn't use ink to write) and buy a balancing bird toy for your desk
@@godjhaka7376 forever pens are the worst for writing just buy a bic you can't be that cheap
It can't even write upside down...
@@GoHARD99 No, thanks, Bic pens are the bottom of the barrel of acceptable pens. Forever pen aren't always about the money, but never having to find a replacement, cartridges, etc. Once you find one you like you'll be set for a while.
FYI, the point of the "quick brown fox" sentence is that it uses every letter of the alphabet which is why you see it in typeface samples. But in your variation it's missing the D and the G, which is why normally you see "lazy dog" instead of "lazy river".
I assumed he did this on purpose to generate comments, which improves the TH-cam algorithm for channels. :)
Can you please try and help me out of the forest again. I was almost there, then took a Uturn. 🫤
@@willj24 you're giving him too much credit.
I came to say the same thing.
I immediately came to the comments to say this exact thing! 😂
If you throw it hard enough, it can.
Tf😂😂😂😂
It's nice but really trying to wrap my head around the "why"
Cool idea, but I don't know why they couldn't have made the tip retractable, either via twist or click mechanism, and just had the steel/magnetic cap built into the pen instead of a separate piece.
Easier to manufacture this way. For the price though it should have been more refined.
Facts
A cap would also prevent spills on the stand. But this is at least three or four times the price I would pay for it.
One other point, you can buy an awful lot of good pend for that price!
You can buy at least 7 kuru togas. Those are the best pencils ever made.
But there's plenty of good pens for that price.
Never saw anything wrong with a cup on the desk full of pens or pencils
I think this one is like some of the other pens you have reviewed, way overpriced. I feel like some of these companies price themselves out of the market and end up failing. For even $20 I personally would probably pass, but I feel like way more people would be interested at that price point.
Hard buy at $72. I'd probably lose the cap and end up with a over-priced pen, and not a fan of the fine tip. But excellent review.
How easy it is to lose the cap is really the biggest downside for me. Since it doesn't work without the cap it makes the fancy pen a regular expensive pen. They should have added at least one or two replacement caps.
You are paying $72 for a Cap
$72 is too much for me and I would also not consider it to actually "hover". It should be called the "self-standing" pen. Thanks for another informative review!
Very cool concept, although I've seen similar items over the years for less cost. While I'm a fan of thin lines and smooth flowing ink, that would be a $72.00 cat toy around my house. The first time either kitty noticed it would move would likely be the last time I ever saw it, at least until I de-cattoyed the underside of the furniture.
That's a pretty cool feature, but no way am I paying that much for it.
Ive officially watched everything on YT. Now to watch a video about a pen....tomorrow a review of paper 😉
For seventy two dollars it better do my work for me... I shouldn't have to touch it.... I don't care if it's in a cup, or hovering on a disk. if I'm paying 72? Dollars it better produce miracles....
Very expensive for a pen, but it's more a novelty item. But how much are the refills?
But can you hang it upside down from the magnet? Has nothing to do with the product but I’d have to try it. Lol thanks James!
Knowing me, I’d probably misplace the one part! I’m a bit snobby about the ones I use - not by price but about how they feel and write. And this one doesn’t meet any of what I like - including the price! I sure do appreciate your videos of everything though! Keep up the great work!
when i was a kid my great grandpa had a pen at his desk that was made out of wood ( probably had magnets inside ) and it had a wooden C-ish shaped stand, and when he would be finished writing with it, he would place the pen in between the C shape stand and it would hover in air, and it didnt have a goofy cap that needed to be there to work, if this product didnt have the cap, i think it would be ALOT better, also the pen my great grandfather had was not expensive either
is it the sunterest? i think my uncle has it
@@thAduck0132 I doubt it, xD had to look up the pen you were talking about, the pen my great grandpa had was made before I was even born,like this pen is probably 60 years old now
@@Arcella1981 oh god, yeah definitely not 💀
@@thAduck0132I love your choice of word usage 🤣
Normally pens have a cap to protect the tip from drying out.
Isn't it, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"? For those of you who don't know, that sentence contains ever letter in the English Alphabet.
It totally reminds me of those Newton's Cradle balls that everyone in the world had on their desk at one time or another.
It's a gimmick that will be quickly forgotten after the novelty wears off.
Oh Newton's Cradle is still my favorite childhood memory and I could spend hours playing with it 😊
I think the prices I guess average for what it supposed to be. People spend a lot of money on fountain pens. Mont Blanc is one of the most expensive pens in the world. But yet people still pay that crazy amounts of money for them. So 72 for what this is is par for the course.
Though, one of the draws to fountain pens (Also, other high end pens) is the versatility of ink usage. Due to using a resevoir you can buy bottles of ink to use in them.
While this thing uses specific cartriges, so you have limited options for inks.
I'd like to see more information about 'service parts' in these reviews. Pen refills. Air filter filter replacements. Things like that.
For what it's worth, that appears use a D1 style ink refill cartridge. Lots of decent companies make them like Kaweco and Zebra.
$72 usa for a magnetic stand n pen cap 🤣😂….NOT! 🍻
Was waiting for the Bailey tail wag test.
One time when I worked grocery, there was a guy that lost is $3000 pen and was freaking out crawling on the ground.
Get real , you can buy a 5 pack of pens for $15 that write smooth as
How refillable is this pen? In other words does it use a common form factor refill or some proprietary nonsense?
Those things have been around since the 70s.
Was nonsense then, it nonsense now.
It needs to extremely lite or it will be top heavy and more likely to be bumped over. This translates to lightweight thinnish construction. It will definitely serve as a novelty first and foremost, but it's nice to see that it's actual purpose is not compromised. It is a nice usable pen.
Great review, but I can't see myself spending that much on a pen. Great review, James!
Ok, fine something different. But, at $72. Nah maybe next time and btw what do you for a refill? If a cross or Parker or whatever cartridge fits then I’ll wait till I see it for around $40. $45 then I’ll buy it.
There's no way I'd ever pay that price for a pen. The novely will wear off pretty quickly and I guarantee you that thanks to the large metal bars most people won't even notice the pen is being suspended unless you point it out. It'd be different if it was actually hovering (man, I hate this trend of putting "hover" on the name of something that's absolutely _not_ hovering), but it'd still wouldn't be worth the price for me. I guarantee you there are pens out there that work just as well or even better for much cheaper.
A PEN WTF A PEN for 72 do you know how much stuff i can buy for that price OMG a stupid pen
its a 50 cent pen and a few magnets, this should be 19.99 at most and propbably by christmas it will be around 9.99
Magnets are shockingly expensive, and molded metal parts are more expensive than plastic. Still overpriced, but not a 50 cent pen.
@@BriBCG True that. I've been making a magnetic socket trays for my tool box but haven't bought the magnets yet because I'll need so many and it'll add up to so much :(
@@BriBCG some magnets are expensive and this item has none of them.
Such an overpriced gimmick. Yes it 'floats'. But it still has to use its specific dock. Put it this way, imagine if the cap was just welded into a metal dock, it would have the exact same function, be a lot cheaper, have no limitations on pen design, etc.
Will you be doing the Socket Fanlight? I saw a commercial for it last night and wondered about it.
There is no one I like enough to give a $72.00 pen to as a gift......LOL
I like thin lined pens, but I think I will stick to my g2 pens. Thanks James again for
something I didn't even know existed. LOL!
I do find it expensive maybe we should of tried chipping into a block of ice
How much are the refills and how long does the ink just?
too expensive... just find a good pen stand you like and test out all sorts of pen to find the one that you love writing with I say.
$72.00? HELL NO! Way overpriced.
I am thinking of the pet rock lol
Could you use a standard neodymium magnet instead of the base? Base seems like such waste of metal just for looks, unless it is for the sole purpose of those 4 pillars sticking up to create a magnetic field to surround pen?
Most people do not use a pen except to sign their name and you can do that electronically. If it works and doesn't make you want to cuss because it quit before the job was done, then it is worth the money.
$72 for a pen? I don't care if it hovers, flies, or can sing and dance, I'm not paying $72 for a pen.
As an aside to the topic of pens, my favorite "pen" story is this:
In the history of NASA, they wanted the astronauts to have the ability to write in space, and ink in a traditional pen doesn't flow. So companies were tasked to develop a pen to work in space. Obviously, the "Space Pen" was born, after A LOT of TIME, MONEY and EFFORT.
At the same time, the Soviet Union wanted to be able to write in space as well, but their solution took very little time and effort, and was VERY inexpensive. Their solution to writing in space; A PENCIL.
"Why not just use a pencil? NASA wanted an alternative to pencils because the lead could easily break off and float away, creating a hazard to astronauts and sensitive electronics on the spacecraft."
I love that it comes with a tutorial guide to show where the pen goes... If you need that I think you have bigger problems.
you should do a review on Tactile Turn pens
@5:51 - 5:56 The only thing it'll break it the bank 😂😂😂
When there's a knock off version on sale in the Christmas stocking stuffer bin at a standard retailer for like $15, I may consider this for the novelty of it. Definitely not for $72 though lol
i like how you are the only youtuber that actually reviews all of these obscure overpriced dumb products and actually show and test their claims and see if they are even worth it or not.
on topic - this is an extremely overpriced version of a product that had existed and have been floating around in aliexpress for the past 3-4 years.
the AliExpress version was about 7-9$ from what i remember lol
why would anyone spend any amount over 5$ for a standard chinese pen regardless of how "premium" it may be is beyond me, if this was a novelty personalized parker pen than sure those are very pricy, but for a regular ole cheap sub 5$ pen with a 4 magnet "stand"? pff only true suckers would pay 72$ for that, the 7-9$ version from aliexpress is reasonably priced for something silly like this, but the Hoverpen rebranded one? such a ripoff...
These types of pens have actually been around for many decades. Agree it is way too expensive.
Can you review different types of Sleeping eye masks!!!!
Good review, but the need for a cap is a deal breaker for me even before the price, lol.
Is that Jack Klompus's astronaut pen?
looks neat for a decoration piece but not $72 neat imo
Jumps over the lazy WHAT?
You really should reiterate the archival quality ink. That means you can write on the backs of photographs and not damage them.
It would be a cool gift for someone who writes a lot at a desk, so they can always find it in the same spot
Late 90's or early 2000's Reader's Digest gave levitating pens as free subscriber gifts. The pens were plastic and worked ok for quick notes. 75$ is outrageous.
Just started watching, but I can already confidently say, that $72 isn't for the pen, it's the cost of the magnets
A 1 2 3 block works great as a pen holder and holds a lot more pens/pencils
its dog not river to get the letter G in there and the D as well
When I’m trying out a new pen, I write, I’m Trying This New Pen Out and It’s a Nice or Bad Pen. Instead of squiggling lines or circles
Love the pen; however, is Mr Fit: develping a pot tum?
Thanks for the content!
This woukd be a cool desk toy, but I have never once used a pen at my job lol. Everything we do is digital
Father’s Day is coming up, please do top 5 Father’s Day gift items
$39.00 is more in line to sell a greater quantity.
What's the fractal poster on the wall about? Looks cool 😎
I don't know if it's $72 worth. Although the base is pretty big and it does cost for the material and if it was handmade on a mill. That's probably almost the only thing that's having the cost high. Without that obviously it would have been a little cheaper. Maybe $50 for the whole thing. But again depends how the process is by making the base
I feel like there's a steep learning curve to docking the pen.
can we buy replacement ink holsters ? all office supply stores are closed due to a mistake, inventing the computer for households! which also ruined your handwriting ability! :)
Catch it next year in a lot of yard sales.
How to make a pen take up more space.
If it could do that without the "stand", it would be neat,
but just using magnets, I'm not impressed.
I would rather have one of those sideways things you can spin that "float" above 2 magnetic arms.
The cap stops the pen tip to dry up
I luv your reviews. Keep up the great work here.
My MARS by Crazybaby magnetic levitating (maglev) bluetooth speaker system is waaaaay cooler than that Hoverpen. Just saying.
Thank you so very much. I love your reviews. I know something good is going to happen today. God bless your family's health and finances. Thank God for all the wonderful blessings. In Jesus' holy name we pray amen 🙏 🙌. Hugs
The point of the "The quick brown fox..." thing is that it's a pangram. It uses every letter in the alphabet... unless you write lazy river instead of lazy dog.
Looks cheap. $10 pen on a $10 base. Way overpriced , but most gimmicky stuff is. Better off spending that $72 on really nice and good quality pen, instead of a gimmick.
I mean most pens do have caps unless it’s a click pen. Not sure what people are really complaining about. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I have paid more for nice pens that did not hover. If you like it and don't mind the price then enjoy it.
$72 dollars for a pen with a magnet is just a little steep. Can't see this company lasting. They're not even solving a problem people have. I never heard someone go "I wish I could have a pen that stands up straight". It's called a $1 pen holder or just throw it on the disk.
For $72 you could get a nice fountain pen and a bottle of ink.
$20 and i'll buy it! Probably, it's mostly corporations that buy it for Director's desks!
Take any pen, remove cap, glue cap to stand/desk, done.
Convenient AND it uncaps itself when you pick it up..
Not something I’d buy. If I wanted to buy a desk or I’d buy something with better ply factor, if I wanted to get a pen, you can get excellent, properly balanced pens for the same amount,
I know I'm being pedantic, but the name is slightly misleading. The pen isn't hovering (from what I could see anyway), just standing on its tip with the help of the magnets.
Stuff you'd see in the back pages of an old 60's-70's MAD Magazine for $1.35. Just a gimmick.
Why didn't they just make it to where you put the cap on the back / bottom of the pen (like any OTHER pen with a cap)??? 🙄🙄
Hey man... this is a good video. Do review on some multipens or any other unique function pens
I agree! I do love my Uni Style fit pens! 5 customizable colors in each pen, and 2 point sizes to choose from. I have several, and they are always my 'go to' pen!
And I have Coletos but don't like the ink as much...
For that price I would expect an actually ergonomic, aluminum body, a good looking stand, more than a single recharge, and less flimsy cap. Aka things that you can get from pens that are less than a third of the price.
I don’t care if it can float or balance or have powers, I’m not paying $72 for a pen with only 1 refill smh, should’ve had atleast 3 refills.
Why is the quick brown fox jumping over a lazy river? The Fox was supposed to jump over the Dog. Where did the dog go?
Maybe the dog fell in the river...
$72 this is ridiculous why would anyone want this? Thanks again for the review.👏🏼
$72 for a pen is insane. People need to stop trying to make "The Apple of ____" for every little product.
Too bad you can't stick the cap on the end of the pen while using it. Then there's the price: $94 CDN! Uh no.
I had one of these years ago, the base was best describes as "almost" a ring doughnut. It was free from a trade show. $72 dollars for this - you literally paying for licence to be stoopid
You say you have terrible handwriting but I love the way your signature looks. The J is beautiful!
Will the cap stick to the top of the pen?