PILOT Pen 90029 Precise Varsity Pre-Filled Fountain Pens, Medium Point Stainless Steel Nib, Black/Blue/Red/Pink/Green/Purple/Turquoise, 7-Pack Pouch

If you love fountain pens, you should buy some of these. The colors are so wonderful and it writes so well. I’ve bought numerous ones of these over the past 25 years after battling with the refillable kind and making a mess. These are so much better. I just wish they made these with a bit wider of a nib.

These are really great for anyone just trying out fountain pens for the first time. Easy to use and I haven't noticed any smudging, love the colors.

If you’re a fountain pen connoisseur these pens are cheap and fun. I find the assorted colors excellent for sorting journal thoughts in different colors for easy future retrieval. .Pilot is the best!

Good quality nice color works great and good price

I am more than pleased with this purchase. I love the variety of colors available. Even more important, they are great to write with - smooth, comfortable in my hand, solid ink flow. And a great bargain. If you like to write with fountain pens, do yourself a favor - give these a try.

These pens are my absolute favorite of all time. They are the perfect fountain pen, and I have not had many problems with splotchiness. Whenever they are new, they sometimes leak onto your hand when you write, but that is expected with a fountain pen. It is never enough to get on your clothes or anything like that. It is important to know that they will bleed through regular paper, but I typically only use them for writing cards, or on thick paper like card stock for scrapbooking. I have used them in a notebook, but I just opted out of using the back page since it bled through to the back. They write so smooth and I absolutely love them!

These are very smooth and inky. Love that the pack comes with so many colors.

I bought this set after buying a single pen to try them out and they have replaced my Pilot G2 as my favorite pen. They write very smoothly, and the ink seems to last quite a long time, though it will depend on how fast you write as with a fountain pen a slower speed will use much more ink. The turquoise, pink, green, and red will dry/absorb faster than the black, blue, and purple, so they might be better for your informal writings. They are also very leak resistant, I won't say leak proof even though when stored vertically I've never had one leak, which is often a con for fountain pens. The only cons I can think of is that they are a tad shorter than a regular ball point pen, and they have a medium tip (Pilot says they make these in Fine point as well but I can't find them). Will these be as "good" as an expensive brand name fountain pen? That's like asking if the cheap black barrel multipack mechanical pencils will be as "good" as a high quality drafting mechanical pencil. Both will do the job, but where the expensive high quality options are for specialized tasks and for professional applications where a crisp top of the line finish is needed, these pens are for people who like the feel of a fountain pen, but will be using them for informal tasks such as jotting down notes, writing checks (which fountain pens are exceptional at, especially India Black which Pilot also makes and is listed on Amazon, because the ink embeds itself deep into the fibers and resists washing by thieves), doing homework, or other such tasks. Oh, and don't forget, since they are so inexpensive (the black ink versions are sold by the dozen here on Amazon for the same price you would pay for a ball point) if they do get lost, stolen (by a coworker), or broken, you're not out a lot of money. Pilot also makes a cartridge based refillable fountain pen as well which is a higher quality metal barrel and even a replaceable nib, but I would start off with one of these and work your way up.