Best Inexpensive Chinese Pens

[jimrittenhouse]

Yeah, they are. I'd consider something more expensive if I saw a significant difference from the experience I'm having with these pens, but you'd have to convince me it was worth it.

 

Got the Baoer 388 working, but still getting skips and hard starts from the Baoer 3018, and unfortunately there's next to nothing on them online. Will contact isellpens and see if they can give me some advice as to what to do to get it going.

 

At this point I figure that I have enough pens for a while, and want to concentrate on inks. I'm still surprised at how well the ink that comes with the Hero 359 sets works.

[TSherbs]

 

At this point I figure that I have enough pens for a while, and want to concentrate on inks. I'm still surprised at how well the ink that comes with the Hero 359 sets works.

My Hero Blue-Black ink is one of my better inks (except for the smell).

[4lex]

After dip testing new Cross Townsend in John Lewis this week I must say best fountain pens made in China today are Cross pens. I could not notice much difference from the old US made Townsend I used to have. I remember enjoying the writing experience with the US made one more, but because of the time gap between the two that is totally subjective. Townsend is not inexpensive but you can get some descent Cross FP for less.

Edited November 22, 2015 by 4lex Mood

[mooshi]

I must say, I'm quite impressed with the Jinhao x450. For the longest time, I had avoided getting the pen because I was unimpressed with a few of the Chinese pens I had growing up. I had the staples - Hero 616, Jinhao 599 when I got back into FPs, and a few others throughout the years. They all worked fine enough, but it wasn't until I bit the bullet and got in on the $0.99 x450s that I was actually blown away by the pen's performance. And for $0.99 shipped!? From somewhere in China to my doorsteps in the states in 7 days on every order, no less.

 

I quickly bought 3 more. I'm just that impressed. All of them have worked perfectly fine out of the envelop and have given my trusty Pilot Vanishing Point a run for its money. I'm consistently reaching for the x450 now and my other pens hardly get any use, I'm a little sad to admit.

 

The Jinhao 599s I've had, both the Medium and hooded EF nibs, worked alright. However, because of the cheaper construction, I've had a few leaks with those plastic bodies. The x450s have never given me such trouble.

[MontPelikan]

Hello,

a quick video review of the Wing Sung 3203 could be found here:

 

 

Thank you for watching and sharing!

 

MontPelikan

[MontPelikan]

Hello,

 

a short video review of the Baoer 388 here:

 

 

Thank you for watching and sharing!

 

MontPelikan

[Honeybadgers]

Check out the Hero 9026. I paid $0.90 for it and it's a genuinely astonishing writer, feels really well made to boot.

 

I'm a big fan of the Wing Sung 6359, lamy al-star knockoff with an EF nib that's genuinely better than Lamy's. It can dry out if left for more than 2 or 3 days, but if you use it regularly, no problem at all.

[MontPelikan]

Hello,

here is a little video review of the

 

KEVIN & SASA Crafts PD03:

 

Thank you for watching and sharing,

 

MontPelikan

[Seele]

Hello,

here is a little video review of the

 

KEVIN & SASA Crafts PD03:

 

Thank you for watching and sharing,

 

MontPelikan

 

That seems to be a rebranded Penton F10. I did a video on one earlier.

 

[Mech-for-i]

The latest good inexpensive Chinese pen I happen to encounter are the Penton F19 / F20 opaque limited edition which sell for only half the price as the normal demo version. I like the fact that the pen is all user serviceable and easily disassembled for cleaning and the colors is pretty nice too. Not to mention they have decent screw cap

[bluebellrose]

Another vote for Hero 616. Puts tons of western pens to shame. Tipped steel hooded nib, built in filler, well built collector, good japanese fine line, hard as a nail so your coworker can use it. They dont dry out either. Nib is the same size as a crows quill, so you can swap them out for them, and the feed works. All this for less then five bones. If you threw a western name on it, it would be a $40 pen easy. I buy them by the dozen to give to people who want to try a fountain pen.

 

Another one is the Jinhao 599, which is a pretty good "clone" (copy) of the Lamy Safari, but for 1/10 the cost, while still providing a nice writing experience. They make a hooded version with a extra fine nib that I have yet to try, but looks good.

 

My Jinhao x450, while having a good nib, tends to dry out, and is so heavy that if it was my daily use pen I would no longer need tools to open walnuts or remove the lugnuts from my car, as my hands would be super human.

has me thinking about Western Soy milk(silk ) vs Western Chinese Soymilk (Sunrise, Superior ). Chinese Canadian companies who make the exact same thing with much better taste and cheaper than the American brands. Lol. And both use non gmo soy. Just one uses the American soy (Silk) and the Canadians use Canadian soy beans (probably more expensive base cost regarding the ingredients )and you'd get twice the volume American brands offer. Xd.