Cross Ion

[hilsedwards]

I was told by an assistant at a UK airport Pen Shop that the very useful little Cross Ion was no longer in production. Can anyone in the UK or the USA confirm this sinister little whisper?

This post may well be considered heretical because the Ion is not a fountain pen but it is a very useful travelling pen and certainly solves the writing problem when flying.

[Titivillus]

I was told by an assistant at a UK airport Pen Shop that the very useful little Cross Ion was no longer in production. Can anyone in the UK or the USA confirm this sinister little whisper?

This post may well be considered heretical because the Ion is not a fountain pen but it is a very useful travelling pen and certainly solves the writing problem when flying.

I was really jazzed about the ion until I saw how much the price of refills was. I wonder if in the arc of sales of this pen that people started realizing this and it took a hit that the accounte dept. couldn't stand.

[ctos]

Isn't the cost comparable to other refills, about $4? The other refills tend to be long and slender, while the Ion refill looks short and fat.

[Titivillus]

Isn't the cost comparable to other refills, about $4? The other refills tend to be long and slender, while the Ion refill looks short and fat.

I guess when you look at a regular gel pen at maybe $1.05 the $4 seems rather high

[ballboy]

A bit of a scratchy rollerball if you ask me. My Uniball 1.0 Jetstream by Mitsubishi pencil is a super lubricated gelball (if you can call it that), and it practically races along like a greased bowling ball, and it's all for less than £2.

[coy55boy]

They are no longer listed on the Cross web site, so I guess the nasty little rumour may be true! However, there are still a ton of them listed on eBay and elsewhere on the web. Better stock up now!

[marcwomm]

Have now checked the Cross-Ireland.com site and it's still

there.

 

I am looking for a Gel Pen to replace my fountain pen

when travelling. With all the restriction these days I would

like to leave the FPs at home.

 

I use Moleskine for my writing and heard Gel Pens are ideal for those.

Can anyone with experience share those?

 

regards

Marcus

[mulanwen]

Hi,

yes, Ion pen is no longer in production but I guess u can still get them in the stores before they are sold out! Anyway, Cross has since come up with a new pen useful for travelling, called the Autocross. It's also a small sized pen but has a more quality look (wrapped by leather), with 5 colors for us to choose from. Happy buying~

[mulanwen]

Opps, I wish to amend... Ion pen is still in production but only selected colors..

[brh]

Any ideas which colors these are? I know the Saffron yellow went away a while ago, I was considering getting one of those to use as a highlighter... But other than that I only really care if they still make the black(ish) one... I'm on my second and if it ever dies I'd like to be able to get a third!