The trick with Chinese stuff is that China makes really high quality stuff... exclusively for the Chinese market. So yeah when you find a really good Chinese product, it's not a fluke. You were just not meant to have access to it.
Butchers sell water filled meat, gutter oil food, can't even drink tapped water so they buy bottled water, overpriced alcohol is the same as the cheap one but with different label, buildings and other structures breaking down within 5 years of construction, Electric cars that also function as an oven, fake greenery by spraying green paint on hills for propaganda, plastic rice, fake seafood, radioactive bricks which results in radioactive appartments, fake meat, ripping off Japanese brands securing investor funds then declaring bankruptcy. I can keep on going on. Anyone with a basic knowledge of China and Chinese culture would say the words china and good quality usually don't go together. There is famous saying in China if you can get away with it You can do it. But yes there are exceptions to this rule. I personally love my Jinhao and Wing Sung fountain pens. However exceptions doesn't invalidate the general rule.
It looks like a lamy safari copy. Since there is metal on metal wear in the tip, it might be worthwhile looking into what kind of anti-wear additives go into water-glycol based hydraulic fluid. Hydraulic systems also have lots of metal parts that rub together. Propolene Glycol is a good choice for starters because it is one of the glycol bases for water-glycol hydraulic fluid (and it's non-toxic). Some additives you can look at are ZDDP, phosponates, polymers like PAG, and borate esters.
My BIC just ran out. My wife suggested refilling it with fountain pen ink. I thought that sounded perfectly potty but squirted some Platinum Carbon in anyway. The pen is glorious! Super smooth. No skipping. None of the drag you usually get with biros. A bit like a rollerball but you can tell the ink is better quality. I'm sure it'll leak everywhere when I'm not looking, though :)
@@louisvilletech7765 I have a chunky needled (red topped I think) syringe which I use to refill cartridges. Don’t get too excited though - it did start to dry or skip a bit after a while :)
Great informative video, the ink view port is for the normal international cartridges rather than a converter. Then obviously ditto for the transparent body as the original was opaque. But yeah, good video.
I prefer fountain pens to rollerballs. With fountain pens, there is no ink beading at the tip, and I find them much smoother than any rollerball. Fountain pen nibs also last much longer. P.S. I don't see the point in drawing with ballpoint pens. Graphite is more consistent (no ink beading, for one) and far more archival.
i dont want to ruin your dream but those roller pen still have moving parts so the ball tend to wear off after 20 refils pretty much, if they don't clog before that... fountain pens in the other hand will work longer without moving parts.(especialy if you have an eye dropper pen. (i think the 0.5 version feels better as well)
Have you tried other inks? I've tried 4 inks so far with mixed results. All of mine have taken time to start writing, if they do. Noodlers eel black doesn't work. Diamine Writer's Blood only works in the .5 correctly, in the .38 it's super light. Both pilot inks work for both sizes, better in the .38 though.
Actually, from what I've read online about refillable rollerballs, you'd still need to buy another pen from time to time. The reason is simply that if you keep refilling it, the mechanism that holds the ball in place _will eventually wear out_ and the pen will start gushing ink. Ballpoints/Rollerballs unfortunately aren't engineered to last ^u^. (And yes, I assume that it's fixable if you use better materials that don't wear out/wear out less) Noodlers and a few others (Like Schmidt) also sell refillable "rollerball units" that fit in their fountain pens, so you buy less plastic each time. It's also better if you think that everything chinese is inherently bad thanks to sinophobia. Noodlers also sells a line of lubricated inks, they *might* decrease wear on the "rollerball clutch"? Oh, and there's also some french company with a refillable rollerball. But from reviews, it seems to be worse than all the others.
That's a good point about the ball wearing out. Especially since I put a pigmented ink in it for the extra abrasiveness. Well see how long it lasts as I might give an update on it later on. I seem to be using it every day for writing. Also I don't know what you mean with the 'sinophobia' comment. Sorry if came across as sinophobic if that was the case. I was more talking about the capitalistic drive to produce disposable products.... most of which come out of china... which I then buy and then I often get impressed by their value.
It’s an interesting review of this pen, but it’s strange that you spent more than 13 minutes and never mentioned what the name was. It’s very similar to the Pilot Hi-Tech rollerball refillable pens.
Looks like they took a shell of a knockoff Lamy Safary, and installed there a different feeding mechanism most likely those are parts normally used for disposable rollerball pens, and it's a bad sign. Because the disposable rollerballs or ballpoints can only write so long. Actually, there's a similar pen from Pilot, you can refill them like this one and also change the tip. Some people have already tested long term use of rollerball on Pilot's product, and usually a fresh rollerball tip will be able to handle only several refills. In the Pilot's implementation you can actually replace the feed together with the rollerball tip, so it's a bit better solution. Eventually the ball wears down and needs replacement. Also consider that besides the friction the ink itself eats away at the ball because those inks frequently have corrosive properties. That's why they try to make fountain pen nibs with iridium on the tip (a very, very resilient material). Either way having a reusable rollerball pen doesn't seem possible for now.
I now agree with you on all points. I used one for ages after making this video and the thing didn't last. Sometimes I wonder if I should delete this video. As I no longer agree with the overly positive spin I put on it.
It's still cheaper than the French version. It's now $16 for one with no replacement tip. The converter one costs like $30. Not worth, when you can get a Chinese one for a fraction of the cost. Herbin one is made in Taiwan anyways.
@@Ashsibe Using a lubricated ink, like Noodler's Black Eel, apparently increase the life of the tip. Here's a video of Nathan Tardiff, the creator of Noodler's, demonstrating how to refill disposable rollerballs and refills: czcams.com/video/qQthMHjOBLE/video.htmlsi=qqHJoOsBLh5eCHJD&t=724
This was the one I bought: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001498863713.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4d4XvtU3 Or if you search for something like: 'Piston Fountain Pen Style Gel Pen' and similar items should appear on Ali-express. Compared to the Rotring Isograph it might be able to give off similar results but doesn't feel as smooth and deliberate. The tiny ball on mine gently tells me about every microscopic feature on the paper, even more than my 0.35 Rotring, doesn't feel scratchy though ... And it does have the advantage of being able to do extremely quick sketches with it unlike the Rotring.
@@Ashsibe Thanks for the links :) I'll make that a project for 2022. Right now I'm testing some Lamy fountain pens and if they are any good for sketch/doodle and transporing around.
I bought 15 of these last week for around the price a packet of Bics. Glad I bought the 0.5 Bullet. Could you please draw a Mrs Mac's with a Vegemite topping next to a Crownie. Thanks 😃
Ballpoint pens are standardized, which means they are everywhere, they dry quickly and are very cheap... If you want to write without exhaustion, you just have to buy a better quality pen and better quality paper... simple
Doesn't matter, my work place and my sweaty hands were never friendly to water based ink so I still have to lean over to a good old ballpoint.
I've found him. The dankpod of pens. Love your content!
I never expected to see a Dankpods reference on a random pen video. What a weird world.
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Best channel for weird art nerds. I am one. And I love your videos.
The trick with Chinese stuff is that China makes really high quality stuff... exclusively for the Chinese market.
So yeah when you find a really good Chinese product, it's not a fluke. You were just not meant to have access to it.
Butchers sell water filled meat, gutter oil food,
can't even drink tapped water so they buy bottled water,
overpriced alcohol is the same as the cheap one but with different label,
buildings and other structures breaking down within 5 years of construction,
Electric cars that also function as an oven,
fake greenery by spraying green paint on hills for propaganda, plastic rice,
fake seafood,
radioactive bricks which results in radioactive appartments,
fake meat,
ripping off Japanese brands securing investor funds then declaring bankruptcy.
I can keep on going on. Anyone with a basic knowledge of China and Chinese culture would say the words china and good quality usually don't go together.
There is famous saying in China if you can get away with it You can do it. But yes there are exceptions to this rule. I personally love my Jinhao and Wing Sung fountain pens.
However exceptions doesn't invalidate the general rule.
It looks like a lamy safari copy.
Since there is metal on metal wear in the tip, it might be worthwhile looking into what kind of anti-wear additives go into water-glycol based hydraulic fluid. Hydraulic systems also have lots of metal parts that rub together. Propolene Glycol is a good choice for starters because it is one of the glycol bases for water-glycol hydraulic fluid (and it's non-toxic). Some additives you can look at are ZDDP, phosponates, polymers like PAG, and borate esters.
I found a non-transparent black version, it looks like Lamy safari when capped. 🖤✒
My BIC just ran out. My wife suggested refilling it with fountain pen ink. I thought that sounded perfectly potty but squirted some Platinum Carbon in anyway. The pen is glorious! Super smooth. No skipping. None of the drag you usually get with biros. A bit like a rollerball but you can tell the ink is better quality. I'm sure it'll leak everywhere when I'm not looking, though :)
how do you fill it with different ink? an eye dropper?
@@louisvilletech7765 I have a chunky needled (red topped I think) syringe which I use to refill cartridges. Don’t get too excited though - it did start to dry or skip a bit after a while :)
Great informative video, the ink view port is for the normal international cartridges rather than a converter. Then obviously ditto for the transparent body as the original was opaque. But yeah, good video.
In hot weather with my left hand the water based ink is a no go.
It is just like a fountain pen, nothing fancy, Bic Ball pens are still the smoothest.
I prefer fountain pens to rollerballs. With fountain pens, there is no ink beading at the tip, and I find them much smoother than any rollerball. Fountain pen nibs also last much longer.
P.S. I don't see the point in drawing with ballpoint pens. Graphite is more consistent (no ink beading, for one) and far more archival.
I have 2 of this roller ball pen but it skips during writing 😢😢😢
That was hilarious. Well-done and thanks, on the path to using up a ton of ink and stop throwing away pens
I like these pens. Good night!
i dont want to ruin your dream but those roller pen still have moving parts so the ball tend to wear off after 20 refils pretty much, if they don't clog before that... fountain pens in the other hand will work longer without moving parts.(especialy if you have an eye dropper pen. (i think the 0.5 version feels better as well)
Have you tried other inks?
I've tried 4 inks so far with mixed results. All of mine have taken time to start writing, if they do. Noodlers eel black doesn't work. Diamine Writer's Blood only works in the .5 correctly, in the .38 it's super light. Both pilot inks work for both sizes, better in the .38 though.
The intro was brilliantly tragic information. Now I am side-eyeing my Pilot Acro 300 😂.
Actually, from what I've read online about refillable rollerballs, you'd still need to buy another pen from time to time. The reason is simply that if you keep refilling it, the mechanism that holds the ball in place _will eventually wear out_ and the pen will start gushing ink.
Ballpoints/Rollerballs unfortunately aren't engineered to last ^u^. (And yes, I assume that it's fixable if you use better materials that don't wear out/wear out less)
Noodlers and a few others (Like Schmidt) also sell refillable "rollerball units" that fit in their fountain pens, so you buy less plastic each time. It's also better if you think that everything chinese is inherently bad thanks to sinophobia.
Noodlers also sells a line of lubricated inks, they *might* decrease wear on the "rollerball clutch"?
Oh, and there's also some french company with a refillable rollerball. But from reviews, it seems to be worse than all the others.
That's a good point about the ball wearing out. Especially since I put a pigmented ink in it for the extra abrasiveness. Well see how long it lasts as I might give an update on it later on. I seem to be using it every day for writing.
Also I don't know what you mean with the 'sinophobia' comment. Sorry if came across as sinophobic if that was the case. I was more talking about the capitalistic drive to produce disposable products.... most of which come out of china... which I then buy and then I often get impressed by their value.
@@Ashsibe What's sinophobia?
@@Bum_Numba_One Something to do with fear and or hatred of China I think.
The noodlers eel inks don't work in these rollarball pens.
@@collins3D Sad
It’s an interesting review of this pen, but it’s strange that you spent more than 13 minutes and never mentioned what the name was. It’s very similar to the Pilot Hi-Tech rollerball refillable pens.
Looks like they took a shell of a knockoff Lamy Safary, and installed there a different feeding mechanism most likely those are parts normally used for disposable rollerball pens, and it's a bad sign. Because the disposable rollerballs or ballpoints can only write so long.
Actually, there's a similar pen from Pilot, you can refill them like this one and also change the tip. Some people have already tested long term use of rollerball on Pilot's product, and usually a fresh rollerball tip will be able to handle only several refills. In the Pilot's implementation you can actually replace the feed together with the rollerball tip, so it's a bit better solution.
Eventually the ball wears down and needs replacement. Also consider that besides the friction the ink itself eats away at the ball because those inks frequently have corrosive properties. That's why they try to make fountain pen nibs with iridium on the tip (a very, very resilient material). Either way having a reusable rollerball pen doesn't seem possible for now.
I now agree with you on all points. I used one for ages after making this video and the thing didn't last. Sometimes I wonder if I should delete this video. As I no longer agree with the overly positive spin I put on it.
It's still cheaper than the French version. It's now $16 for one with no replacement tip. The converter one costs like $30. Not worth, when you can get a Chinese one for a fraction of the cost. Herbin one is made in Taiwan anyways.
@@Ashsibe Using a lubricated ink, like Noodler's Black Eel, apparently increase the life of the tip. Here's a video of Nathan Tardiff, the creator of Noodler's, demonstrating how to refill disposable rollerballs and refills: czcams.com/video/qQthMHjOBLE/video.htmlsi=qqHJoOsBLh5eCHJD&t=724
You have made me curious too .... would you plz link the pen or tell what the pen is called?
Compared to the Iso/Rapidograph.... how is it like?
This was the one I bought:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001498863713.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4d4XvtU3
Or if you search for something like: 'Piston Fountain Pen Style Gel Pen' and similar items should appear on Ali-express.
Compared to the Rotring Isograph it might be able to give off similar results but doesn't feel as smooth and deliberate. The tiny ball on mine gently tells me about every microscopic feature on the paper, even more than my 0.35 Rotring, doesn't feel scratchy though ... And it does have the advantage of being able to do extremely quick sketches with it unlike the Rotring.
@@Ashsibe Thanks for the links :) I'll make that a project for 2022. Right now I'm testing some Lamy fountain pens and if they are any good for sketch/doodle and transporing around.
@@Ashsibewould you be able to post a new link? I’d love to be able to order it but the link that was previously posted doesn’t work anymore. Thanks!
I'm gonna buy another one and I DARE you to stop me.
I bought 15 of these last week for around the price a packet of Bics. Glad I bought the 0.5 Bullet. Could you please draw a Mrs Mac's with a Vegemite topping next to a Crownie. Thanks 😃
I don't know. Condensing that much of Australia on a single piece of paper might be dangerous.
This pen is actually really really cheap in China and neighboring countries. I’m in Taiwan and I got it for 1NZD or 60cents USD
Do you remember what the pen is called? Or the brand?
Didn't Noodler's make one of these?
Can this or anything like it be found on Amazon? Thanks. 😊
Except you have to throw it away when the ball wears out. Sigh. Replaceable balls?
i guess fountain pen still wins, since nibs are replaceable and recyclable since it's just metal?
Ballpoint pens are standardized, which means they are everywhere, they dry quickly and are very cheap...
If you want to write without exhaustion, you just have to buy a better quality pen and better quality paper... simple
can you use nanquim ink for those pen or it will clog the pen?
Why not 'cannibalise' aload of bic pens for their ink and inject said ink into your ballpoint pen?
The ink in the Bic pens is really viscous. Imagine honey on a cold day. I don't think it would flow too well.
Wheres the damn link to buy?
6:38 aww cute
As a owner of the Lamy Safari/ Vista . I could say : fucking knock off
Yeah with this drawing you can sell any pen.
Ballpoint pens use oil-based inks. Inks used here were water based. This is just a refillable rollerball pen 👎