PILOTG2 Premium Gel Roller Pens, Extra Fine Point 0.5 mm, Pack of 12, Blue

These pens are absolutely our office's favorite pens. They write so smoothly.

These are my favorite cheap pens to write with. I always carry at least two.My hand script is a bit artistic. I use it to record how I am feeling and how my thoughts are flowing as I write. We all do, I suppose, I just like to take note of it. I thoroughly enjoy the feel of a pen tip moving smoothly across paper. I like to feel the texture of the paper through the pen. I like the pen to record starts and stops accurately with variations of pressure. These pens allow all of that, and are very comfortable to use for long periods of time.The reason I prefer a bold point (1.0mm line thickness) to the extra fine point is feel. The extra fine point feels a bit like you're scratching into the paper. Sometimes it even does just that. The feel of the bold point is much more fluid. I do enjoy the increased dexterity of a fine point when I am trying to cram something into a margin, but I much prefer to avoid that altogether. Still, the bold point does end up drawing blotted letter-shapes that are sometimes illegible when too small. The fine point remains clear with very small writing and detailed drawing.Because of the placement and opacity of the squishy-comfort-grip-thing, you can't visually tell when one of these pens is running out of ink. You can only tell because the pen that has served you faithfully throughout it's whole life without a hiccup is starting to sputter in its throws of death. When you get a few gaps in letters, you know you have just a few lines of script left before you can write no longer.There is only one other thing, in my experience, that can make this pen write poorly: oil. When I use them to make a note on my hand (yeah, I'm one of those, at least when I catch myself with a paperless thought...) the oil from my skin gives them pause. It takes a short scribble session on a scrap piece of paper to get them going again. The same thing can happen if I am working with a single sheet of paper over an extended period of time and building up hand oil on the paper by spinning the paper and writing a cloud of though in different directions wherever I can fit things in. I have oily skin. This may not be a problem for you at all. If it is, these are still the best (cheap) pens made.Perhaps by that same magic, these pens are very forgiving in the laundry. One of my previous favorites was the Pilot Precise series. They were a proud predecessor with liquid ink instead of gel. Leave one in your pocket as your pocket goes into the wash, and you will lose most if not every garment in the load. The G2s seem to shut themselves off. The first few times I found one rattling around as I transitioned clothes to the dryer, my heart jumped, but no damage was done. Results may vary. Very cool.

Favorite pens by far!!

Smooth writing action and ability to write legible small characters.

I use these often. They're sturdy and write smoothly, but the ink dries kind of slowly and smudges easily.

In a world of photocopies, a blue document usually means the writing is original, not a photocopy. The Pilot G2 blue pens use a very good shade of blue that is easy to see. The 0.5 mm fine point pens are hard or impossible to find in regular stores - I'm happy that Amazon has them! The G2 pens feel right in my hand, and they write easily and nicely, as Pilot G2 pens usually do. I now have 5 in use at different places around the house, plus one in my shirt pocket. Very welcome at last, from Amazon! The G2 05 points let me write small but legibly without messing up the word being written. The cost is OK, in line with their value for the fine point writing which I prefer. Highly recommended! I love them!

These pens are great. The ink dries quickly. The pens function well.

0.7 pens? nah... those are for people that like to color or fill a page with scribble... go with the 0.5's for sharpness... and you can tell my wife that if you want, she's one of those weirdo's that like the 0.7's thickness.Good color selection and has easily become my favorite ball point pen.