Schmidt Easyflow 9000 Question

[Karas Kustoms]

We go through thousands of Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 refills a year. We have never found them to dry out easily, unlike the Schmidt P8126 and 5888 refills, which are far more likely to dry out. I do believe there have been some changes to the EF9000 in the past few years around the time they eliminated some options with that refill.

 

The architecture of the tip of the EF9000 makes it somewhat problematic for low writers, as you've seen. The ball is rather large and it's set looser than a roller ball, in the "cup" of the tip. This is due to the ink formulation. This allows for the sharp edge of the "cup" to catch on paper at low angles especially on the upstroke or depending on the writing angle a side stroke. Finding a good low-writing angle refill can be hard. I've found that the Pilot Precise V5/7 refills can write at lower angles than the P812x series, but that could be a function of the tip and type of ink employed in that refill.

[KellyMcJ]

We go through thousands of Schmidt EasyFlow 9000 refills a year. We have never found them to dry out easily, unlike the Schmidt P8126 and 5888 refills, which are far more likely to dry out. I do believe there have been some changes to the EF9000 in the past few years around the time they eliminated some options with that refill.

 

The architecture of the tip of the EF9000 makes it somewhat problematic for low writers, as you've seen. The ball is rather large and it's set looser than a roller ball, in the "cup" of the tip. This is due to the ink formulation. This allows for the sharp edge of the "cup" to catch on paper at low angles especially on the upstroke or depending on the writing angle a side stroke. Finding a good low-writing angle refill can be hard. I've found that the Pilot Precise V5/7 refills can write at lower angles than the P812x series, but that could be a function of the tip and type of ink employed in that refill.

 

A friend of mine had a Pilot Precise V5 refill yesterday and I got to try it out- it was, THE. SMOOTHEST. PEN. I'VE. EVER. USED. It was smoother than any fountain pen. Unbelievable.

 

If only it came in a finer tip size than 0.5mm.

 

I like Uniball Signo refills, although, at least when it comes to the 0.28mm ones that I use, you need to take care when it comes to the angle. There was a learning curve with them. They're not as smooth as the V5 refills. Although, I really do think that the smaller the tip size, the more precise the angle must be- which makes sense, as there's a much smaller area to make contact with the page.

 

I have a Pilot Hi-Tec C pen here and it is remarkably smooth, even with its 0.25mm (!) tip size. Smoother than the uniball. If it weren't for the fact that the ink vanishes with accidental contact with alcohol, I'd be using it instead of the Uniball. There is a wide range of tip sizes and colors in the Hi-Tec C refills, you might consider building one of your pens around them It is light/skips at a low angle but is still smooth as silk.