Nemosine Singularity Or Pilot Metropolitan.

[Mactechbri]

I like my Metro.

Got it here, less than $14.00.

 

http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/nsearch.html?section=&query=metropolitan&searchsubmit=Search&vwcatalog=yhst-40997485717836

 

Bri

[circlepattern]

I like my Metro.

Got it here, less than $14.00.

 

http://www.shopwritersbloc.com/nsearch.html?section=&query=metropolitan&searchsubmit=Search&vwcatalog=yhst-40997485717836

 

Bri

Wow, cheaper than anywhere I searched, however, I can't seem to find the shipping info, mind sharing your information?

[circlepattern]

Just to clarify, I really meant if there are any shipping deals to be found, such as jetpen's "free over 25" deal.

[Alberez]

You like cheap? How about this:

 

http://www.staples.com/pilot+metropolitan/directory_pilot+metropolitan

 

If you have a Staples near you, you can choose the option "deliver to store", so the shipping is free. Final price $15. In the site that Mactechbri suggested, the shipping cost is $6.50, so the pen ends up being $20.

 

Cheers

[Alberez]

... Unless you are in a different country. Sorry, I didn't see the flag.

[adamselene]

I like to post.

 

My Metros have flying caps. As does yhe MB 149.

 

However I don't have to worry about the Metro's cap breaking, just about the indignity of lying on the horrible floor at work looking under furniture.

 

I take the Nemos to work!

[akrohn2010]

This post is a few years old -- hope the OP has made a decision by now! Good discussion about two great entry pens, though. Good reading for anyone looking for a first/second pen or an inexpensive add to their collection.

 

~AK

Edited November 23, 2017 by AK-47

[Bookman]

Put me in the buy-both camp. Unlike the Metropolitan, the Singularity can be turned into an eyedropper. I like eyedroppers, and that's a selling point for me. Plus, the added heft in eyedropper mode helps with the balance. On the other hand, the Metropolitan is a solid, well-built pen. I dropped one of my Metropolitans—capped—on the kitchen floor and nothing happened but ink shot into the cap. Not a scratch. I doubt any Singularity would survive a fall like that.

 

If the Metropolitan is a fair deal at $20, the Singularity at $20 is overpriced. But in fact, I firmly believe the opposite: the Singularity is fairly priced at $20 and the Metropolitan is underpriced.

 

I've had two Singularitys (-ties?) and four Metropolitans.

 

 

I treat all my pens as gingerly as possible. But the demonstrator Singularity's cap developed micro cracks early on, and within 1½ years the cap cracked irreparably during normal use, an oft-repeated refrain around here. The red one has held up quite well, but micro cracks have developed around the base of the cap.

 

 

You never know when that Singularity cap is going to begin developing cracks and when, after that, the cap will break in your hands. Until that happens, the pen is a very good writer.

Edited November 24, 2017 by Bookman