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MATINAE PENS – Pilot B2P is Bottled Up

I was looking for new pens but not exactly clear on what I wanted. Amazon, of course will do what it does to get a sista’s money and suggested this pen created from recycled bottles, the Pilot B2P retractable gel pen.

I was no doubt skeptical but for naught, as the pen was definitely serviceable.

The barrel, favoring a bottle of water, is translucent, brightly colored and fairly represents the ink color. The grip is nice, no slips.

The clicker is tight, no play in it so it should be able to withstand being pushed down for the life of the pen.

For a .7 mm medium point the B2P line is closer to fine than medium. So far, only the blue has given the dreaded ink blob. However, the gel ink renders brilliant color.

Overall the Pilot B2P is a great idea with fairly good execution, certainly good enough to grace the pages of my journals. The B2P is a solid 🖊🖊🖊1/2.

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MATINAE PENS – Pilot Acroball, this is it

I had to go there because it was highly rated in some review that was based on some reviews that were on that gigantic online retailer’s site. Where I went was to the Pilot Acroball 1.0 mm medium ballpoint pen.

The package said incredible smooth ✅, vivid ink colors ✅ striking good looks and an effortless writing experience? Let’s not get carried away.

The grip on this is outstanding. Made of textured, curved rubber it was comfortable on the achiest of arthritic hand days.

The clicker is the clickiest, i.e. the thrust mechanism seems solid and unlikely to fail for before the ink runs out.

Then pen is nice-looking with a colored gel like barrel that lets you see its parts

The question as always with the ballpoint pen is does it pass the blob test?

Blue on the far right should be an indication.

From here it looks nice. On further inspection…

This Pilot Acroball performs well in short bursts of writing like that above. For journal writing, the pen becomes more blobalicious, not so much so that I wouldn’t recommend it though. Rating 3.5🖊 of 5.

If you’re a Pilot Acroball user, let me know know your experience in the comments.

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