Pilot Capless Decimo Review (After 1 Month)

[Needhelp]

I made a first impressions on the pen on a previous post- https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/321467-my-new-fountain-pen/

After a month of using this pen on pages and pages of heavy usage, the pen is amazing! And i just love it.Here are some things that i love about the pen-1) it is a retractable pen

2) the nib performs amazing

3) nib is fine enough to use on cheap paper but wet enough to write smoothly

4) it is quite durable and feels a little hefty like im holding something but the balance is right on the center of the pen so if feels really light and nice to write with.Here are some things i dont like about the pen-1) it has such low ink capacity. The con 50 like lasts exactly for the day in school but i have to come back and refill it and then before going to school i have to refill it again. The cartridge holds more ink but i have to refill it everyday and it can last for 2 days but if i do forget to refill it the the pen starts to burp so when i retract the pen a big ink bubble pops which gets ink everywhere on the page. But i still use cartridges as it is better than the con502) i have to retract it gently or else it would start to nib creep.3) since i live in a hot place it does get quite slippery and i have to wipe it or else my handwriting will be sloppy.4) the con 50 gets stuck it the pen and takes a lot of effort to remove it so i stopped using it.Here are somethings to tell about the penToday i thought I'd take the pen out with me. So i took it but the pant pocket was too thick for the clip so i put ot in the pocket but was worried if it would get lost so i put it in the car and went out to a mall. Temperature was about 50 degrees celsius and the pen was definetly hot but when i clicked it no burping or anything lile that and it had half ink and it wrote just as it used to. The retractable feature is a life saver because after every use i retract the nib and it did fall twice but the nib is safe because it was retracted.Those was just some things how i felt about the pen. If you want to see the pictures you can see it from the link above.(too lazy to post the pictures of the current pen) Thank you and any suggestions or any advice or anything would be helpful.

Edited May 12, 2017 by Needhelp

[bizhe]

50 is hot.

[Driften]

I have also had a con-50 get stuck in my VP. I have older con-50's that did not have the extra metal part inside and ink would get stuck against the walls. I have been just refilling a cartridge which flows well in the pen. I also have some con-20 converters that I am going to try. They hold about the same as a cartridge.

 

Good luck!

[Needhelp]

50 is hot.

Yep it is but were used to it and it is common now that summers are coming.