Got A Jinhao X250

[fuadhilmy]

I got a Jinhao X250 yesterday, after a long waiting for about two months. In fact, I always thought that I would never get the packet, but voila, there it came to my mailbox yesterday.

 

 

It came with a simple envelope with a layer of bubble wrap inside. To my disappointment is that this kind if "protection" didn't really protect my pen; there is a scratch (or a nick) on the finial of the barrel during the shipping Oh, well. Can't really complain, because I paid for only IDR. 75,000 (equivalent to US$ 5) with free shipping.

 

This is quite a heavy pen (36 grams) and i like the weight on my palm. I enjoy heavy pens with the cap posted, but not for a long writing session. The cap itself is pretty heavy, so it will put the balance off the barrel. I tried to ink it, but i found that the converter didn't really work. The suction pressure is not enough to pull the ink up, and I only got little ink inside. My disappontment seemed to add up when I found that the ink dripped from the nib. I can conclude that there is a quality control problem in this particular pen.

 

 

I have changed it with a Hero aerometric converter, which can hold more ink than the Jinhao cartridge. It is a standard international converter, so it fit the pen perfectly.

 

 

This pen has a medium nib (smooth, I can say), and it puts wet ink to the paper, which i like from a fountain pen.

 

 

Am I satisfied:

-with the pen in general? Yes

-with the quality control? No

-with the price? Yes

Will I order some more? Definitely

 

Edited September 17, 2015 by fuadhilmy

[amarjit]

nice review. jinhao are good pens, only hiccups are 2 month delivery. i had few like jinha 321 and jinhao x750. Recently placed order for jinhao 599, Jinhao 599M and Jinhao 126.

[pensnproses]

Sweet review, I had a Jinhao X450, that pen was perfect wet, and wrote like a dream.

Edited September 17, 2015 by pensnproses

[fuadhilmy]

nice review. jinhao are good pens, only hiccups are 2 month delivery. i had few like jinha 321 and jinhao x750. Recently placed order for jinhao 599, Jinhao 599M and Jinhao 126.

 

Ah, yes. I have recently put another order for a gigantic 159, and an X750. I hope I can get better ones.

[fuadhilmy]

ups - double post.

Edited September 17, 2015 by fuadhilmy

[fuadhilmy]

Sweet review, I had a Jinhao X450, that pen was perfect wet, and wrote like a dream.

 

Really? Still waiting for this kind of Jinhao to arrive soon

[amarjit]

 

Ah, yes. I have recently put another order for a gigantic 159, and an X750. I hope I can get better ones.

Great, i think everyone who loves fountain pen should try jinhao. Yeah i will be placing order for x750 next month subject to availability of colours options

[fuadhilmy]

Great, i think everyone who loves fountain pen should try jinhao. Yeah i will be placing order for x750 next month subject to availability of colours options

 

Ebay offers you a lot of choices

[amarjit]

 

Ebay offers you a lot of choices

yeah bought my all time fav jinhao 321 with fine nib from ebay at $4.50.

[Ian the Jock]

Try the Jinhao x500.

I have it in coffee, voilet, and olive green.

Stunning pens and better than the 250, 450, and 750, great pens that they are.

For me, the best Jinhaos are the 217, x500 and the 1200.

Not a fan of the 599s at all.

 

Ian

[amarjit]

Try the Jinhao x500.

I have it in coffee, voilet, and olive green.

Stunning pens and better than the 250, 450, and 750, great pens that they are.

For me, the best Jinhaos are the 217, x500 and the 1200.

Not a fan of the 599s at all.

 

Ian

I will buy models as you said, only trouble is long waiting time.

[nosygrammarian]

I've found that shipping times vary wildly depending on who I buy from and when. I just had some pens I ordered at the same time as some I ordered from here in the U.S. show up on the same day. I've had times vary from almost 2 months to less than a week.

[acorn]

Try the Jinhao x500.

I have it in coffee, voilet, and olive green.

Stunning pens and better than the 250, 450, and 750, great pens that they are.

For me, the best Jinhaos are the 217, x500 and the 1200.

Not a fan of the 599s at all.

 

Ian

 

Is the Jinhao x500 same as the Jinhao 500?

 

Reason I ask I'v searched on ebay nothing coming up for x500 eith the exception of an x500 roller ball sold in the UK.

Edited December 1, 2015 by acorn

[Ian the Jock]

Yes it's the same pen.

For some reason the X has been dropped.

They were x500s when I bought them....I think. :-?

[acorn]

Thanks Ian, is this the pen:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390579742931?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

[Ian the Jock]

That's the fella.

They come in various different styles/colours.

There's a nice chequerboard one, and a milky white one that's also very nice, as well as the brown, blue, and olive green.

 

Ian

Edited December 2, 2015 by Ian the Jock

[acorn]

Thanks ian.

 

Over the weekend i bought over a dozen Chinese fountain pens after reading your Chinese pens thread, got most of the ones you talked and praise with the exception of a few due to being discontinued etc.

[magnus919]

Jinhao 1200... wow... I have to have this pen. "NOBLEST GOLDEN DRAGON"... this is so tacky looking that it's a must-have. I require advice on one crucial point: what's the correct tacky ink to pair with this NOBLEST pen?

[Ian the Jock]

Hahaha I have mine inked with Noodlers Baystate Blue..... What else?

 

Ian