Coloured Ballpoint Pen Refill Options?

[inkspot]

I have a Waterman Hemisphere ballpoint pen that I use when I travel (had one too many fountain pen disasters on airplanes). Unfortunately, Waterman only makes blue and black refills, and I often use the pen for grading or marking up student drafts, so I like to have a greater colour contrast - red, orange, green, etc.

 

I have tried the Monteverde refills designed for Waterman pens, but they don't quite fit nicely in my pen.

 

Are there any other colour refill options out there that you know of?

[sciumbasci]

I have no idea if Waterman's ballpoints refills are proprietary or not. In case Parker style refills fit, Privatr Reserve makes refills of different colours, such as blue black and purple

 

For maximum-thermodynamics-teacher-tier of evilness while grading stuff, you could use Pilot V7 or V5 rollerball. It's retina searing red always seemed to jump out from the paper and slap you across the face.

 

Make sure to put extra pressure, too

Edited May 31, 2016 by sciumbasci

[Mike 59]

Hi, Have just tried several of the popular refills, but none are even close.

Tested Parker style, Pilot G2, Uniball Signo and Sheaffer, they don't fit.

The thin refill in a Pilot Acroball went in the Hemisphere, but was a few mm too long, and the point of it only just came out of the Hemisphere, that's as close as I have got. Maybe with a small amount of trimming it might work.

[inkspot]

Thank you both for your replies. I guess blue and black it is!

[Zookie]

I was just thinking, I have an old Chromatic 2 color ballpoint that I'd like to use. Does anyone out there know what refills would fit? Black and red, or blue and red would be fine.