A Quick Bic X Review

[old4570]

 

I was really surprised at how smooth it was ....

 

The pen came with a small ink cartridge which I put aside .

I found a cartridge converter that worked ( 3mm ? perhaps ) , which made me hit fleabay for more cartridge converters since I happen to break that one ( Yeah I am still using it to test the BIC ) .

 

What can I say , it ran right off the bat .

Writes @ 45deg cant to the left , but not when canting to the right ( ? ) oh well .

Does write inverted - very dry - and drying even more as you go along .

 

Keep the nib relatively straight or canting slightly to the left and the pen writes really well .

Ink looks to flow well and the pen writes a little wet ( is that moist ? ) ..

 

Ink be Parker Quink Black since that is what is available locally .

 

This particular pen actually wrote smoothly on pine ( wood ) which was a little surprising ..

Darn shame the pen won't cant to the right , ..... Maybe its only real weak point .

 

Still surprising that such a cheap pen can write so smoothly ... Certainly outclasses the previous pens I have tried ( Chinese - Indian ) Jinhao 990 - 992 , Romus Majestic .

[Honeybadgers]

Biggest problem with these cheap pens is that they dry out. Let this sit four or five days and report back about hard starts!

[old4570]

24 hours stored horizontally ...

No issues starting or running .

No leaks detected .

 

5 Day dry start test next ! ( Next Saturday for me )

[old4570]

5 Days of rest :

 

After 5 days of lying around doing nothing the pens started right away .. No issues ..

No leaks detected ..

 

Seems to work as it should ..

I am taking the pen out of testing and will move onto another .

[jchch1950]

Price?

[old4570]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xpen-Fountain-Assorted-Barrel-Colors/dp/B003V8BII6

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BIC-X-PEN-GREY-BLACK-FOUNTAIN-PEN-new/392015178772?hash=item5b45ecec14:g:u6IAAOSwvTpaBzqL = Same seller I got mine from

[jchch1950]

old4570: thank you for the information.