What Is The Best Chinese Clone For The Parker Vector?

[lreiley]

I know many Chinese companies pattern pens after the Vector, but I'm looking for one that writes really well.

[Pterodactylus]

Question because I´m really curious, why don´t you buy a Vector?

Why to settle for a questionable Chinese clone when you can get the original? (I guess it´s not a matter of the price when I look at a Vector price )

[The Blue Knight]

Question because I´m really curious, why don´t you buy a Vector?

Why to settle for a questionable Chinese clone when you can get the original? (I guess it´s not a matter of the price when I look at a Vector price )

 

Wondering exactly the same when I read this post. You could always go for a NOS Rialto / 88 if your looking for something more premium.

[Paul80]

Isn't the current Parker Vector made in china, if so the the Parker Vector is the best Chinese clone of the Parker Vector.

 

Paul

[lreiley]

Good point, Paul I guess I didn't realize Vectors were so affordable, but I'd like to find something that looks like a Parker but takes a standard cartridge. I lose pens so easily that I don't even want to spend $15 on any that I might use at school.

[usk15]

I think if you going to check EBay for Parker Vector you might find some unwanted gift with reasonable price!

 

 

here is an example : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Vector-Fountain-Pen-/151111760513

[Vendome]

No need to buy a Vector clone. It's one of the entry level models for Parker so it's cheap as chips anyway. I buy some off E-bay for about 4 quid, free postage, which works out about 6 bucks.

 

If you don't want to use Parker cartridges, buy a Parker converter for the Vector and use bottled ink. That way you have more choice of ink brands and colours and it's more economical than buying cartridges all the time.

[lovemy51]

I know many Chinese companies pattern pens after the Vector, but I'm looking for one that writes really well.

the underlined sentence interest me... no don't want to buy one. just curious, i guess! which are these? i don't think i've ever seen them... or noticed them!

[Kugelschreiber]

the underlined sentence interest me... no don't want to buy one. just curious, i guess! which are these? i don't think i've ever seen them... or noticed them!

 

The Baoer 801, perhaps.

[lovemy51]

 

The Baoer 801, perhaps.

wow, thx, I had never seen that one... I guess they do clone everything nowadays!

[KrazyIvan]

Hero 9035, it is the one on the bottom. Has a hooded nib though.

 

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5259/5526418838_0aaf902b15_z.jpg

Hero Pens by IvanRomero, on Flickr

 

 

The top one is it:

 

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5013/5526425670_e718481859_z.jpg

Hero Hooded Nibs by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[basterma]

I have a pen I picked up in Syria in 2008 that is a dead ringer for a vector in terms of size, feel of the plastic, and the way the cap clicks. It even has the same feeling when the cap is posted; you know, when the cap slides over the metal post seat. The clip is different and the nib is an IPG but writes with a wet line that is a Western Medium width. There is no marking on the pen except for a letter "R" with a dot on top. The part that made me buy it was how close it was to a Vector in a tactile sense as well as in appearance. If you were blinfolded and not touching the clip or nib, you'd be hard pressed to say it wasn't a Vector.

 

I will try and post pictures in the next few days once I set up an account on a sharing sight.

[rochester21]

Isn't the current Parker Vector made in china, if so the the Parker Vector is the best Chinese clone of the Parker Vector.

 

Paul

[bob_hayden]

The Baoer 801 sells for under $2US on eBay. I bought about 15 years ago and all have been great -- better writers and more durable than the Parker Vector. (Mine were the flavor that did NOT have a hooded nib.)

[Sasha Royale]

Good point, Paul I guess I didn't realize Vectors were so affordable, but I'd like to find something that looks like a Parker but takes a standard cartridge. I lose pens so easily that I don't even want to spend $15 on any that I might use at school.

 

I understand. This Vector is a lot less than $15.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/172196194279?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true

 

The HERO 266 has a diameter of a wooden pencil. I have had good experiences with this wet-writing fine point. At this price, they are practically disposable. (10% might be defective.)

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-10Set-266-Great-Hero-0-38mm-Fountain-Pen-Steel-Nib-Study-Office-Finance-Pen-/161852808802?hash=item25af2dde62:g:etkAAOSwYGFUrj-0

 

On the other hand (only semi-humorously) a LAMY 2000 is a great pen ! I have had mine for several years. At $165, paranoia precludes my losing it. That's another approach.