Pilot VBall Liquid Ink Stick Roller Ball Pen, Extra Fine Point, Black Barrel/Ink, 12-Count (35200)

by Pilot

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 2.9 x 5.5 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IEBC
• Item model number: PIL35200
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,887 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 1, 2006

Product Description

Special formula ink and advanced feed system ensure consistent, skip-free marking from the first stroke to the last. Transparent grip allows you to keep an eye on your ink supply. Timeless design. Global Product Type: Pens; Pen Type: Roller Ball; Special Ink Type: N/A; Pen Style: Stick.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Pen, August 22, 2005

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Halen D. Allison "HD Allison" (Erie, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pilot VBall Liquid Ink Stick Roller Ball Pen, Extra Fine Point, Black Barrel/Ink, 12-Count (35200) (Office Product)

This is the only pen I will use. I have been using this pen for nearly ten years. I find the design to be much better than other fine point pens, as it is simple and effective. The ink flow is exceptionally smooth; it does not blob or skip in mid-stroke. Unlike most pens in its class, it does not have the unwieldy rubber grip, which for me does nothing except make the pen barrel too large and uncomfortable. Additionally, it is made from a single piece of plastic that is clear, allowing the user to see his or her ink level. Unfortunately, the folks at Pilot seem to disagree with me, as they appear to no longer make this pen as it was. They have moved on to a larger barreled, silver painted version with the aforementioned rubber grip. The paint chips off easily and gets all over everything.

Contrary to some reports, I've never had this pen leak during my decade of using it, even during a number of plane trips. Perhaps I was just lucky.

Overall, I would recommend this pen for its simplicity, utility, durability, and excellent writing characteristics.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Writer and Consultants' "Tiny-writing" Pen, April 12, 2009

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Kathleen Rand Reed "Applied Corporate Anthrop... (Washington, DC , Menlo Park, CA and Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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As a writer, you rarely think you're going to rave about a particular product and then write a review about the dumb thing. But that's just what I am doing for the Pilot V-Ball, Extra Fine, UPC # 35200, Black pen. I have used one for over ten years and usually I can't find them in the stores and thus have to order them. It's OK and here's why. I am a consultant and keep a number of "billable hours" logs: Telephone incoming and outgoing time, client activities, and just "jot-`em-down" entries. What got on my nerves with other pens, was the resulting "glob" of ink if you held your pen too long in one spot; the uneven distribution of ink; the long drying time so that you wind up with an ink stain on your hand. I also write with my hand on the page and a glide stroke across it. Old habits die hard. You can hold this pen in one place as you ponder, it's OK. The ink is as even on the beginning of the sentence as it is on the punctuation at the end. And the drying time is so fast a second after you write, the ink is dry. The most important aspect of this remarkable pen is the ability to lay the ink down in such a thin, tiny line that I get more compulsive-obsessive notes in the nooks and crannies of my logbooks. So there. An ode to a pen. If you like just a wonderful pen - this is it. Oh yes, for all you folks who still write longhand for the feel of it, and then the computer - this is still it. Escriba Ahora.
Kathleen Rand Reed

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best pen on the market, April 2, 2005

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starfaded (California, USA) - See all my reviews

It writes smoothly, with no grittyness that are present in many other pens. The colour is bold and the writing point just about glides over the paper when writing/drawing. I would recommend this pen to anyone, as everyone who uses one of my vball pilot pens love it.