Zebra Pen Sarasa Dry X20 Retractable Gel Pen, Fine Point, Black Ink, 12-Pack, Model Number: 46710

They have a nice feel and they write nice.

Nice rich color, good fine point (0.5), doesn't skip. Excellent pen!

So the Zebra Sarasa Gel ink Pens in 0.5mm are my all-time favorite writing instrument. I'm a bit of a pen snob, so I don't take that statement lightly. It's an incredibly smooth pen, but you can feel it drag across the paper, which is really for clean-looking print. The pen itself has a nice barrel-size with a comfortable grip, and I find that my hand doesn't as badly as it does with others pens I've used, considering I'm a bit of a heavy writer, and that it is ultimately a very comfortable pen to write with.The ink itself is nice and bold, it dries quickly, and I've never experienced it smearing or smudging while note-taking or working out math problems. I'm also a huge fan of Zebra Mildliners, and I find that when highlighting something I've recently written down, only when I press firmly with the Mildliner or make multiple, fast runs over the ink does smudge or smear, if at all. As a heavy writer, I find that this pen doesn't railroad at all, insuring that my print is bold and crisp, even when drawing long, fast lines.These pens aren't perfect by any means, and I do experience one problem with them: Sometimes when writing, the ball mechanism on the tip of the pen will stick for a bit, never more than say a single letter, but I do find this rather annoying at times. I'm not sure if this has to do with me pressing too firmly on the paper with the pen, or if this is a fault of the tip mechanism. Either way, this issue is far from enough to warrant demoting this pen from its position as my favorite, as it's extremely infrequent.

Even though I'm right handed I write like a lefty, dragging three fingers across the page. I get constant smearing with most other pens; this is one of the few pens I've found that writes smoothly without smearing. I'm not a fan of rubber grips on pens, so I use these pens as refills for a few Pentel EnerGel Alloys that I already had. The plunger does stick when you go to retract the tip on the two newest Alloys, but my original Alloy doesn't have this problem. Hopefully the other two will stop sticking over time. I can't recommend these pens enough, even if you use them as refills for other pens. Would be nice if I could buy just refills, but I've put other compatible refills into the plastic housing and given them to family members that aren't as picky about their pens. Pentel's EnerGel refills work fine in the plastic Zebra housings.

This is a great pen, with fast-drying ink. I prefer the 0.7 mm version.After significant use, sometimes the writing tip does not protrude as when new, and the reason is that the pusher-and-clip tailpiece has popped out a bit, and needs to be pushed back in place.Sometimes I see that the ink develops a bubble, which can lead to a premature end-of-life.The writing is similar to, and possibly slightly less smooth than, the Pilot G2 gel ink pens (which take longer to dry).

I have tried different brands with different points. My penmanship is better with the fine point of the Sarasa brand than with other fine point brands. The blue ink is strong and dark, unlike other brands that have a lighter blue ink. Also, there is no lekage problem with this pen.

I put these in my family's stockings every xmas because they are so useful. lines are nice, clear, writing is nice, and really doesn't smudge! the only pen I use!

My favorite pen.