Pen advice
I’m looking to buy some pens to compare in my search for 2 daily drivers. I’m an active duty health care provider, so I fill out a lot of forms and have to write a lot of signatures on printer paper. I have spots for 2 pens in my OCP sleeve. Not opposed to having 2 different pens (one for signing, one for longer writing if I have a long form to fill out, or two of the same pen if I love it for both). Could also consider having a third one to leave on my desk.
Things I tend to like: finer lines (0.7/0.5), comfortable to hold (not too slick, don’t mind a rubberized or textured grip). I don’t mind a little grip on the paper, but don’t want anything too scratchy (I know with refills this is customizable). Prefer retractable for the sleeve pockets.
The list I’ve compiled so far:
- rOtring 600 ballpoint pen
- Zebra Sarasa Grand 0.5
- Zebra Steel G-750 0.7
- OHTO GS02 0.5
- Uni pure malt 0.5
- Pilot G2 Limited 0.7
- Pentel Energel 0.7
- Uniball Jetstream 0.7
- pilot Acroball 1000 0.7
- Parker Jotter XL
Looking for thoughts on this line up for my use case. Any other ones I should be looking at? Any I should drop? (Goal <50$ per pen, but I do have funding for ~150$ total)
edit with updated list:
- rOtring 600 ballpoint pen
- Zebra Sarasa Grand 0.5
- Zebra Steel G-750 0.7
- Zebra 701 0.8
- Uni pure malt 0.5
- Pilot G2 Limited 0.7
- Uniball One f 0.38
- Uniball 207+ 0.7
Refills
- Monteverde gel 0.5
- Uni jetstream Prime 0.5
- Pilot G2 gel 0.38
Off the list
- Parker Jotter XL - body looks too smooth and narrow for my liking
- OHTO GS02 0.5 - seemed redundant with some of the other picks
- Uniball Jetstream 0.7 - liked the form factor of some of the above better, not opposed to these refills in one of the above bodies
- Pentel Energel 0.7 - liked the form factor of some of the above better
- pilot Acroball 1000 0.7 - looks too smooth at the grip point for me