Premium Black Gel Pens, [0.5mm] Extra Fine Point Pens Smooth Writing Ballpoint Pens for Japanese Office School Stationery Supply (12 Packs)

I was floored when I started writing with these, I actually sent some to a friend of mine who really appreciates good pens. The ink quality and the smoothness of the writing far outpaces the price point. This is so much pen for the price!

I do like the Muji pens better but these are soooo lovely. If you don’t wanna spend that extra money on Muji these are JUST as good, but I do notice a very slight difference- you know when you’re writing with ball-point pens and they lose just a little ink randomly? These have the same issue, though MUCH more infrequent, like it barelt happens and it corrects instantly but it’s enough to bother me to switching back as soon as these run out but they are amazing outside of that very small teeny tiny issue. If you are bothered by seeing your writing on the other side of a paper, these are great! They hardly show through. They do just a little bit but it doesn’t throw me off, and as soon as you write over it you don’t notice the writing behind it at all.

Writes smoothly with no breaks, however it smears so I would avoid if that was a big factor.

I enjoy writing notes with these pens. I have been going through a ton of different pen brands this year, some cheaper, some more expensive. If you are creative or if you just happen to enjoy writing, these will do the job fairly well. Only complain, the pens ran out of ink very quickly and it bleeds on some paper.

One of our favorite pens!

These write so smooth and I love the colors but they do smudge!

These pens are knock offs of the popular Japanese Muji brand pens, but in my experience, they work much better (at least if you’re buying from the US). The Muji pens tend to sputter out and not have consistent flow (if you’re using them left-handed, I can’t speak for right handed writing) but these ones do not. They have lasted me quite a while and other I’ve lent them too have told me they really like them, I even ended up buying a second pack to bring to my office to leave around, which many people have switched to using. The only drawback is that, like most plastic pens without a soft grip, the hard edge of the main shaft meeting the writing tip can sometimes dig into your skin if you hold the pen fairly low. Also sometimes the lid isn’t very secure when placed on the “wrong” end when writing and will fly off.

colors are really vibrant but I find they don’t write the most consistently and smoothly - almost as if it gets dried out and stuck in the nib