Hero 7022 Cartridge Problem

[JessLJessup]

Question for you more seasoned users. I purchased a Hero 7022 Silver Business office Smooth Medium Nib Fountain Pen New on eBay for next to nothing. It writes well and is riding in my Traveler passport size notebook. It came with a cheapo slider converter, which is all well and good. The problem is that a short international cartridge will not slide into the barrel or if it is forced will not come out. Is this normal for this pen or do I have a manufacturing aberration? I have contacted the seller, but too recently to expect an answer. Anyone have any wisdom for me?

 

Thanks,

 

Jess

[Ian the Jock]

The pen in your pic doesn't look anything like the Hero 7022 that I have, which takes int. cartridges with no issues.

 

Maybe someone else has the same pen and can help.

[richardandtracy]

I have had this problem with a kit pen. I stuck the barrel in the lathe and ran as worn 7mm drill up the barrel. The drill was very worn and drilled to 6.9mm, and the biggest size cartridge I have come across is 6.86mm. Net result is that it fitted.

 

Not a lot of help finding if this is normal - I think it's probably a tolerance issue, with the thread on minimum and the cartridge on Max tolerance.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[bob_hayden]

I just received one of these pens and it looks to me like there is an insert in the barrel that makes me wonder if excluding most short international cartridges was intentional -- to get you to buy Hero's own cartridges. These (except for those marked "359") have a nipple like short international but are longer and thinner. I tried one in a 7022 like the one in the OP's photo and it fit fine. Unfortunately, there may be reasons why people are buying other brands of cartridges than Hero and that require Hero to provide a little nudge in their direction. I reviewed some of the Hero cartridges here.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/314342-cheap-ink-cartridges/page-2

 

Jinhao makes cartridges with a form factor similar to the Hero cartridges. I tried one of those in a 7022 and it was a bit more snug than the hero cartridge. The Jinhaos are also reviewed in the thread I linked above.

 

The Thornton cartridges advertised as fitting Lamy pens also work in some pens that take international cartridges if you insert the cartridge wrong way round. I tried this with my 7022 and it was pretty snug but might be usable. Levenger's used to sell such bipolar cartridges and they are still sold in Europe.

 

If you have a nice shop you could explore removing that insert;-)

[bob_hayden]

I eventually ended up with three of the pens from the OP and did a short review here.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/322439-the-other-hero-7022/

 

Re the original question, none of mine like short international cartridges but they do work well with Waterman or long international cartridges -- the first such Chinese pens I have encounted with such eating habits..