PEN COMPARISON PILOT SAKURA STAEDTLER ZEBRA PAPERMATE Fineliner Pilot Frixion Fineliner Pen Sakura Pigma Micron Pen Triplus Fineliner 0.3mm Zebra Zensations Sarasa Flair UF (Ultra Fine) Pilot Drawing Pen 0.8mm Fineliner Pen 0.8mm Flair M (Medium) Zebra Mackee Care Refillable Double-Sided Marker Extra Fine/Fine Gel Pen Pop’Lol 0.7mm Gelly Roll Maxum Gel Ink Pens 0.4, Sarasa Clip 0.5mm Inkjoy Gel 0.7 Juice Up 0.4mm Ballsign 0.5mm 0.5mm G2 Gel Pen 0.7mm Ballpoint Pen Acroball 0.5mm, S20 ballpoint Grasso Ball Ballpoint 0.7mm Concrete Ballpoint Pen - Retractable - 0.7mm Inkjoy 100 Ball 1.0M 0.7mm medium point 1mm Mini Ballpoint pen - 0.7mm Kilometrico Emulsion Ink - 0.7mm InkJoy 300RT Ballpoint Dual Tip Pen Futayaku Double-sided Brush No Twin-tip handwriting pens 3mm Mildliner Double-Sided No Pen Fine/Medium & 0.8mm Highlighter Brush Needle Tip Hi-Tec C Maica 0.4mm Sakura Pigma Micron No Liquid Rollerball Needle Pen - No 0.5mm Marker Pen Pilot Lettering Pen Sakura Pigma Calligrapher Pen Triplus Broadliner 0.8mm Sarasa Fineliner No Erasable Frixion Erasable 0.3, 0.35, 0.4, No No No Replay Erasable Gel Pen (but I 0.5, 0.7 & 0.9mm don’t recommend) Refillable Frixion Erasable No No No No Colors available Does it have a white Pop’Lol 0.7mm Gelly Roll No Yes No pen? Bright Pop’Lol 0.7mm Gelly Roll Moonlight Bright Triplus 0.3mm Fineliners Yes Yes Fluorescent Pastel Pop’Lol 0.7mm Gelly Roll Souffle Triplus 0.3mm Fineliners Yes Yes Neon Pop’Lol 0.7mm Gelly Roll Triplus 0.3mm Fineliners Yes No Metallic G2 Gel Pen 0.7mm Gelly Roll Metallic, Stardust Metallic Markers Yes PM300 Gel Performance Prone to ghosting or No Light ghosting Light ghosting No No bleed through? (Based on majority of pens from this brand) How long does the ink Depends how often you use Have had for 3+ years and ink Have had for 3+ years and ink Have had for 3+ years and ink Have had gel & ballpoint pens last? them. Frixion erasable only still working great still working great still working great for 5+ years and ink still working tend to last me 6 – 12 months great (but are refillable) Prone to smudging? No Yes No No No Price range $$ $$$ $$ $$ $ Recommendation My favorite pen from Pilot Frixion Erasable 0.7mm Gelly Roll Metallic Triplus Fineliner 0.3mm Sarasa Clip Inkjoy Gel 0.7mm this brand © ALL ABOUT PLANNERS 1 PEN COMPARISON STABILO MARVY JAPAN TOMBOW MITSUBISHI TUL Fineliner Point 88 Fine 0.4mm Le Pen 0.4mm Tombow Mono Drawing Pen Uni-Ball Pin Drawing Pen TUL Fineliner Felt-Tip Pens 0.7mm, 0.1mm 0.4mm Gel Pen Palette Gel Ink Roller No Uni-Ball Signo Gel 0.7mm Retractable Gel Pens 0.7mm PointVisco Fine Gel Roller Uni-Ball Eye Micro Ub-150 Gel (needle tip but write like a Gel Exxx Retractable Gel Ink Roller Ink Pen 0.5mm normal gel pen) Gel Reminisce Ballpoint Pen Pointball Stick Ballpoint Pen 0.7mm, Zoom L105 Jetstream Standard Ballpoint Retractable Ballpoint Pens Smartball 1.0mm Airpress Ballpoint Pen Pen Tropikana Retractable Ballpoint 0.7mm, Exam Grade 1.0mm Super Smooth Ballpoint Pen 0.7mm Dual Tip Pen Trio 2 in 1 Le Plume ll Double-Sided Dual Brush Pen Pure Color-F Double-Sided Sign No Watercolor Marker Fudenosuke Brush Pen Pen - 0.8 mm + 0.4 mm Twin Tone Needle Tip No Tough Ball 0.5mm, 0.7mm No Uni Pin Pen - Pigment Ink Retractable Gel Pens 0.7mm (needle tip but write like a normal gel pen) Marker Tip Write-4-all Le Pen Marker Pen- Fine Point Dual Brush Pen Posca Paint Marker 2.5mm TUL Permanent Markers Erasable No No No Uniball RE Erasable Gel Pen No Refillable No No No Jetstream, Erasable, Uniball No Signo Colors available Does it have a white No No No Signo Gel 0.7mm No pen? Bright Yes Le Pen 0.4mm Twin Tone Signo Gel 0.7mm Retractable Gel Pens 0.7mm Pastel Yes Le Pen 0.4mm Twin Tone Signo Gel 0.7mm No Neon Yes Le Pen 0.4mm Fudenosuke Brush Pen Signo Gel 0.7mm No Metallic Pen 68 Metallic No No Signo Gel 0.7mm No Performance Prone to ghosting or No Light ghosting Yes Signo Gel = no No bleed through? Most other pens = yes (Based on majority of pens from this brand) How long does the ink Have had for 3+ years and ink Have had for 2+ years and ink Have had for 3+ years and ink Have had for 3+ years and ink Gel pens only lasted 1 year last? still working great still working great still working great still working great Prone to smudging? No No No Yes Yes Price range $$ $$$ $$ $$ $ Recommendation My favorite pen from Point 88 Fine 0.4mm Le Pen 0.4mm Twin Tone Markers Uniball Signo Gel 0.7mm The retractable needle tip gel this brand Pure Color-F Double-Sided Sign pens until they dried out Pen - 0.8 mm + 0.4 mm © ALL ABOUT PLANNERS 2 PEN COMPARISON MUJI SCHNEIDER BIC FABER-CASTELL SHARPIE Fineliner -- Schneider Xpress Fineliner Pen BIC Intensity Fineliner Marker Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen Sharpie Art Pen 0.8mm Pen 0.4mm 0.3mm, 0.1mm, 0.5mm Line-UP Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment Pen - 0.2mm Gel Pen Gel Ink Ballpoint Pen 0.3, 0.5, Topliner 967 0.4mm Gel-ocity Quick Dry True Gel Color Pens No 0.7mm Gelion 1 Retractable Pen Ballpoint Pen Polycarbonate Gel-ink Perlia Color Ball Pens e-motion Rollerball Pen No Ballpoint Epsilon Atlantis Original Ball pen Ambition Rollerball Pen Silder Cristal Xtra Smooth Ball Pen Ondoro Rollerball Pen Round Stic Xtra Life Ball Pen CX Colour Ballpoint Pens Dual Tip Pen Clear Tip Double Ended No No DuoTip Washable Markers Twin TIp Highlighter Pen Needle Tip No No Intensity Pro Marker Pen PITT Artist Pen Grip Pen Marker Tip HEXA Pen No Intensity Fine Permanent Albrecht Durer Watercolor Retractable Permanent Marker Marker Markers Stained (brush tip) Retractable Permanent Marker Erasable No No No Finewriter No Refillable Yes No No No No Colors available Does it have a white No No No Pitt Artist Pen bullet nib 1.5 No pen? India ink pen Bright Yes Yes Yes CX Colour Ballpoint Pens Yes Pastel No No Yes Pitt Pastel (brush pen) No Neon No No No Pitt Neon (brush pen) No Metallic No No Bic Mark It Metallic Marker Pen Pitt Metallic (brush pen) No Performance Prone to ghosting or No Yes No - No bleed through? (Based on majority of pens from this brand) How long does the ink Have had the gel pens for 2+ Have had the Topliner for 2+ Ballpoint pens lasted less than Haven’t tried these pens so Have had the art pen for 2+ last? years and ink still working great years and ink still working great 1 year before drying out – do cannot say years and still working great not recommend Prone to smudging? No Yes No - No Price range $$ $$$ $ $$ $$ Recommendation My favorite pen from Gel Pens 0.5mm Topliner 967 N/A – do not recommend N/A Sharpie Art Pen this brand © ALL ABOUT PLANNERS 3 PEN COMPARISON OOLY PENTEL PARKOO Fineliner OOLY Seriously Fine Felt Tip Markers Pentel EnerGel RTX Retractable Liquid Felt Pen Retractable Erasable Gel Pens Clicker, Extra Fine Point Needle TIp, 0.3mm 0.5mm Gel Pen Color Connect 0.4mm EnerGel RTX Liquid Gel Pen Retractable Erasable Gel Pens Just Write Sparkle Pop Metallic Gel Pen Libretto Gel Pen Slicci Ballpoint Pen Bright Writers Colored Pens R.S.V.P. Ballpoint Pen (BK91 Med) No Sakox Lollypop Scented Pens 6 Click Multi Color Pen Wow! Ballpoint Pens Client Ballpoint Pen Dual Tip Pen Drawing Duet Dual TIp Markers Pental Arts Duo Point flex Double Ended Brush Art Markers Dual Tip Brush Pens Pastel Liners Dual Tip Markers Double Dip Ice Cream Scented Markers Needle Tip Petite Point EnerGel Pearl Deluxe No Marker Tip Seriously Fine Felt Tip Markers Sign Pen Fine Point Art Marker Pens Erasable Make No Mistake Erasable Markers No Retractable Gel Pen 0.7mm Do Overs Colors available Does it have a white No No No pen? Bright Color Connect gel pens EnerGel Erasable Gel Pens Pastel Pastel Liner Milky Pop Pastel No Neon No Solar Pop Neon No Metallic No Sparkle Pop Metallic, Sunburst Metallic No Performance Prone to ghosting or Yes Gel = Yes No bleed through? Ballpoint = No (Based on majority of pens from this brand) How long does the ink Have had the gel pens for 2+ years and ink still Gel pen only lasted 1 year Erasable pen pack - some dried out after 1 year, last? working great R.S.V.P BK91 Med still working great after 3 years some are still working great Prone to smudging? Yes Yes No Price range $ $$$ $$ Recommendation My favorite pen from Gel pens R.S.V.P. Ballpoint Pen (BK91 Med) Retractable Erasable Gel Pens this brand © ALL ABOUT PLANNERS 4 .