I've got both of these, and so far in my experience, the Moonman seems to have dry-out issues if it sits for even a couple days. I've had hard starting after a day or two of it sitting, whereas the Jinhao doesn't suffer this problem as yet. I really like the looks of both, but so far the Jinhao is performing better.
My jinhao 100 centennial writes as wet and broad as can be! But how? You might ask? I swapped out the standard nib whatever it was. And I shoved into it a KAIGELU NIB! And if I remember correctly, I bought it on an ALI EXPRESS seller. Oh My dear Garry! Do Yourself a big favour and buy up a few KAIGELU MEDIUM NIBS! And SWAP out the whatever you have in, Your guess what? Moonman m800! You won't be sorry!
Thanks. I have got a couple of Kaigelu Long Knife nibs which I really enjoy. I'll pick up some standard ones next time I do an AliExpress order. Thanks
I have a bright orange Jinhao. Great pen excellent nib.I use it with Seitz Kreuznach Palm green ink. Shades almost to black. Lovely. I had a Moonman, gave it away after I got the Jinhao.
Garry, I have the Jinhao on order. I'm beginning to get so enthusiastic about these reasonably priced Chinese pens, that it makes me second guess the money I've spent on expensive pens.
This jinhao is incredibly well made. Almost identical to a duofold. Their parts are interchangeable. Moonman is also great but with two tiny things I dislike. 1, the step down; 2. The rings are thicker than both jinhao and duofold. Great job, Garry!
I love that you did a comparison like this, please keep it up! It's funny how the Moonman nib is on the fat side of medium, and the Jinhao nib is on the thin side of fine. Both of them are kind of in that somewhat uninteresting fine-medium spectrum. Very well for day to day writing. I own the Moonman M600S in the swirly amber version (apparently there's two versions both called amber, mine is the one with the more distinctive three colors in it). It's a reasonably good pen that writes very well for what it is, but hasn't really convinced me to keep in rotation. Nothing is really wrong with it, but I prefer the M800 by a lot, just on feel, comfort and how it posts. What I dislike a lot on the Moonman M600S is the faux-Parker clip, but I would have liked the Jinhao a bit more if it didn't have that logo on the nib. If I look in front of me right now, there's a TWSBI ECO, a Ranga 3C, a Moonman M800 and a PenBBS 308, 348 and 456 all competing for a few drops of ink. The competition of rotation is tough! In either case, these two are reasonably good pens, and it's a very fair comparison between the two of them. I feel like you were a bit generous with the scores for pen looks. They look nice, don't get me wrong, but if you put them on some of PenBBS models which are roughly one price-bracket up, they don't really meet the mark for me.
I’ve recently received my first PenBBS 456 (first impressions video to come in March), but as a quick spoiler - I ordered the Cloud version and it is by far the best looking pen I currently own. I’ll be getting some different patterns to compare against each other in the future.
I agree with you. The Jinhao in blue does look gaudy...which is why I didn't buy a blue one. I have the dark green marbled one that looks gorgeous, and belies the £12 or so I paid for it about two years ago. And that included postage from China to here in the UK. It writes beautifully. Not a pen for anyone like myself schooled in cursive writing though, (which you obviously were not- no offence intended). My only complaint would be, it's rather a big pen, not meant obviously to be used posted. But then, it is a copy of the original Parker for which it is a faithful reproduction of. Even if you don't intend to use it, at the price it's a must have for any collection.
Thanks. I've never really taken to cursive writing, and haven't used it since school. When teachers used to complain about how bad my handwriting was I would think "then why are you making me write like this."
21:19 I wish the advertised "Checkerboard" finish would be actually available. It's shown on the Jinhao's promotional lineup but nowhere to be found online (AliExpress, Ebay, etc.). Thanks for the detailed comparison. Well done. Very informative.
Great video. And Jinhao is somewhat better than moonman since i have used several of their respective models. Also Dikawen are chinese brand that are equally good.
I have a lot of Jinhao pens--nib problems. Maybe they improved them, but historically they made beautiful #6 nibs that did not work consistently--ink starvation--perhaps nib did not sit properly on feed.
Unfortunately my M600s started to leak at the end of the section (I assume between the metal ring and the plastic part of the section). Apart from that it's a good pen. ;)
Hi Gary, since you have mentioned the weight factor, could you please tell me which pen in your collection feels like right weight to you? I also like pens with a little bit of weight on them. Great comparison video.
I have these two pens. I have the impression that Moonman's colors are more vivid and bright, on the other hand, I find Jinhao's writing slightly superior.
I've only got 2 Jinhaos and one Moonman. The Moonman is very nice looking and the blue jinhao is very close in terms of looks. The other Jinhao I have is the meteorite pattern and that is nowhere near as nice-looking as the Moonman.
That sort of answers my question of whether I should try a Moonman, because I have never been satisfied with Jinhao's writing. Scratchy and not smooth. Sounds like a dull pencil on the paper. So if Moonman is worse, then that's a no go for me.
Great review! I do have a couple of the Moonman 600s one in teal, like the one here and one in a cool brown/yellow/ white bubble swirl. looks very 70's. I have a couple Jinhao 100's. One in cracked ice orange and one in Blue chessboard. I love them all. Great, smooth writers that look slick. I also have a few Kaigelu 316's in this style. I guess I might like them a bit. lol If you wanna peek at some of my pens, Im on Instagram. _ deathtosmalltalk _
I've got both of these, and so far in my experience, the Moonman seems to have dry-out issues if it sits for even a couple days. I've had hard starting after a day or two of it sitting, whereas the Jinhao doesn't suffer this problem as yet. I really like the looks of both, but so far the Jinhao is performing better.
I think im gonna look at the Moonman one because I have a few Jinhao pens already. Thanks for the recommendations and the reviews Mr. Garry.
I adore the coloway of that moonman. I wish I could find one similar. Jinhao has a green which is very pretty but I love the blue green combo.
My jinhao 100 centennial writes as wet and broad as can be! But how? You might ask? I swapped out the standard nib whatever it was. And I shoved into it a KAIGELU NIB! And if I remember correctly, I bought it on an ALI EXPRESS seller. Oh My dear Garry! Do Yourself a big favour and buy up a few KAIGELU MEDIUM NIBS! And SWAP out the whatever you have in, Your guess what? Moonman m800! You won't be sorry!
Thanks.
I have got a couple of Kaigelu Long Knife nibs which I really enjoy.
I'll pick up some standard ones next time I do an AliExpress order.
Thanks
I liked the looks of the jinhao, nice and bright
The Blue is really nice. I also have the meteorite pattern which doesn’t reach out to me as much
I really appreciate the side by side comparison. Great Job
I have a bright orange Jinhao.
Great pen excellent nib.I use it with Seitz Kreuznach Palm green ink.
Shades almost to black. Lovely.
I had a Moonman, gave it away after I got the Jinhao.
Garry, I have the Jinhao on order. I'm beginning to get so enthusiastic about these reasonably priced Chinese pens, that it makes me second guess the money I've spent on expensive pens.
I do enjoy my Chinese pens.
This jinhao is incredibly well made. Almost identical to a duofold. Their parts are interchangeable. Moonman is also great but with two tiny things I dislike. 1, the step down; 2. The rings are thicker than both jinhao and duofold. Great job, Garry!
Thanks. The love the colouring of the Moonman - but that’s mainly because it has a lot of green in it, and green is by far my favourite colour.
@@GarryEves I'm pretty sure that's the teal Moonman, not blue? That's why it has green in it. Teal is a great colour, too.
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I love that you did a comparison like this, please keep it up!
It's funny how the Moonman nib is on the fat side of medium, and the Jinhao nib is on the thin side of fine. Both of them are kind of in that somewhat uninteresting fine-medium spectrum. Very well for day to day writing.
I own the Moonman M600S in the swirly amber version (apparently there's two versions both called amber, mine is the one with the more distinctive three colors in it).
It's a reasonably good pen that writes very well for what it is, but hasn't really convinced me to keep in rotation. Nothing is really wrong with it, but I prefer the M800 by a lot, just on feel, comfort and how it posts.
What I dislike a lot on the Moonman M600S is the faux-Parker clip, but I would have liked the Jinhao a bit more if it didn't have that logo on the nib.
If I look in front of me right now, there's a TWSBI ECO, a Ranga 3C, a Moonman M800 and a PenBBS 308, 348 and 456 all competing for a few drops of ink. The competition of rotation is tough!
In either case, these two are reasonably good pens, and it's a very fair comparison between the two of them. I feel like you were a bit generous with the scores for pen looks. They look nice, don't get me wrong, but if you put them on some of PenBBS models which are roughly one price-bracket up, they don't really meet the mark for me.
I’ve recently received my first PenBBS 456 (first impressions video to come in March), but as a quick spoiler - I ordered the Cloud version and it is by far the best looking pen I currently own. I’ll be getting some different patterns to compare against each other in the future.
I agree with you. The Jinhao in blue does look gaudy...which is why I didn't buy a blue one. I have the dark green marbled one that looks gorgeous, and belies the £12 or so I paid for it about two years ago. And that included postage from China to here in the UK. It writes beautifully. Not a pen for anyone like myself schooled in cursive writing though, (which you obviously were not- no offence intended). My only complaint would be, it's rather a big pen, not meant obviously to be used posted. But then, it is a copy of the original Parker for which it is a faithful reproduction of. Even if you don't intend to use it, at the price it's a must have for any collection.
Thanks.
I've never really taken to cursive writing, and haven't used it since school. When teachers used to complain about how bad my handwriting was I would think "then why are you making me write like this."
Excelent review!
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I do prefer the Jinhao clip, sad that they went back to the Parker-esque clip in the new models.
21:19 I wish the advertised "Checkerboard" finish would be actually available. It's shown on the Jinhao's promotional lineup but nowhere to be found online (AliExpress, Ebay, etc.).
Thanks for the detailed comparison. Well done. Very informative.
Yeah, I would love to have that as well
Chrisrap52 has got the checkered design model with him, but for the original Moonman M600.
Great video. And Jinhao is somewhat better than moonman since i have used several of their respective models. Also Dikawen are chinese brand that are equally good.
Thanks. I'll add that brand to my list of ones to try.
I have a lot of Jinhao pens--nib problems. Maybe they improved them, but historically they made beautiful #6 nibs that did not work consistently--ink starvation--perhaps nib did not sit properly on feed.
I've had a couple of Jinhao nibs that have been problematic. I have some no 6 Jowo nibs which I use to replace the problematic nibs.
Nice work on the video! I have a few Jinhao but haven't tried the Moonman. Might have to change that soon!
I love my Moonman pens - the only downside is they tend to be more expensive than the Jinhao pens.
Having a big red Jinhao... superb writer.
Unfortunately my M600s started to leak at the end of the section (I assume between the metal ring and the plastic part of the section). Apart from that it's a good pen. ;)
What a great video, Garry. What am I gonna say? I have 10 Jinhaos and 6 Moonmans...
I am very quickly heading that way - as long as I sneak the ordering past the wife.
@@GarryEves Same thing in all parts of the world... BTW, I was mistaken: it is 5 Moonmans only, not 6 - LOL. Regards from Spain.
You, sir, are a meticulous person. I love your reviews.
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Hi Gary, since you have mentioned the weight factor, could you please tell me which pen in your collection feels like right weight to you? I also like pens with a little bit of weight on them. Great comparison video.
For me it's the Moonman M800. It comes in at 25g, with the cap weighing 7g. This pen balances really nicely in my hand.
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Thanks. I will try that out before my next videos with these.
I have these two pens. I have the impression that Moonman's colors are more vivid and bright, on the other hand, I find Jinhao's writing slightly superior.
I've only got 2 Jinhaos and one Moonman. The Moonman is very nice looking and the blue jinhao is very close in terms of looks. The other Jinhao I have is the meteorite pattern and that is nowhere near as nice-looking as the Moonman.
That sort of answers my question of whether I should try a Moonman, because I have never been satisfied with Jinhao's writing. Scratchy and not smooth. Sounds like a dull pencil on the paper. So if Moonman is worse, then that's a no go for me.
Was that ink on the jinhao metal threads? You'll want to clean that pronto!
Both pens were cleaned out after filming. I usually write with both pens for w while before filming to catch things like this.
How do they feel in hand in terms of quality ? Do you feel a difference?
I don't feel much difference between the two. I have subsequently swapped the nib in the Moonman - it now has a Kaigelu Long Knife nib in it.
Jinhao looks cheap..
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Great review!
I do have a couple of the Moonman 600s one in teal, like the one here and one in a cool brown/yellow/ white bubble swirl. looks very 70's. I have a couple Jinhao 100's. One in cracked ice orange and one in Blue chessboard. I love them all. Great, smooth writers that look slick. I also have a few Kaigelu 316's in this style. I guess I might like them a bit. lol
If you wanna peek at some of my pens, Im on Instagram. _ deathtosmalltalk _