4 colored pens, does this thing exist?

[BigBlot]

On 6/1/2021 at 12:17 PM, Ethelios said:

I was thinking about another pen companion, and realized I've never seen 4-color pens outside the red-blue-black-green ones.

I'll like to take notes without inking 4 separate pens, and these overlap with the fountain pen's current color, so hard pass. Funky inks are not the best option at the moment.

 

Is there such a thing out there? Maybe bright pastels? Different cartridges or refills?

Before a month wait from Aliexpress, I'd like to hear users' opinions in this place.

Yes. The Bic 4-Color Fashion ballpoint. It has pastel colors. But be careful: There seem to be four color Bics with fancy barrels but the standard red blue green black inks. I saw the Fashion ballpoint years ago in a store, but didn't try it, so can't vouch for the ink shading. When I went to the US Bic site a few minutes ago, when I click on ball pen, then 4 color, it has an ominous message that it cannot find the product. This is for any four color ballpoint pen.

 

I used to use the regular Bic four color ballpoints quite a lot, since having four colors made it easy to draw schematics sketched in the field. Taking a Bic fine point four color from the pencil cup, and it has "Made in France" on it.

[flatline]

The Bic and the Inkjoy Quatro both share the flaw that the refills are not replaceable. JetPens has several customizable mutlipen systems where, obviously, the refills can be replaced, but those systems are kind of pricey. You'll have to decide for yourself if it's worth investing in a nicer pen.

 

--flatline

[vicpen123]

Rotring (and others) make multi pens pens that use a D1 refill - a short slim refill.

 

For these multi pens it seems that Monteverde soft roll ballpoint pen refills have the widest variety of colours outside the standard blue black green red.

 

 

[Ethelios]

Thanks everyone for the replies. As lbrown2684, JetPens has a guide on what refill goes with what multipen, lots of options to check in the future. In the meantime, the pastel BIC in light blue looks like a carbon copy of LAMY's Turqoise + some dark blue ink mix. Ouch, didn't expect duplicates like this. Anyways, next order or gift season could have one of them, I'm surprised people don't consider making more refills, the whole disposing your pen as soon as one (1) refill goes down feels alien after fountain pens.

 

So if anyone wants contrasting colors, match regular blue BICs with light blue fountain pen ink, and ink like Pelikan's 4001 Royal blue (a bit on the purple side) with the pastel BIC. Else they look too much alike, which kinda defeats the idea here.

 

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[flatline]

My wife will run the black out and then quits using it. If I hunt around the house, I can probably come up with 3 or 4 Bic and Inkjoy multipens with no black but plenty of the other 3 colors.

 

It does seem wasteful.

[PAKMAN]

Montblanc made a four color ball point the Pix-o-Mat Chromatic.

[lbrown2684]

On 6/10/2021 at 9:53 AM, flatline said:

My wife will run the black out and then quits using it. If I hunt around the house, I can probably come up with 3 or 4 Bic and Inkjoy multipens with no black but plenty of the other 3 colors.

 

It does seem wasteful.

You can order refills on Amazon, search on Bic multi pen refill, four color packs or just one. You just unscrew the pen and pop out the the color that doesn't work. Admittedly, ballpoints like to pretend to be out of ink... 

[Gloucesterman]

On 6/12/2021 at 7:20 AM, lbrown2684 said:

You can order refills on Amazon, search on Bic multi pen refill, four color packs or just one. You just unscrew the pen and pop out the the color that doesn't work. Admittedly, ballpoints like to pretend to be out of ink... 

I have an old (from the early 2000's) Rotring 4 point multi-pen. One point is a hi-liter and another is a .5mm pencil point. As they all have the same diameter opening to fit I suspect they will accommodate all of the D1 refills. A friend sold me a Parker 75 3 or 4 color multi-pen which I have somewhere.

 

Both of these will be available for purchase at the Commonwealth Pen Show here in Boston/Somerville on September 12th. Be sure to stop by and say hello if you can/do attend.

 

Oh yes, and the Rotring has a nice slim eraser,inside the removable cap.

 

BTW, I have found that I can usually re-energize an old metal refill as long as it's a metal one. Passing the point fairly quickly through an open flame (and the some random scribbling usually results in a working refill. Again, the KEY PHRASE is "fairly quickly".

 

 

 

 

[Honeybadgers]

Sailor makes a REALLY nice multi pen that's metal, thin, and feels super high quality for about $35.

 

It has 3 colors and a 0.5mm pencil with an eraser in the back. You can pick new colors and switch the ballpoints to rollerballs with Zebra Sharbo X refills.

[Gloucesterman]

9 hours ago, Honeybadgers said:

Sailor makes a REALLY nice multi pen that's metal, thin, and feels super high quality for about $35.

 

It has 3 colors and a 0.5mm pencil with an eraser in the back. You can pick new colors and switch the ballpoints to rollerballs with Zebra Sharbo X refills.

Just saw an ad  for a four color LAMY 2000 on AMA... If it is there it's probably available at other sellers.

[Black Spot]

I found it !

I knew I had seen something somewhere 

There is a mulit 4 color pen the Pilot Hi tec-c coleto where you can pick and choose colors for your pen

and hear is proof

start the video at 7:49

 

 

[Ethelios]

22 minutes ago, Black Spot said:

 

The place looks like a candy store, so many colors everywhere. Anyways I got some pastel pens, and somehow they perform better than regular Bics.

 

Same  thin barrel so not good for long writing sessions but that's what fps are for.

[Gloucesterman]

On 6/29/2021 at 1:20 PM, Gloucesterman said:

I have an old (from the early 2000's) Rotring 4 point multi-pen. One point is a hi-liter and another is a .5mm pencil point. As they all have the same diameter opening to fit I suspect they will accommodate all of the D1 refills. A friend sold me a Parker 75 3 or 4 color multi-pen which I have somewhere.

 

Both of these will be available for purchase at the Commonwealth Pen Show here in Boston/Somerville on September 12th. Be sure to stop by and say hello if you can/do attend.

 

Oh yes, and the Rotring has a nice slim eraser,inside the removable cap.

 

BTW, I have found that I can usually re-energize an old metal refill as long as it's a metal one. Passing the point fairly quickly through an open flame (and the some random scribbling usually results in a working refill. Again, the KEY PHRASE is "fairly quickly".

 

 

 

 

Just found a Parker 75 series brushed steel 4-color ballpoint pen. Expect to have that at the Show also.

[Black Spot]

 

hear is a link to the Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto 1000 4

 

https://www.jetpens.com/Pilot-Hi-Tec-C-Coleto-1000-4-Color-Multi-Pen-Body-Component-Black/pd/24119