Uni-Ball Jetstream RT Pens - NY Times Wirecutter Best Pen for Over a Decade - Pack of 3 Black Fine Point Pens, 0.7mm - Back to School Pens, Ballpoint Pens

The best pens. Smooth writing. Writes so good!

I’m a lefty so I need something that doesn’t smudge. This writes smoothly and drys fast. The pen feels good in my grip. I like that the nibs doesn’t move inside the tip of the pen like my or two pens. I wish they made these on an alloy body and that the grin had some squish to it vs just being a wider part in the body. Overall though it is a really nice pens and the colors look nice in person.

These Uni-Ball Jetstream RT pens really do live up to the hype. I saw them recommended in the New York Times and decided to try them — now I won’t use anything else. The ink flow is so smooth, never smudges, and dries quickly, which is perfect since I’m constantly jotting notes or writing for long stretches.They’re comfortable to hold, don’t skip, and somehow manage to feel both precise and effortless. It may sound funny to rave about a pen, but once you try these, it’s hard to go back to anything else. A small but mighty upgrade that makes everyday writing a joy.

No me gustaron mucho escriben bien pálido el color

These pens are great! They write smoothly, don't skip, easy to hold, look nice, the colors of the 5 pens are really nice. The accents make the pens look professional. Definitely deserves the Wirecutter top pen nomination. Uniball pens are always wonderful. Have recommended them to many people. They dry quickly and have the super ink built in features. Fraud protection and so forth. Highly recommend them and the price for them is really good considering what you are getting.

I can see why this has been the best pen for over a decade. I thought I liked those other gel pens until I tried this one. Smooth, clean lines with no smearing and it feels great to write with. Hands down the best pen you can get at this price.

I've been a huge fan of the Jetstream line from Uniball since they released over ten years ago. They use a "hybrid" ink which is a combination of gel/water based ink and oil based ink. This hybrid allows for the super smooth writing you get from an oil based ink while maintaining the deep, dark lines you expect from gel. These pens are well known to be "lefty" friendly, so they do not smear. The clicking mechanism on these feel nice and they are super easy to pick up and go. I would avoid keeping them in pockets as pocket lint will gum up the tip and cause the pen to start skipping.One huge benefit is the Uni Super Ink, which is an archival level ink. This means the ink is designed to resist chemical washing and fading.Personally, I just don't understand the pricing on this pack specifically. You get 4 pens for $3.50 (at the time of this writing), which comes out to $0.88 per pen. The actual refills for this pen cost at least twice that. I bought half a dozen 4 packs, just for the refills. They work great in my first edition Ti Arto!

Really great pens for the price.

Very smooth and no leaks. One of the best pens I have

HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!These are my all-time favourite pens. I prefer the 1.0 in blue over the 0.7 in black, but they are easily interchangeable. The colours are esthetically pleasing!! LOVE THEM!!

Absolutely Fantastic....Not one person who has used the pen has said that he/she didn't like it. Very reliable.

É de fato uma caneta muito boa, a escrita é macia, confortável, gostosa mesmo. Incrível para uma caneta comum por esse preço. O NYT tem razão de indicar como a melhor caneta.

This was one of my favorite pens when I was young, but on repurchase, I noticed that it no longer writes well, at least on printer paper, if your hands are sweaty. I'm not sure if this is a quality change that has occurred over a decade, if my sweat composition has changed now that I'm older, if because I have only recently written on printer paper and not notebook paper, or if the way/how long it was stored in the shipping warehouse.I used to love this pen for its relative smoothness, lack of skipping, lack of intensity needed to apply ink to paper, and lack of smearing on both paper and on the hand (making it great for left-handed people), and comfortable grip that lends itself to the whole body -- much of this remains true. However, in addition to difficulty applying ink with oily/sweaty hands, it also appears to skip more than I remember, even on a fresh piece of printer paper, making it difficult to write in very small print due to the skipping and sort of initial force needed to begin ink transfer onto paper.On the other hand, the Pilot Acroball pen has been very good to me, allowing me to write in very small print without skipping and smearing, although long sessions cause my fingers to get sore. I just wish I had found blue and red ink versions for it. I can't comment on the long-session comfort aspect of the Jetstream now, however, because it is too annoying to write small print with it. I currently use the Acroball for writing text and the Jetstream(s) for underlining and annotating a few words in color.