I have been mulling over a pen to finalize as my primary pen, and after much trial and error, and many rounds of testing, I have finalized on Uniball Gel Impact.
Let me tell you my requirements - My first and foremost need is thickness, as thicc as it can be. I won’t settle for anything less than 1.0 mm nib and black color, so that the writing should stand out in contrast to the white page.
Last year a similar discussion [1] had cropped up on HN, and based on the suggestions I got there, I finalized Uniball Gel Impact. It's smooth, has good thickness, and feels like an almost 1.0 mm thicc pen. The writing stands out on the paper and also the contrast is unmissable. The only downside I feel is that I runs out quickly, within a couple of hours. It's quite a departure from my used to feeling of having ball pens which last for weeks and even months. Smudge is there, and the ink takes about 4-5 seconds to dry.
The only other gel pen which I find competitive to Uniball Gel Impact is Pilot V10 and Baoke. Pilot V10 ain't that smooth but lasts longer. Baoke is almost as same as Uniball, just 10% less. If Uniball Gel Impact = 10/10 then Baoke = 9/10.
If anyone here knows any other decent black gel pen that's 1.0 mm in nib thickness, please let me know.
Let me tell you my requirements - My first and foremost need is thickness, as thicc as it can be. I won’t settle for anything less than 1.0 mm nib and black color, so that the writing should stand out in contrast to the white page.
Last year a similar discussion [1] had cropped up on HN, and based on the suggestions I got there, I finalized Uniball Gel Impact. It's smooth, has good thickness, and feels like an almost 1.0 mm thicc pen. The writing stands out on the paper and also the contrast is unmissable. The only downside I feel is that I runs out quickly, within a couple of hours. It's quite a departure from my used to feeling of having ball pens which last for weeks and even months. Smudge is there, and the ink takes about 4-5 seconds to dry.
The only other gel pen which I find competitive to Uniball Gel Impact is Pilot V10 and Baoke. Pilot V10 ain't that smooth but lasts longer. Baoke is almost as same as Uniball, just 10% less. If Uniball Gel Impact = 10/10 then Baoke = 9/10.
If anyone here knows any other decent black gel pen that's 1.0 mm in nib thickness, please let me know.
Ref. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24963031