5 is what I write with every day

#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 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

5. It writes well and is fairly ubiquitous.

No. 5, tested for more than 10 years.

I use fountain pens.

If i also need to clean my ears? 7.

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

4

1-7

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

#2

Pilot G-2. Obviously.

3

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 Probably just an outdated technology.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 but have a soft spot for 7

#3 any day all day.

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

1 - the typical uniball is pretty reliable NGL

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

7

uniball signo UM-151

2 - Pilot Precise v5 plz

5

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.

Typically pilot g2. Regular bic at work though. I feel nothing when i lose them

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

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

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