3's grip looks the most comfy

5
- Always
  
  With a .07 ball. I don't tolerate .05 or .1 heretics in my G2 superiority worldview.
- My beloved
- Only valid answer

Number 7 100%
- if it's a true bic. knockoffs might not work very well.
- I used to live quite near to one of the bic factories in France. Ahhhh I’m obsessed with Bic pens.
- Ahhh Bic, where it's 2 main products are also the most stolen products.
  
  Windsurf boards and razor blades? Yes Bic makes those.

My husband works at an architecture firm. They exclusively use #2 in 3 different colors. My husband has gotten in the habit of putting a few in his pocket during the day while he works and emptying his pockets when he gets home. We have WAY TOO MANY PENS!!!! I've been bagging them up and giving them away!! They are nice pens tho... very good for drafting/drawing/etc. I just don't need 300 of them. Beware that the blue ones tend to explode the most.
- Oh my god, the explosions with the black ones are horrible, because you don't realize until you start to grip and the ink just coats your fingers. I love them, but the horror will live forever in my mind.
- I had a pen like that when I was very young, had to be maybe in the 5th grade. It exploded on me because I chewed on the end of it while thinking. Parts of my homework desk remained blue until I graduated high school, I'm lucky my teeth didn't also.

1 but micro, not fine.
- This is the correct answer
- Clear winner.
- Only answer for left handers!

5 is the objectively correct answer here.
- Yeah, no contest at all.
- It's probably the choice I would have to go with, but when I was working with full boxes a lot, I started caring more about which pens were sturdy sharp enough to stab through tape and drag through it 50 times an hour and not end up looking at the end of your pen and find out the tip ripped off. Switching to a box knife over and over slows you down a lot and I needed the pen to cross out and document what was missing from the orders. Pens with caps are a pain for that as well, waste time.
  I probably should have tried to find something like this: https://atechgo.com/products/multitool-pen-9-in-1-box-cutter?variant=31317899149448&srsltid=AfmBOorxxFa__k_qsBl8iPIi6kKPJc6A4Ah6nJ8WZ7gm3JZhWGj1qBZ_1AY
  
  I used to have a need to open things a lot while on the other side of a security barrier (and metal detector.) I ended up getting a Gerber Shard to carry around on my keychain. Does most of my multitool, prying and even knife jobs without being sharp enough to get taken by TSA (or rent-a-cop or whomever)
  https://www.amazon.com/GARBER-Shard-Keychain-Solid-State/dp/B002ZK45IQ/
  
  Damn that pen is actually super handy. My only issue I'd have is i really like having a fine tip pen I use a Pilot G2 07 black pen

5

not pictured, but uniball eye micro was my goat for high school and college. I had to do british standardized exams in high school which required black pen (not pencil). these guys write super smoothly and create really nice lines, but they take a sec or two to dry so you gotta be careful not to smudge.
I think #1 in the pic is a thicker version of these
- I assumed 1 was this one! Still the goat, still have 3 on my person at any given time.
- Why does half the ink leak into the grip though
  Edit
  uni-Flow Ink System ensures a consistent, delightfully fluid writing experience
  Is what they say

G2 forever.

Pilot G-2, Obviously. #5.

If 5 is the G2, then 5.

At school all the cool kids had these lol
or these
[I come from a very specific generation in French speaking switzerland, so this may not be relatable]
- Germany too
  
  Also Estonia, especially the erasable one
- I can only write with friction now, I have ADHD and I often skip letters when writing words so I always have to erase the letter I just wrote. If I'm not using friction it looks horrible
- When I taught tertiary anatomy to sports science students. The school's stationary cabinet was a box of lost pens that the cleaners added to. The school wasn't great. Rather than buy new pens, we were to take from the box. I knew I wasn't being renewed next year so I came in on the holidays and took every four pen in that box. About fifteen of them. It's seen me good for for pens for about 13 years now. I still have a bunch kicking around. Mostly green/red left, but I use those to mark my ToDo lists with completed and delayed entries.
  I wish they sold cheap refills for the 4-pens but when I looked I could only find ones around the same cost as a new pen.
- Ooh, Pilot Frixion, I like those. I did not expect myself to ever be able to get excited about pens, yet here I am.
  I love lending out Frixion Clickers out to my DnD friends and seeing them struggle with the click before they realise that the pocket clip is the thing that goes click.

5, man I loved those pens when taking notes in college.

The Bic Pilot G2 in 1mm writes like butter. Glorious. $4.95 for a 4 pack.
- The price and quality are so hard to beat.

This kind. I like the metal tip.
- And respective mechanical pencil!
- I used to use these a lot before I discovered micro tipped pens, these are great ball point though.
  
  I like that they mark on metal. And the tip is great for tracing rough edges and rulers.
- The apex pen.
  
  🧐

2, please.

Another for 5

7 BIC or bust
- 7 is the the type of pen that lasts me the longest. They seem indestructible. All other types disintegrate in my hands after a year or so.

Honestly those of us who've bought 1 or 2 already main those. I'll never by another pen, the writing quality of the Uniball is just superb. The plastic grip isn't uncomfortable like you'd think, and rubber grips tend to feel weird after lots of writing anyways. The build quality is top notch, as someone who's accidentally broken lots of pens. Just a great design
- Seconded. As far as pens are concerned, Uniball is where it's at.

2, the Pilot Precise, specifically a V5
- This was the only pen I could use as a left handed writer that wouldn’t leave any ink on my hand.
- I'd go for the Pilot Vball, but close enough.
- Have you used one recently? I used to love those but they don't work as well as I remember when I've tried them in the past few years

5 for me

Zebra F301
- The only option. I'm 43 and still using the one from middle school.
  
  How did you not manage to lose that
- Scrolled far too long to find even a mention of Zebra. Uniball is the intro to good pens, but Zebra is where you land.
- Definitely this one. Simple design and the fine point is so smooth to write with
- Was looking for this. I love my pink barrel F-301’s.

The day I first gripped a #5, had there been clickbait thumbnails back then, mine would have read:
This Changes EVERYTHING!

Definitely 5, gimme that gel pen every time

Give me that smooth 5
- As a shorthand writer I approve of this comment.

Error: fountain pen not found
- Seriously. This is Lemmy, right? Shouldn't it be fountain pens, mechanical keyboard, Linux, and automatic watches?
  
  Lol, Casios
  
  If you're not using a Uni kuru toga rotating lead pencil are you even living?
- As a lefty i can confidently say youre wrong as fuck

None of these are fountain pens, the obviously superior choice over ball-points.
- Platinum Preppy. Cheap and cheerful with the capability of taking a converter, different nips, and being converted into a refillable marker. Amazingly versatile pen.
- Hear, hear!

These are all terrible
7

Pilot g2 if I had to choose but I'll stick with my rotring 600 with schmidt easyflow 9000 if it were up to me

Where is the fountain pen??

Definitely 5, so much better than 99% of other pens.

Pilot G2 if I must, but the real answer is a Lamy Safari.

this is left handed discrimination
- Out of fascination how is a left handed pen different? I just grabbed mine and it looks pretty symmetrical. I get the whole ink on hands thing but the meme didn't say you couldn't use a pencil or type anymore.
  
  when you write left-handed you push the nib into the paper rather than dragging it. left-handed pens have angled tips so the nib still drags.
- which one?
- As it should be!

5 forever!

None. Pens fucking suck. There are limited use cases for pens, which is basically none unless I am signing a contract.
For every single other use case I’d rather have a mechanical pencil.
- I respectfully disagree, pencils are the devil's implement, pens are for the superior writer.
  
  pens can't even write more than a couple letters on a wall and even less on an overhead surface. imagine my absolute disappointment when I built a custom over bed upside down desk only for my pen collection to be unusable
  
  Since having to write so many notes in school, I've preferred pens.
  
  Your assessment is nonsense but ok
- Pencils are for those who lack conviction!
- I am a fellow mechanical pencil enjoyer. GraphGear for life, but I have been having an affair with the Ohto MS01. All in 0.3 because it forces me to have good hand writing.

1 is my choice pen. Always and forever. No other type kept up with me. I use a slightly different variant though.

1 and 2 look good but looks are deceiving. 5 and 7 all the way.
- I like 1 because it's thin and not a roller type. You only have to imagine writing and you're doing it. Rollers can be ok, and 5 is a decent example, but 1 used with a ruler for precise drawing, nothing beats that.
  
  For me one looks like it would be very nice, but it’s just too loose when it comes to writing and the ink smudge is really easily from what I remember. My dad had them all around the house because they look very business like but I don’t really remember enjoying writing with them.
- I would've agreed with you 13 years ago, but something changed with the pilot G2s. They went from S tier to B at best. Ironically, I've replaced them with 2 now. The Pilot Precision's have been my favorite for quite awhile now personally
  
  I think I’m more of a bic fan if it comes to pens or pencils But pilots are always been fairly standard. I guess it’s gone downhill which is too bad.

3, it's the best one I recognise
- Thank you, I agree.
- Surprised I had to scroll down so far to find 3, it's just the same as 5 but with better grip around the finger tips, which avoids the pen from twisting when you hold it tightly.

7

1 & 2 top picks, then 6 & 7. The rubber sleeves are nice for short notes and whatnot. They get slippery from sweating eventually. Maybe just a me thing.
- Damn, pen so out of shape that he's sweating.

I'd pick 7 if it's a Bic, but it's definitely n.3 because of the ergonomics

I have already chosen. And the one that I have chosen for life is not in this set.
- Don’t leave us hanging! What is it?!
  
  These. Albeit in various colours.

5
I would pick 3 but I don't think its ball point and I have trouble controlling the strength when I press down on the paper.
- I used 5 once and I ended up buying a pack of 10 as they were so good to write with.

Pilot G2 and BIC are both classics, but I'm a sucker for a liquid ink pen

A 0.38 tip size of No.5
- Pilot g2 is the way to go
  
  Was a committed G2 guy for YEARS (ultra fine all the way). But I’m a lefty, so ink smears were still a problem (though the G2 is better than most on that front). Then I learned about the Sarasa Dry pens from Zebra. The ink dries INSTANTLY, and writes like a G2. But they’re hard to find so I always stock up when I see them.

I write a lot (I am professor) and pilot g-2 (#5) is the way to go. Don't be fooled by sharpie's grip, I just finished a box of that model in red ink and g-2 is way better.
- Hear, hear!

I dont see any on here I would swear by.
I have taken a liking to the Pilot B2Ps, they are made of recycled water bottles, I liked them simply for the fact that they're the one type of pen we have in abundance at the office that no one else bothers to steal for some reason.
I like the Staples TRU RED series too.
what the hell is wrong with me, a year ago I'd be obsessing over some video game or hobby and now im discussing my pen model preferences, I think I've crossed the proto-boomer threshold

Where the fuck are the Zebra pens

If I HAVE to use a ballpoint, it's going to have to be a rollerball. Like the Uniball. But really, I'd take just about any fountain pen over any of them.
- A Lemmy of culture I see. Love the Visconti.
  Edit : Just noticed the stealth VP over on the right.
  
  Thanks, I think it's one of my best looking pens. The VP isn't a VP, it's a MoonMan A1. I'm not sure if it's made by Majohn or not, but it is super similar to their A1 and A2 if it's not. Writes well, good seal. For under $30. Highly recommend.

5 … but black and in .38

5, 0.7mm
- You lost me at the fat tip
  
  Preference aside, I've found that most others use the 0.5mm and that that means my pens usually find their way back to me when borrowed. I generally like the way the increased flow feels and don't experience a difference in control vs the finer tip. That said, the 1.0mm is crazy and feels like I am trying to paint, so I definitely get how others that prefer the finer tip might feel about my preference.

Show me the fucking feather

Uni Jetstream:
- Yet another top notch pick

Uniball.

Pentel ENERgel pens.
But if I had to choose, 2 or 5. I have 3 at work and while it is nice, I don't know if it has the same kind of staying power 2 or 5 do.

5, but black.
- "Charlie, ever played roulette?"