Pilot FriXion Clicker Retractable Erasable Gel Pens, Fine Point, Assorted Color Inks, 7-Pack (31472)

Half of the pens do not write smoothly.

It is very expensive.

popular in my school

These pens are THE BEST. I am a teacher and I have some students that write so lightly I can barely read it when they write in pencil. If they write in regular pen, their work is impossible to grade because every mistake is scribbled out. These pens allow those students to write legibly and make corrections to their work. Since getting them for my students, I have also discovered they are great for me! I like to fill in my lesson planner with pencil because I'm always making changes or updating things during the week. These pens give me the flexibility to erase and make changes while allowing me to use different colors for different groups, classes, and notes. My planner is more useful to me because it's color-coded and organized, which makes me happy. Oh, and there are highlighters, too! They are great for teaching kids how to highlight (because you can make them erase the inevitable fully-highlighted paragraph!). I cannot sing the praises of these pens enough. They don't stink, they don't smudge (once they dry, which takes about as long as any other pen), and they are fully erasable. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVENTING THESE! Note: you probably don't want to grade work or fill in your gradebook with these because they CAN fade or erase on their own at high temperatures. (Who hasn't left a stack of grading in the car on a hot day?) I haven't had any of my writing inadvertently erased, yet, but I don't want to take the chance that it'll happen. Once I write my plans down, they are pretty much in my brain, so it won't be the end of the world if something faded.

Los bolígrafos no vienen en un paquete como el de la foto. Creo que es engañoso poner esa imagen. En otra ocasión yo había comprado un pack de estos bolígrafos ( no en el mismo proveedor) y sí venían en un estuche. A posteriori he visto que en las valoraciones ya se indicaba esto. Y que en la descripción pone paquete de 1; sin embargo no está nada claro. Ha sido una decepción pues mi objetivo principal era que estuviesen en un estuche.

good range of colours and writing with them is fantastic, smooth and a comfortable gel grip to top it off!

So Pilot generally makes good products with regards to pens and pencils and this one is no exception in my opinion. The colors are nice and the erasable pens do erase but how well depends on who you ask. I prefer 0.7's over the imo scratchy and often inconsistent ink flow 0.5's. These pens are 0.7 so there is that to take into consideration. Erasing normally over the same place again and again causes bits of the paper to roll up into rolls like eraser particles and the ink may not be fully gone. For clarification these particles are off the paper, not the solid eraser on the tip of the pen. Even in cases where the color is gone, there is still a shiny line of the words that were written. This is however only able to be seen at a certain angle. Taking a hair dryer to the ink is quite effective if you want to erase large patches at once. It doesn't cause the paper to roll up from over erasing the same spot (which can sometimes happen with poor quality erasers too) . However, this method still leaves the shiny lines which isn't really a big deal except that too many lines result in you not being able to write over the area without having to dig in a bit. The main caveat of using a pen over a pencil make their appearance in being how the pen digs into the paper. This isn't really a problem with the product, just the behavior of pens in general. The good thing about these pens is you don't have to press hard to get the ink flowing which is very nice. Pilot pens in general perform very well in this regard especially the G2 series and this one doesn't disappoint. You can avoid digging into the paper if you want to. The grip and comfort of the pen isn't something that is usually talked about but I feel it deserves a mention here. Not because the lack of it's quality but more of other pens should probably take notes. The part where your fingers grip the pen doesn't slip and move around which is should be standard but far to many other pens grip come loose. So points there. The grip itself is hard and some may prefer a softer feel that you can press into so just take not of that. The body of the pen is solid smooth plastic though you certainly can break it if you want to. There aren't any hard edges that may dig into your skin if you grip the pen hard. The only thing to take note off is the "clicker" is part of the part where you clip the pen to things. It will move around slightly with force in comparison to no movement on a fixed position clip but it doesn't rattle and hasn't caused any problems for me. Overall I find these pens to be a better alternative than pencils (mechanical or otherwise), you should probably give 1 or 2 a try before buying a full set only to find out they're not the product for you. A hair dryer is handy if you want to preserve your paper and/or erase large swaths at a time. Would recommend.

These pens are great! They write precisely and erase completely!