Customer Reviews

Archival Gold CD/DVD Safe Pen Solvent Free

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I researched this product to make sure that it would not harm home-written CDs and DVDs. The pen works as advertised perfectly. Can't recommend it highly enough. The ink dries instantly.

Purchased the pair of pens from Adorama Camera through Amazon.com and their price for this item was excellent. However, I would ding them on their shipping cost (twice the cost of the very cheap pens).

The pen seems to work fine, although I haven't had it long.
However, check your total carefully before confirming you order: at least one vendor charges only a couple of dollars for the pen but adds $20.00 shipping charge (for a shipping weight of only 5 or 6 ounces). Vendors that charge a buck or so more for the pen charge only a fraction of that amount for shipping.

I really enjoy this pen. For it's intended use they work great, BUT don't use them on paper. This seems to be very hard on the pen. Im glad that I purchased them.

An excellent, odorless pen.
The fine-point cap is very small, slick and tight - easy to mark up your hands removing or replacing the cap.
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The fine point started out very fine, ideal even. It has quickly
dulled now but still is useable.

Not sure if the product has changed but the ones I received have markers on both ends. One side is regular and the other is fine point. It is hard to tell that there is a fine point end. You need to pull on the (bottom) of pen to get to it.
Both ends write smoothly and I am very happy with them.

Regarding a previous post about a very large shipping charge, Adorama Camera, via Amazon.com, charges $6.94 for shipping. That's for either one or two packs of 2. You can check if you're ordering a greater quantity.

I did a lot of research before buying these pens. There are many out there that say they are intended for CD/DVD writing. However, these are the only ones I found that are guaranteed to be solvent free and alcohol free so that they cannot affect the CD surface. The pens have two tips, which is also nice. However, the smaller tip is what I would call "medium" and the one I use. The larger tip is really too big to write much in the space available. The smaller tip leaves a dark and easy to read message, and you can get several lines of text on the CD surface if you write very carefully. My only complaint is that these pens are pretty pricey for what they do, especially when one factors in the shipping. I could not find them in any of my local stores, so an online order was the only option. I decided to bite the bullet to make sure I don' damage my critical CDs and DVDs. Highly recommended.

Though I think they are over priced, they always mark nice and clear (pure black) and dry quickly. It doesn't scrape off or eat into the CD/DVD. What more can you ask for your collection.

These pens have good dark color and the ink is plentiful. I work for a police dept and we use them on all CDs & DVDs. The tips are very nice--fine and a medium tip for each pen. I would highly recommend them to anyone who feels a sincere need to have an archival pen for long-term storage of marked CDs & DVDs.

Bought them so as to avoid destroying CDs and DVDs I write on. Other permanent markers are said to be bad for the long-term health of the discs, and these pens are said to not cause the discs to deteriorate. But, we don't have decades to wait around to find out if it is true or not, so all I can say is that they write OK on the discs. Not quite as smoothly or as well as, say, a Sharpie, but 90% as well. Works for me. I've had them a month and they work.