Pentel Reviews

My amazing friends at Shoplet, who sell great office supplies, sent me three of their Pentel writing products for my review recently. As previously stated, I am a pen/pencil fanactic so I was super excited to try these out.

My overall favorite was the Retractable Gel Pen. It writes 1000 times better than any pen I have ever owned and it has amazing lasting power. It writes smooth and is very comfortable to grip while writing. It has become my staple pen inside my purse and I use it for every thing I can think of!

Retractable Gel Pens

I am not a huge pencil fan lately as I am doing a lot of official paperwork that requires blue or black ink, but as far as pencils go, this one is really nice. It is easy to reload and I love that the eraser is also retractable. It takes a pretty standard lead size of 0.5mm.

Mechanical Pencil

 

This ballpoint pen set is pretty nice. I like how lightweight they are and the colors are cute and fun! A few of them are more on the pastel side for my liking, but they write very well and evenly and seem to last pretty long. I did have one of them in my purse for a few weeks, but due to the hustle and bustle of my purse movement, it came apart. So it may not be the best long-term travel pen. Otherwise, I have nothing but great opinions!

Retractable Ballpoint Pens

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Schneider Pens Reviews

My whole life, writing utensils have been one of my favorite office supplies. It is a real challenge for me to leave a store without buying some kind of pen or pencil or marker--and it is never because I NEED them. So it was a no-brainer when I was asked to review these pens made my Schneider for Shoplet.

 

All of the following Schneider pen products were included in my complimentary package and I love them all!

Slider XB ViscoGlide Ballpoint Pen
Slider Edge 1.0mm Ballpoint Pen
Schneider Xpress Porous Point Pen
Slider Basic Ballpoint Pen
Slider Memo XB Set
Slider Memo XB ViscoGlide Ballpoint Pen 
They can be purchased by following the links above.

So what did I think of them?
Well the Xpress Porous Point Pen is one of my favorites because it creates very thick, dark lines like a fine point marker (but it is a pen!). But the thing that set it apart from other pens is the the lasting power. I have had this pen since June and use pretty frequently. Not only has it not run out of ink with regular use (in fact all of my Schneider pens have great writing power still), but this pen has been put through an extra rough test that every other pen and marker I have ever had has failed:
About two weeks ago, my children lost the cap to my Xpress pen. I was super upset! I have used it a couple times and each time I pick it up, I expect it to not work... But as I am typing this, the pen still works just as well as it did Day One and you would have no idea that it has been sitting around my house with no lid/cap of any kind on it.

I really like the cute colors of the Memo XB Set, they are a bit different than any other colored pens of a similar kind.
The clips on the pens (for the ones that have them) have been particularly useful and durable through my neurotic clicking of it while reading/working and my small children seemingly attempting to snap them off.

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