Hero Pump Converter

[heavyiron]

I just bought a few Hero pens to play with. Some came with pump converters...I've never used pumps before. Whats the trick to get the sac to fill all the way up? Seems when I pump, it sucks ink in, the pushes back out, or maybe I'm too impatient.

[Goodwhiskers]

Press the bar quickly and firmly, release it quickly, and wait five seconds between presses so that the sac can finish expanding (and pulling ink up). Five times should be enough. Under normal circumstances, you don't want to fill the reservoir completely because an air bubble is necessary for consistent operation.

 

If you plan to carry loaded Hero pump-fill pens through ear-popping changes in elevation, a top-off filling is necessary, but messier and more time-consuming: Have a wiping cloth or tissue paper ready. Do a normal fill-up. Turn the pen nib-upward, tap the section gently to get as much ink out of the section and down into the reservoir (and the reservoir's air bubble on the up side) as you can. Press and release the bar very gently several times to suck the rest of the ink down from the section into the reservoir. Press gently again until the air is out. Dunk the pen into the bottle and do two more filling squeezes. Wipe the section and wick some of the ink away from the nib and feed. Store the pen nib-upward.

 

I'd rather carry the pen empty, and bring the bottle along, through an ear-popping change in elevation.

Edited April 20, 2006 by Goodwhiskers

[heavyiron]

thanks Goodwhiskers, I'll give it a whirl...