PILOT Precise P-700 Gel Ink Rolling Ball, Black Ink Pens, 12 Count

I love these pens (blue) and have been using them exclusively for about 10 years. Before retiring, my empolyer purchased these pens and I fell in love with them. Now I buy my own and when someone compliments me on the pen, I give them one. Each pen lasts for a long time, no smearing, no leaking.

Great pen - writes smoothly and cleanly. Requires much less pressure than ballpoint pens I've used in the past, and ink flow is always good, even when I've accidentally left the cap off for an hour or two. I haven't gotten any large blotches of ink, which happens sometimes with ballpoints. Very fine, excellent for note taking, writing, small sketches, etc. However, if your hands are slightly damp, they'll smear ink that hasn't dried immediately after writing. Some small gripes - the cap is made of a hard, brittle plastic, and tends to form small cracks. The cap also doesn't have any holes in it, which might be a choking hazard around children. Edit: I accidentally bent the thin metal tip on one of these about 45 degrees when I was trying too hard to scribble something. Bent it back, then accidentally pushed it all the way into the plastic head when attempting to get it to write again. Had to use an Xacto knife to cut off some of the plastic, and it still works, ink flow is great, although it sometimes starts a little dry as the little rubber cap in the cap no longer contacts the metal tip. 5 stars.

Excellent pins. I've been using them for 30 years. Only thing bad about them is don't write on skin because they'll get ruined. But other than that, you can write upside down with them for a while, like a minute or two, they're just great pens

You can fly with these pens. They are very fine pointed, as well as attractive. I have been using these pens for years, and they remain my favorite pen. I have introduced them to friends and family over the years when they see me using it, and they start getting it, too.

Most of the time with rollerball pens you’re trying to get something that writes with clear, dark lines that don’t skip, without the ink bleeding to the other page. This is very hard to find, and for cost reasons I imagine most pen makers opt instead to give a range of pen sizes not only fit width preference, but for ink control. Enter the v5 and V7 rollerball pens. These have been extremely popular because of the clear, bold lines they produce, but both seriously suffer from ink bleeding to the other side and sometimes the next page. So if you want to use their pens, the compromise is thicker per or skipping gets ina notebook. However, with the P-500 the issue isn’t present, and for the most part you still get clear dark lines that don’t skip. The pens are a bit shorter than the V series, I don’t know the decision there. So m, they’re probably more difficult to hold, a problem that probably contributed to their lack of comparable popularity. Look, you won’t like them if you have fat fingers, otherwise these are best in class.

These are some of the best pens that I have ever sued. The ink is bright and the line is solid and clean and does not skip. I wish that they were clickers though, because I have a bad habit of losing caps off of pens and never finding them again. Otherwise these are perfect and have a nice feel and weight in the hand. The design is simple and elegant and they write for ages before you have to replace them. A very good buy for someone who writes a lot and wants to keep their hand from cramping.

When Bic decided to stop producing the Triumph .5 pen I was enormously bummed. I do a lot of writing and that was the best pen I ever used. I searched and tried a ton of different pens trying to find something as good. It was a constant let-down and waste of money. Most extra fine pens are either to rough to use or lack the needle tip for the best experience. When I found the Pilot Precise P-500 expectations were low since no other .5 pen I had tried was even tolerable. I was incredibly pleased with this pen. Not only does it have the correct needle tip, but it also writes pretty darn smooth. So much so that I have put away the last couple Triumphs I still have left. I now use this pen almost exclusively. If your a very picky pen snob that needs a very fine, needle tip pen to replace the Triumph....this is the best you will find. I found them to have a very brief break-in period before it's smooth writing. I have found one so far that doesn't write as smooth as I want. But even the Triumph had a bad pen or two in a box of 12. It's no small feat for a manufacturer to produce such a fine needle tip that also writes smooth. Pilot managed to crack the secret with this pen. I HIGHLY recommend them.

These Pens are the best around for their price. I happened upon them when I first snagged one from the Office of the Deans back at my old place of employment. Being in the IT department, we barely had budget for pens, so we'd end up with boxes of bottom shelf stock. Once I started writing with it to take notes on the issue I was dealing with, I requested a few more to take back with me. I've bought nothing but this model since. The precision of the tip is magnificent. I have a tendency to write hard, and with other pens this can lead to uneven thickness in the ink and sometimes splotches and smears because too much ink can come out. I have never had this problem with these pens. The ink is always distributed evenly. Also, the simple design makes it a perfect shirt pocket companion. One thing to note, because the metal end is so fine, they have a tendency to bend after repeated use in the direction you are pressing down at. This though, has never decreased the performance at all and the metal end has never broke.

Fast delivery & good item!

The pens are amazing, i love them and couldn’t find them in any local shop . But they are so much expensive. I had to pay 30 dirham more . I used to buy them for like 55 dirham for the box. But what i can say i had to pay those extra dirham. The quality is great and ink is fluid.

These pens write like a dream, no pooling of ink or smudging. They are very fine allowing for very neat flow.

As expected. write great

Despite the lengthy delivery time (from America) it was worth the wait to receive these excellent Pilot pens which I first discovered about 8 years ago when they were issued to us at a large firm of accountants. I was very miffed when they withdrew them as part of an economy drive, so I sourced and purchased my own, and have been using them ever since. Sadly it seems that UK stockists don't appear to carry them any longer. They write beautifully smoothly, with the most delicately fine line, making it possible to keep the tiniest of notes or diary entries etc. Highly Recommended!