3 or 5. I need to click the button on top 10 times a second. There's no way I'm giving that up.

Got converted to the pilot G-2 club (5) by someone who goes through an ink refill a week with them. They are precise, reliably dark, and silky smooth to write with. I am actively disappointed when forced to write with average pens instead

1-7

My handwriting is shit no matter what kind of pen I use.

7. Good and reliable. Any with ink like 5 are annoying to use left handed.

Where's my fountain pen? Say Lamy Safari.

These are all newbie pens.

😔

3. writes smooth, is fidget toy

4 by a wide margin.

1 is good but it skips more in my experience.

2 is probably better for art. The long thin tip is less obstructive to vision, but it's fragile enough that I wouldn't want to lend it.

3 It's a gel pen, which is a good compromise between rollerball and ballpoint in many ways. However, if you can handle the problems of a gel pen, you can handle a rollerball and get better results.

5 (see number 3)

6 The writing equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. I can feel the texture of the paper on my teeth when I write with a felt-tip pen. No cost or performance benefit over other options, to my knowledge. Probably just an outdated technology.

7 The best general-purpose pen in terms of cost per mile. Prone to smudging even years afterward, it's probably the lowest quality and least secure option here. Very easy to wash out, even accidentally with hand sanitizer.

4 is the supercar of the disposable pen world perhaps overshadowed only by the rare disposable fountain pen. Least likely to skip, by far. The specialized ink soaks into paper and becomes insoluble to water, alcohol and acetone once dried. Won't leak on an airplane like some pens. Problems include smearing wet ink and bleed-through. Smearing is mostly a skill issue for right-handed writers. Blotters are always an option, too. Bleed through is about paper quality and technique.

5

2 - Pilot Precise v5 plz

I'm gonna be chaotic and say that I have no preference unless any are felt tip. I don't want those.

#7, because it doesn't say I will be magically provided any pens, and that's the only style I know how to easily obtain. Which is important because I lose pens often.

5 is what I write with every day

1,4,5 or nothing.

5. It writes well and is fairly ubiquitous.

3 and 5. The gel ink on 3 is superb, and 5 is smooth, if not with a bit of friction.

Pilot G-2. Obviously.

#2

I use fountain pens.

I fuck with 1, 5 and 6 if they are 1mm. I don’t fuck with 0.7 pens.

i pick the fountain pen i’m already carrying with the fatass german medium nib and enough ink to last a year between refills.

If i also need to clean my ears? 7.

5 writes like silk. I really love that pen, especially that chonky boy 1.0mm

5. But honestly after using the Pilot G2 0.7 for years, I've found the Pentel Energel Kuro 0.7 to be the superior comparable pen.

2 if it's the same tip size I have at home but something else if it's thicker. My handwriting is not great so thin = more definition = better chance of reading whatever I scratched.

As long as its ISO 12757-2 certified i dont care. But would be a hassle if not because if i cant use any other pencil i cant sign documents.

Like think 5 is an eraseable one and in case of 7 ive never seen some certification on the ink tube so they would be ruled out

I think #2 is a v5, nice pen, but the v7 is much better.

If #2 is a v5 then I go for #3, the sharpie s-gel. All solid choices, 6 is a little more niche and most of these can't replace 6, nor can it replace a standard writing implement. 6 is a trick entry

3 and 5 tied for first. 1, 2, 4 tied for second. 7 if there's really no other option. 6 can fuck right off unless there's a very specific reason I need it.

Signo 207

2

5 but have a soft spot for 7

Number 5, Gimmie that G2, baby.

7

#3 is a fine writing pen, I have to admit. But my heart goes to #5. There's something about that rounded clicker that feels just right against the teeth and gums and tongue and...

Wassast?...

No, I've never been diagnosed. Why?...

3. I already rock these in dark purple ink. For me there is no other.

S Gel is just as good as the g2 but black ink > blue ink so s gel for me

the build of the g2 is superior though, but ink > build imo at least the s gel build is tolerable but the clicker is subpar and I'm not too big a fan of the grip

edit: oh shit ignoring ink color g2 obviously. If only for the compatibility of the refills

I will absolutely not ignore the colour of ink

4. The vision elite in BLX ink. Archival quality ink and very smooth point.

That being said I prefer fountain pens to all of these if it's gonna be my one and only

The G2 is good and all but... That S Gel has my heart

If #5 is a Zebra Sarasa 7mm gel ink pen, then that's the one.

2, gels take too long to dry and smear.

4

3

No. 5, tested for more than 10 years.

No mechanical pencil options? If I have to give up my Pentel Graphgear 1000 for some inky un-erasable bullshit I'm ending it all.

None. I use a Legami which has an eraser and looks like a Shiba.

All of them will run out of ink long before I do, though.

#3 all day any day.

5. But most of the time, a No. 2 pencil.

1 - the typical uniball is pretty reliable NGL

uniball signo UM-151

Always have 2 in my pocket.

I hate to be this guy, but Zebra F-301 for life

I always bite the end off biros, so that’s a problem.

No Parker pen on the table so ill take a 7

I don't get the allure of the G2 pilot. I've used so many of them and they are nothing special.

I'll take a box full of Number 7, please. Basic bitch is best.