When I first started using them you had 1 color choice Black LOL. At least in the Uni-Ball Impact pens....now they have Gold, silver and white, none of which work in a workplace LOL. Shortly after I started using them they did release them in Blue and Black...they had a 1.0mm broad point, wrote very smooth, and certainly left an impact, they were bold and easy to read, but if you were trying to write anything on paper with narrowly spaced lines good luck, those things were way too bold for any precision type work, they wrote good, and had an easy to read ink but for an office they didn't work quite as well as the .7mm and .5mm Uni-Ball Signo gel stick pens that are more common.
My favourite gel pen of all that I've tried is the Pilot G-2 05. The ink dries pretty quickly, writing is smooth and it holds up to highlighters. The colour range is not huge tho, but the price is good!
I still love G2s! There are tons of other great gel options, but the Pilot G2 is just such a great all-rounder, cheap, and widely available. They've never let me down.
@Light I had the same experience with the 0.5mm as well, I tried a 0.38mm once that was awful, almost paper-cutting thin so the 0.7mm is my go-to and the 1.0mm occasionally as well but usually too bold for general use, but the 1.0mm works fine for signing documents though. The G2's are great pens I agree.
Yeah me too but except. it's Scratchy and 0.5 became 0.1 because i saw a dirty one in clean place to place pens in A&H araimi boulevard So i just buy the energel one but they look the SAME?!
as a student and a stationary enthusiast I prefer the pentel energel since it also dries right away. Beforehand, I used the zebra sarasa one, but it smudged when I used mildliners lel. oh , I'm not a leftie :)
@@HieroOnymos Its the same pen with different name. Pilot Malaysia says the hi tec c is for 0.5 version and other size is g tec. Some says its regional name
The Signo UM-151 is definitely my favorite to write, but I'd love to use it in a more "premium" format. It's obviously a capped design, so I'd love to see a metal body with a good cap that can be posted and will take a UM-151 filling.
1:04 As a leftie that loves drawing and writing, sometimes I get sad when I accidentally make a mess with the ink. That doesn't stop me from using fountain and gel pens, but I'll never be able to experience some things properly
Aaliyah White I’m a leftie and I prefer to write in cursive which I use ballpoint pens for (for 4 years now) However when writing “normally” I use gel pens. I’ve been practicing my over summer bc it’s trash. 😆 I hope this helps my fellow lefties. ✌🏽
My faves gel pens: Pilot Hi Tec C (for bullet journaling) Pilot Prixion (to do list) Pilot Hi Tec C Coleto (for color coding) Zebra Mark On (for notes)
I’m left handed, and I just hate it when I write with a pen only getting to see it smear on my paper as well as my own hand. I once bought some basic stationary when I was just getting into the stationary concept, and I got a smearing pen like most other basic pens! I really wanted to give up on stationary at that time because, if I can’t make good notes why try anyway? But now, a few weeks later; JetPens saved my stationary hobby! Thank you so much JetPens! I'm going to get a basic Sarasa Dry 0.5 mm and see how it turns out. Again, thank you!
The Uniball Signo Dx UM-151 0.28mm. It’s the only pen clear enough, smooth enough, and small enough for me to read my own notes well. I lovingly refer to it as “the pen that got me through college”. I mostly see 0.38mm’s for sale these days; I don’t know if the 0.28’s are discontinued…but there are still some around! including from you guys! I just got some and I’m so happy. Thank you so much!!
It’s sad seeing how many people hype up the Pentel Energel. I bought a pack of two at Target and was so excited to write with it but both kept skipping and the barrel popped open when I was writing. Really looking for a good pen for bullet journaling, thank you for this video
I'm a major Uni-Ball Signo fangirl, because of how readily available they are, but now I have a .25 Hi-Tec Coleto and a gray Sarasa Clip and I'm in love! Definitely my top three picks!
I tried the uniball uni click gel pen two years back, and I haven't even tried any other pen since then! And the best part is that the price is only RS 50! Do try it.
I only have Uni-ball Signo series gel pens, I got the basic Uni-ball Signo DX, Signo Needle, Signo RT and Signo 307. I still prefer to the Signo 307 by replaced its refill to UMR-83 0.38mm, blue black ink. Very smooth and comfortable for handwriting. The ink is clean and balance, unlike the traditional ballpoint pens.
Thank you so much for making this video. Love the size&color charts provided. Had to kinda figure this out on my own quest but even before y'all made this video...your website, filters, and previous videos provided were enough to sort through your catalog of info..New buyers have the luxury of having it all in once place. kudos!
This ^ The Juice Up combines so many positive aspects of all these. It's a clicker, is fine-tip but still robust. And has a beautiful look to the body.
Journaling Mygeeklife one of my favorite gel pens! The blue - black in. .3 or .4 mm size point is the sweet spot. And the clip is massively impressive. It is extremely sturdy and will clip the pen securely anywhere!
Pentel Energel XM Pure. Beautiful looking, fast drying, smooth writing pen that looks so great it gets compliments. If I give a little go of it to someone at work, the say how great it is, probably hoping we have a few stored away and we'll give them one but we don't. I only bought three and gave 2 to friends.
Out of these I have the Energel in 0.7, it was recommended because I'm left-handed, and so far I'm really liking it. Also looking forward to trying the Hi-Tec-C sometime, maybe even the Coleto because it reminds me of a grown-up version of my childhood Bic 4-color pen :) Finally I love the way you say "Sarasa" :)
The UM151 is the absolute best pen I've used. i have a set of 10 black ones on my work desk and I currently have the 20 colour set in my jetpens cart lol
the mark on is my absolute favourite. i bought it to try when it first came out and didnt have have any reviews yet, but to my surprise its the best pen ive ever used for my notes. and i dont think i can live without it now
If I had to chose only one model of pen to use for the rest of my life, it'd be the Zebra Sarasa Push Clip. I can accept the judgment that the UM-151 has a (marginally) better cartridge, but the Sarasa has the best grip and best clip of any pen, and an incredible variety of sizes and colors.
i wish you could combine categories. what if i want a pen that dries quickly, doesn't skip, doesn't fade, is good for journaling and notetaking, and is erasable?
Try the Pilot G2, its been a go-to pen of mine for over 14 years, they work great, write smooth (0.7mm or 1.0mm), and generally are highlighter friendly. The 0.38mm and the 0.5mm seemed too fine for me, but I have a heavy hand so the 0.7mm is a great alternative for a smoother writing experience for me. The Pilot B2P is another option which is the G2 pen cartridge in a recycled water bottle case. The Pilot Precise V5 and V7 liquid rollerball pens are great too...the V5 is a 0.5mm and the V7 is a 0.7mm tip. Both write great depending on which line width you prefer. I've used the Pilot FriXion pens and have mixed feelings, they write great but they are NOT something to write important documents with as the ink can/will fade and disappear over time and if exposed to heat the ink completely disappears. Its a great pen for quick notes that are non-essential, but don't try to write any business type documents that you need to have forever with them you'll find your writings have disappeared after a period of years, and some have said the ink will start to yellow after a while too.
one thing I found with the Uniball at least years ago in high school was that as it reached the end of it's cycle, i'd have like maybe 3/8's of visible ink left but it would just start to die/not write at all
Trapped paper fibers in the cone. Happened to me when I use cheap notebook. But I can go through the end of the refill after I changed my notebook to Kokuyo and Apica.
My first Gel Pen was a Uni-Ball Signo Gel Impact Gel Pen which was the Black 1.0mm. Loved those pens, although relatively expensive at the time. They don't make them anymore obviously, just in white, silver, and looks like gold. I assume the new version is called the Uni-Ball Signo Broad UM-153 1.0mm Gel Pens. My only complaint is they tend to start skipping and not writing any longer if they aren't kept with the nib/tip down, at least that was my experience. So carrying them in a shirt pocket was out of the question, and even leaving them stored horizontally in a desk drawer gave very mixed results. During my time in the Army I used the Pilot G2 Gel Pens for 12 years, and still use them occasionally. They seemed pretty reliable at least in the standard Army pen color of Black LOL. The G2's at the time were common with a .7mm tip and seemed to write quite smooth for a rollerball that up until a train-up for a deployment had never used a rollerball extensively before just the old Pentel Rolling Writer R100's that my shop teacher used a lot back then. I started using the Paper Mate Inkjoy Gel Pens recently and they seem to work very well. Very smooth writing pens with a .7mm tip.
my pilot hi-tech-c gel pen broke after a while of using it. also, thickness was very inconsistent throughout my use. idk, that was my experience with it, i liked uniball signo UM-151 a lot tho.
Forgive me but I'm not sure what the difference is between pens used for writing, journaling, and note-taking. Wouldn't a pen that is good for one of these also be good for the other? Also, what is the trade-off in using the best quick-drying pen? Why isn't this one also the best for note-taking or journaling? Is smearing acceptable in these applications? Thanks for any insight.
Honestly, this video is great but it would have been greater if JetPens included Paper Mate in the list of top gel pens. I do think Paper Mate also has lots of good gel pens just like Zebra, Pilot, and Pentel. Still, this video is remarkable.
I like the Papermate Inkjoy Gel pens, they seem to write very smooth, I haven't had much experience with them yet, I've had limited use of a couple and have not done much testing and I'm not certain how they do when highlighting over text with them either.
I'm one of those people that HATES the uniball signo. I dunno if mine was a dupe, but mine skips and acts like an almost-running-out ball pen. Jet-pens, can you please tell me if mine could be a dupe? It says FINE at the top instead of the tip size, maybe that could be a clue?!
Hi I'm from Malaysia .the ink of my unibal signo keeps becoming a blotch of ink on the tip I've bought many buy they keep near impossible to write with can I know why it's like this ?any fixes ?
honestly speaking, i live in india, and you can find really cheap and high quality pens here. like, i’m talking seven gel pens for approximately a us dollar that don’t skip, don’t smudge, barely fade and will last you for two months, easy, if you’re a student
I love using my frixion for note taking! Whenever i made a mistake i just erase it. It made my note prettier since I don’t have to use correction tape as much as i used to!
My choice: Pentel Energel Needle Tip 0.5 (for writing notes because they dry quickly and don't smudge when using highlighter, but they are not waterproof). Runner up: Sarasa Mark On 0.4/0.5 --> dry quick, doesn't smear/smudge, and are waterproof, but they are skippy and scratchy. Uni-ball signo UM-151 0.38 (for journaling because they are precise and do not feather like other gel pens. They are also waterproof, but they take a longer time to dry). Runner up: Sarasa clip --> They dry fast compared too uni-ball signo and are waterproof too, but they feather on a paper. I mainly use Sarasa because they are widely available and cheaper as well. To prevent feathering on a paper, it helps to write on smooth paper. Sarasa clip 1.0/ Uni-ball signo broad (for writing to-do list and signing legal documents. They have nice bold black ink, and waterproof. Perfect to write a reminder.
Hi! Unfortunately we don't have a pastel set of Pilot Frixion Gel Pens, but we do have these pastel Frixion Light Natural Color Erasable Highlighters: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-FriXion-Light-Natural-Color-Erasable-Highlighters/ct/5992
If Zebra Sarasa has the same ink as my Zebra G-301, it has the blackest black out of all of my gel pens (Pilot, Uni, Parker, Pentel). Only a fairly expensive Kaweco gel refill, that I bought in Parker G2 refill form, for a Faber Castell Essentio ballpoint, is as dark as the Zebra.
Did you guys know it's National Stationery Week? What stationery is your favorite to use?
JetPens Jel pens
Pilot juice in green turqoise, green and dark red...
JetPens all of my stationary!
JetPens So hard to pick just one.....Tomoe River paper, A5 & 6 notebooks, UM 151 and Energel pens, fountain pens....too much!!
Everything from JetPens is my favorite.
Me: I don't really know if I could afford food ri-
Jetpens: *TOP GELPENS OF ALL TIME*
😂😂😂
Everytime I see their videos I think American pens are pointless
Was that a pun , ( if not I think the same too)
@@shistartae4649 I didn't think of it that way but yeah I think American pens are no good at this point
What American pens?
Makula Dukuly another pun why am i even laughing
@@carltarubal3907 Thanks 😂
Jet Pens really is a class act all the way around.
The uni-ball signo! I adore that pen! I have it in so many colors.
me too!
When I first started using them you had 1 color choice Black LOL. At least in the Uni-Ball Impact pens....now they have Gold, silver and white, none of which work in a workplace LOL. Shortly after I started using them they did release them in Blue and Black...they had a 1.0mm broad point, wrote very smooth, and certainly left an impact, they were bold and easy to read, but if you were trying to write anything on paper with narrowly spaced lines good luck, those things were way too bold for any precision type work, they wrote good, and had an easy to read ink but for an office they didn't work quite as well as the .7mm and .5mm Uni-Ball Signo gel stick pens that are more common.
307 is what I go back and forth with when picking a gel #1 (Sarasa Grand Gel is the other)
My favourite gel pen of all that I've tried is the Pilot G-2 05. The ink dries pretty quickly, writing is smooth and it holds up to highlighters. The colour range is not huge tho, but the price is good!
I still love G2s! There are tons of other great gel options, but the Pilot G2 is just such a great all-rounder, cheap, and widely available. They've never let me down.
@Light I had the same experience with the 0.5mm as well, I tried a 0.38mm once that was awful, almost paper-cutting thin so the 0.7mm is my go-to and the 1.0mm occasionally as well but usually too bold for general use, but the 1.0mm works fine for signing documents though.
The G2's are great pens I agree.
The G-2 is the GOAT simply for introducing so many people to the world of pens outside of disposable ballpoints.
Yeah me too but except. it's Scratchy and 0.5 became 0.1 because i saw a dirty one in clean place to place pens in A&H araimi boulevard
So i just buy the energel one but they look the SAME?!
My Energel is never let me down!
i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as a student and a stationary enthusiast I prefer the pentel energel since it also dries right away. Beforehand, I used the zebra sarasa one, but it smudged when I used mildliners lel. oh , I'm not a leftie :)
commonfangirl exactly! This righty also prefers the energel above all others!
Is it that good at drying though?! Like how long does it take exactly
I'm a lover of slick ink resistant papers. So all gel pens smudge for me. Including Sarasa dry and Frixion.
Pilot Hi Tec C is the absolute best fine point pen there is. The 0.4 mm writes smoother and more precise than the 0.38 Signo DX.
Agreed. The Pilot Juice Up is great too. Sort of a hybrid but keeps the precision of a fine point.
Yes!! Best needle point ever!
Hey, what's comparison Hi-Tec-C and G-Tec-C? They look same to me.
@@HieroOnymos Its the same pen with different name. Pilot Malaysia says the hi tec c is for 0.5 version and other size is g tec. Some says its regional name
Is Hi Tec C 0.4 scratchy??
The Signo UM-151 is definitely my favorite to write, but I'd love to use it in a more "premium" format. It's obviously a capped design, so I'd love to see a metal body with a good cap that can be posted and will take a UM-151 filling.
1:04 As a leftie that loves drawing and writing, sometimes I get sad when I accidentally make a mess with the ink. That doesn't stop me from using fountain and gel pens, but I'll never be able to experience some things properly
Yeah lefties struggle with cursive
Aaliyah White I’m a leftie and I prefer to write in cursive which I use ballpoint pens for (for 4 years now) However when writing “normally” I use gel pens. I’ve been practicing my over summer bc it’s trash. 😆
I hope this helps my fellow lefties. ✌🏽
@Momokase
I relate so much
I'm a lefty and I've rarely ever had smudging issues.
My faves gel pens:
Pilot Hi Tec C (for bullet journaling)
Pilot Prixion (to do list)
Pilot Hi Tec C Coleto (for color coding)
Zebra Mark On (for notes)
How about for drawings?
@@Somespideronline not everyone likes to draw lol
Personally think hi-tec-c might not be so good for bujo cuz it smears under water. If u spilled water on ur bujo then its pretty much gone
Prixion and not Frixion hahahah 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
My all-time favorite gel pen is Pilot Hi-Tec-C 0.4 . It's so smooth!
3:02 Perfect for taking notes in school!! Ordered them on amazon and I love them
I’m left handed, and I just hate it when I write with a pen only getting to see it smear on my paper as well as my own hand. I once bought some basic stationary when I was just getting into the stationary concept, and I got a smearing pen like most other basic pens! I really wanted to give up on stationary at that time because, if I can’t make good notes why try anyway? But now, a few weeks later; JetPens saved my stationary hobby! Thank you so much JetPens! I'm going to get a basic Sarasa Dry 0.5 mm and see how it turns out. Again, thank you!
The next step in the stationery hobby would be to choose the right paper with the right pens 😅
MsJoanis98 ikr
The Uniball Signo Dx UM-151 0.28mm. It’s the only pen clear enough, smooth enough, and small enough for me to read my own notes well. I lovingly refer to it as “the pen that got me through college”. I mostly see 0.38mm’s for sale these days; I don’t know if the 0.28’s are discontinued…but there are still some around! including from you guys! I just got some and I’m so happy. Thank you so much!!
3:02 I’ve been using the pens since a year and they work a charm!!!
It’s sad seeing how many people hype up the Pentel Energel. I bought a pack of two at Target and was so excited to write with it but both kept skipping and the barrel popped open when I was writing. Really looking for a good pen for bullet journaling, thank you for this video
I'm a major Uni-Ball Signo fangirl, because of how readily available they are, but now I have a .25 Hi-Tec Coleto and a gray Sarasa Clip and I'm in love! Definitely my top three picks!
I Love sarasa clip but i never had one
The uni ball signo doesnt work for me because of my hand posture
I tried the uniball uni click gel pen two years back, and I haven't even tried any other pen since then! And the best part is that the price is only RS 50! Do try it.
My favourite stationery is the Energel refill with the zebra Sarasa body! #Studyquill_squad where are you?
wait you CAN DO THAT
sharon chase Omg didn't know you could do this. Mind blown!!!
I like that too! I can put a black energel with a pink body, my fav colour!
@@shalina3154 OMG I DIDNT KNOW EITHER
Wait ... Zebra Sarasa and Pilot G-2 have the same dimmension in all most everything ... Does the energel refill will suits the G-2 too ?
Pentel energel x is my fav, sooo smooth, relatively fast drying, nice pen body. It's the pen that's closest to a fountain pen for writing.
I only have Uni-ball Signo series gel pens, I got the basic Uni-ball Signo DX, Signo Needle, Signo RT and Signo 307. I still prefer to the Signo 307 by replaced its refill to UMR-83 0.38mm, blue black ink. Very smooth and comfortable for handwriting. The ink is clean and balance, unlike the traditional ballpoint pens.
My all time favourite is Pilot G tec C4. The best pen I've ever used. Second one is Uni ball Signo.
uni ball signo Which One?
Thank you so much for making this video. Love the size&color charts provided.
Had to kinda figure this out on my own quest but even before y'all made this video...your website, filters, and previous videos provided were enough to sort through your catalog of info..New buyers have the luxury of having it all in once place. kudos!
Okay, my favorite would be...
Pilot G-2 7
It glides across the paper.
agree! i’m using it for 3 years and it serves as my lucky charm whenever i participate in essay writing contests!
I had problems with my g2 where the ink doesnt come out at one side so im switching to hi tec c
Yh But For Me That's My 1 month of Savings
Apart from the ones in the video, I also love Pilot Juice-up!!
This ^ The Juice Up combines so many positive aspects of all these. It's a clicker, is fine-tip but still robust. And has a beautiful look to the body.
I recently discovered the Zebra Sarasa clip pen and I love it so much 👍❤️ thank you Jetpen for all the information ℹ️ 😎
Journaling Mygeeklife one of my favorite gel pens! The blue - black in. .3 or .4 mm size point is the sweet spot. And the clip is massively impressive. It is extremely sturdy and will clip the pen securely anywhere!
My current favourite is a Lamy safari charcoal rollerball pen with a Pentel energel refill.
Pentel Energel XM Pure. Beautiful looking, fast drying, smooth writing pen that looks so great it gets compliments. If I give a little go of it to someone at work, the say how great it is, probably hoping we have a few stored away and we'll give them one but we don't. I only bought three and gave 2 to friends.
As a lefty, I 100% agree with the top pen for left-handers! I love my Pentel Energels!!
the um151 is so good, i cry every time i write with it because it’s so nice
Yesssssss thank you so much jet pens I love you jetpens you always know best when it comes to stationary
Out of these I have the Energel in 0.7, it was recommended because I'm left-handed, and so far I'm really liking it. Also looking forward to trying the Hi-Tec-C sometime, maybe even the Coleto because it reminds me of a grown-up version of my childhood Bic 4-color pen :) Finally I love the way you say "Sarasa" :)
your videos are actually so addictive to watch!
The UM151 is the absolute best pen I've used. i have a set of 10 black ones on my work desk and I currently have the 20 colour set in my jetpens cart lol
Im a left handed person and i chose the pentel one naturally without watching guides. Indeed its best for lefties!
the mark on is my absolute favourite. i bought it to try when it first came out and didnt have have any reviews yet, but to my surprise its the best pen ive ever used for my notes. and i dont think i can live without it now
Now I want more pens
The Zebra Sarasa Push Clip is indeed amazing for journaling!
I love love love loooove my Energel Clena! its ink is running out can't wait to order more from the shop yaay!❤
I recommend a Pentel Tradio, oh crud the first time I used it, my hand was writing with a nice flow and the writing was as smooth as a baby's foot
Does anyone have any recommendations for a note-taking pen that I can grab really near to the tip (because of the way I write)
Zebra Sarasa Gel Pens might work for you! You can watch this video to see why: th-cam.com/video/RgAMkpi90GY/w-d-xo.html
Me before video; Relaxed, “ oh this video looks interesting”
Me after video; literally drooling and wants all the pens “ DAD I NEED YOUR WALLETTTTTTT
True 😂😂😂😂😅😅😂😅😅😅😅🤣🤣😂😅😂🤣🥲🤣😂😅😅🤣🥲🤣😂😅😅🤣🥲🥲😂😅😅
😅 Haha definitely not me.
Lol!
paper mate ink joy makes great pens with good grips and numerous colors. sadly they werent included in this video for some reason.
istg, uniball signo and pentel energel are the best gel pen that i've ever tried
Uni-ball Signo Bit UM-201 Gel Ink Pen - 0.18 mm but it is unavailable, so 2nd pick id Hi-Tec-C 0.25
I really want the juice up 04 in black but they don’t sell it in the state’s and my dad won’t let me order out of country cuz of covid
If I had to chose only one model of pen to use for the rest of my life, it'd be the Zebra Sarasa Push Clip. I can accept the judgment that the UM-151 has a (marginally) better cartridge, but the Sarasa has the best grip and best clip of any pen, and an incredible variety of sizes and colors.
Zebra sarasa push clip is the one im using
I love the Pilot Frixion pens, especially those with the needle point tip.
the top gel pen of all time in the pentel energel is the smoothest and fast-drying and I can use it on many papers
i wish you could combine categories. what if i want a pen that dries quickly, doesn't skip, doesn't fade, is good for journaling and notetaking, and is erasable?
Pilot FriXion! www.jetpens.com/Pilot-FriXion-Gel-Pens/ct/2574
Long time user of the Uni-Ball...recently I’m getting such a soft spot for Pilot pens though
Try the Pilot G2, its been a go-to pen of mine for over 14 years, they work great, write smooth (0.7mm or 1.0mm), and generally are highlighter friendly. The 0.38mm and the 0.5mm seemed too fine for me, but I have a heavy hand so the 0.7mm is a great alternative for a smoother writing experience for me.
The Pilot B2P is another option which is the G2 pen cartridge in a recycled water bottle case.
The Pilot Precise V5 and V7 liquid rollerball pens are great too...the V5 is a 0.5mm and the V7 is a 0.7mm tip. Both write great depending on which line width you prefer.
I've used the Pilot FriXion pens and have mixed feelings, they write great but they are NOT something to write important documents with as the ink can/will fade and disappear over time and if exposed to heat the ink completely disappears. Its a great pen for quick notes that are non-essential, but don't try to write any business type documents that you need to have forever with them you'll find your writings have disappeared after a period of years, and some have said the ink will start to yellow after a while too.
one thing I found with the Uniball at least years ago in high school was that as it reached the end of it's cycle, i'd have like maybe 3/8's of visible ink left but it would just start to die/not write at all
Trapped paper fibers in the cone. Happened to me when I use cheap notebook. But I can go through the end of the refill after I changed my notebook to Kokuyo and Apica.
Did they really not include the pilot g2
My first Gel Pen was a Uni-Ball Signo Gel Impact Gel Pen which was the Black 1.0mm. Loved those pens, although relatively expensive at the time. They don't make them anymore obviously, just in white, silver, and looks like gold. I assume the new version is called the Uni-Ball Signo Broad UM-153 1.0mm Gel Pens. My only complaint is they tend to start skipping and not writing any longer if they aren't kept with the nib/tip down, at least that was my experience. So carrying them in a shirt pocket was out of the question, and even leaving them stored horizontally in a desk drawer gave very mixed results.
During my time in the Army I used the Pilot G2 Gel Pens for 12 years, and still use them occasionally. They seemed pretty reliable at least in the standard Army pen color of Black LOL. The G2's at the time were common with a .7mm tip and seemed to write quite smooth for a rollerball that up until a train-up for a deployment had never used a rollerball extensively before just the old Pentel Rolling Writer R100's that my shop teacher used a lot back then.
I started using the Paper Mate Inkjoy Gel Pens recently and they seem to work very well. Very smooth writing pens with a .7mm tip.
The Pilot Hi-Tec C Coleto is my favorite pen!
i love the pentel energel gel pen
How is MUJI gel pen not in this
Pilot hi tec c is my lifetime pen! 💕
Always like that my favorite zebra sarasa collection 😍😍😍
my pilot hi-tech-c gel pen broke after a while of using it. also, thickness was very inconsistent throughout my use. idk, that was my experience with it, i liked uniball signo UM-151 a lot tho.
This is quickly becoming my favorite TH-cam channel
My recommendation guys is signo needle .38 and signo umr 151 .38
I love my Kaweco Classic Sport Gel Roller Pen with a Pentel EnerGel LR10 refill. It is the best daily writer I have ever used.
Tombow dual brush, Pentel energel,and Mildliners
tried ordering from jet pens not available in my country
Fav Pen Pilot G2
Forgive me but I'm not sure what the difference is between pens used for writing, journaling, and note-taking. Wouldn't a pen that is good for one of these also be good for the other? Also, what is the trade-off in using the best quick-drying pen? Why isn't this one also the best for note-taking or journaling? Is smearing acceptable in these applications? Thanks for any insight.
Oh, Jetpens, you spoil us! I'm a tried and true Energel fan, but I am always open for more suggestions. Let the obsession continue...
same here!
How about Mitsubishi Pencil Uni-ball eye fine?
No G2? Those things are super reliable and super smooth as well...
Honestly, this video is great but it would have been greater if JetPens included Paper Mate in the list of top gel pens. I do think Paper Mate also has lots of good gel pens just like Zebra, Pilot, and Pentel. Still, this video is remarkable.
I like the Papermate Inkjoy Gel pens, they seem to write very smooth, I haven't had much experience with them yet, I've had limited use of a couple and have not done much testing and I'm not certain how they do when highlighting over text with them either.
Uni-ball Signo UM-151 and Pentel EnerGels are my two go to gel pens.
For my liking my favorite gel pen
Is en-gel k-35 and pilot g-3
what about pilot g-2?
You guys should make a video on the alpha gel lineup
Thanks for your suggestion!
I ordered the energel clena from you guys and they work like a charm👍👍
what's the difference between the zebra sarasa dry compared to the zebra sarasa mark on?
I've been using Pilot Hi Tec C 0.3mm for 6 years now.
The Uni-ball Signo UM-151 is also my personal favorite, just like Pentel EnerGel.😊
I'm one of those people that HATES the uniball signo. I dunno if mine was a dupe, but mine skips and acts like an almost-running-out ball pen. Jet-pens, can you please tell me if mine could be a dupe? It says FINE at the top instead of the tip size, maybe that could be a clue?!
Coletos are fine, but the bodies are fragile. I had 2 top-caps broken. Uni Style Fit is sturdier.
Wow. A complete snub of the Pilot G2?
Hi I'm from Malaysia .the ink of my unibal signo keeps becoming a blotch of ink on the tip I've bought many buy they keep near impossible to write with can I know why it's like this ?any fixes ?
I used to have the uno ball signo 207 premier but I lost it at school
What about cello TriStar
Fountain pen
We don't carry that pen, so we can't compare it. Sorry we couldn't be of more help!
honestly speaking, i live in india, and you can find really cheap and high quality pens here. like, i’m talking seven gel pens for approximately a us dollar that don’t skip, don’t smudge, barely fade and will last you for two months, easy, if you’re a student
What brand?
The brand is : "Scam"
I love using my frixion for note taking! Whenever i made a mistake i just erase it. It made my note prettier since I don’t have to use correction tape as much as i used to!
you have to be careful though!!!! My notes have gotten erased because of being carried around in a backpack in a really hot (think 40deg celsius) city
Just store in your home fridge freezer. The ink will be visible again.
My choice:
Pentel Energel Needle Tip 0.5 (for writing notes because they dry quickly and don't smudge when using highlighter, but they are not waterproof). Runner up: Sarasa Mark On 0.4/0.5 --> dry quick, doesn't smear/smudge, and are waterproof, but they are skippy and scratchy.
Uni-ball signo UM-151 0.38 (for journaling because they are precise and do not feather like other gel pens. They are also waterproof, but they take a longer time to dry). Runner up: Sarasa clip --> They dry fast compared too uni-ball signo and are waterproof too, but they feather on a paper. I mainly use Sarasa because they are widely available and cheaper as well. To prevent feathering on a paper, it helps to write on smooth paper.
Sarasa clip 1.0/ Uni-ball signo broad (for writing to-do list and signing legal documents. They have nice bold black ink, and waterproof. Perfect to write a reminder.
Super surprised not seeing the Ohto Ray's on this list!
In the Philippines, we only have Panda and FlexStick.
I use Pentel Energel 0.7 [black ink].....best pen I've ever used
What's the white one you're using? It looks so neat and bold.
Uni-ball Signo UM-151/120 the best !!!!!
do you have pilot frixion color sticks in a pastel set?
Hi! Unfortunately we don't have a pastel set of Pilot Frixion Gel Pens, but we do have these pastel Frixion Light Natural Color Erasable Highlighters: www.jetpens.com/Pilot-FriXion-Light-Natural-Color-Erasable-Highlighters/ct/5992
I suggest m&g auto k-35 gel pen
I'm using the uni signo from mitsubishi
If Zebra Sarasa has the same ink as my Zebra G-301, it has the blackest black out of all of my gel pens (Pilot, Uni, Parker, Pentel). Only a fairly expensive Kaweco gel refill, that I bought in Parker G2 refill form, for a Faber Castell Essentio ballpoint, is as dark as the Zebra.