I bought these pens for work: the pens write smoothly, they are easy to hold, and the color of the ink is nice too!

The ink does not last long...but what vibrant purple color.

I love how fluid they write and the purple color is very pretty

This color is difficult to find in retail stores, and the price here isn't bad, especially if you have Amazon Prtime (free 2 day shipping!)

I have found that these pens are a nice bold color and nice to write with.

Love to write with these pens, comfortable grip, light, no smear.

Love the fact it has a nice grip and makes it more comfortable to write.

The pens have a good weight to them, and a comfortable rubber grip.

The grip is not particularly ergonomic, but it's comfortable enough.

Comfortable - Good grip, and it really just glides on the paper

She's NOT.I love the EnerGel's quick-drying ink, and smooth flow

I enjoy the fluid flow of the ink that seems to come out of a needle tip

Like the smooth flowing ink and the bright vibrant blue color

Loved the dark ink and smooth flow.

The ink lasts a long time, the grip is comfortable and the flow of ink is perfect

This is a really great fine point that the ink is consistent and doesn't smear.

I usually prefer very fine pointed pens, but for some reason I dislike the fine point on this one.

These pens are fantastic if you want a very fine point while writing

The ink doesn't smear all over like so many of the gel pens, mainly because the point is such a fine point

I really like these pens, the colors are vibrant, and fine point is just great, and I will be using them in my artwork

Love these pens and the price here is so much better than in the store.

A great price as I normally pay much more in the office supply store.

I have given them to friends and they all agree that it is a good pen,at a very reasonable price.

This color is difficult to find in retail stores, and the price here isn't bad, especially if you have Amazon Prtime (free 2 day shipping!)

and I like to use and this is the only way to purchase them at a reasonable price.

The comfort feel of the pen in my hand makes what feels like hours of tedious hand written notes a lot less painful

Excellent writing pen, no smudges, drys very fast, clean.

The comfort feel of the pen in my hand makes what feels like hours of tedious hand written notes a lot less painful

No smearing with my left hand writing...smooth ink - love it!

I tried many pens as I have arthritis and this is a smooth writing and comfortable pen.

This is the fastest drying gel pen that I've ever tried

My kind of pen :)Nice gel pen and especially like the needle tip

, 3 PackI was in need of some new pens and decided to give these Pentel EnerGel Deluxe RTX Retractable Liquid Gel Pen, 0.5mm, Needle Tip, Blue Ink

Plus it writes in some funny gel ink

Why on earth are decent purple gel pens so hard

That 'bleeding' issue generally stays that way and I'l typically have to discard that pen (and no, this wasn't after a flight)

I'm a righty, but my handwriting is small and I hold a pen in a weird way that can sometimes lead to smudging

After using these pens for a little while, I absolutely love the way they write.

Love the way it writes, I write big so the thin point helps it from getting too big

I have been using this particular pen model for a few years and love the way they write.

my handwriting isn't the best, so i have found a thin line makes it less messy and more legible

very smooth fine line, pen is well balanced and feels good in your hands

The Uniball came very close and only had a bit more smear lines

This is the pen that will dry faster than all the others, lay darker lines than all the others, and never, ever bleed on even the roughest paper

I love how these pens write and the very fine line they produce.

The ink dries relatively quickly compared to other gel pens and doesn't bleed through too easy.

My favorite pens for work-- the only complaint would be having to replace the ink kind of frequently sucks.

The ink is smooth and black, dries quickly and looks great

The ink doesn't smear all over like so many of the gel pens, mainly because the point is such a fine point

These pens feel good in your hand as you write, and the ink flows smoothly and does not smear.

As a lefty and this is gel it does not smear as you are writing

and it's my favorite type of pen (the Pentel Energel brand), but the ones I got must be a bad batch because they're all breaking.

I hope I just got a bad batch because I love Pentel pens, but these are TERRIBLE!!!!!

These are my favorite kind of pen but this batch definitely had a problem

Bought 3 more hopefully next batch is better.

A couple tiny bleeding issues so far, but basically irrelevant

I write really small and fast), and smooth even when writing furiously to keep up with the teacher. returning the pilot precise p-500 .05 extra fine tip blue and black 12-pack pens I bought

However, I've had a couple of failures because the pen body cracked at the connector.

The Uniball came very close and only had a bit more smear lines

no sharp, scratching that other gel tip nibs have, no inaccuracies and yet make your writing look nice, perfect fine line (comparable to the 0.7 feel of stability when writing, but more legible), minimal bleed-through, a nice little bit of give to the tip (unlike the uniball gel with a lid).I purchased a pack of these at Office Depot on a whim, because school's about to start and they were on sale

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When I saw the lone review for this pen, I had to try it, though I thought the reviewer might be exaggerating a bit

A bit pricey but worth it!

Got these pens in and they are awesome, I just love them they write so smoothly and very comfortable to hold good size barrel which is a plus for someone that has to take a lot of handwritten

I agree with other reviewers here, though, with the very high "barrel crack rate."

The barrel easily breaks into two separate pieces and renders the pens unusable

4 out of 5 barrels are cracked and I hardly ever used them.

As a lefty and this is gel it does not smear as you are writing

Being a Virgo and a writer, I am the most difficult person to please when it comes to pens!!

I'm a sloppy, lazy person.

I write really small and fast), and smooth even when writing furiously to keep up with the teacher. returning the pilot precise p-500 .05 extra fine tip blue and black 12-pack pens I bought

I'm a picky pen person that prefers a fine, clean line without smudging or blotching

The pen feels very flimsy, like the plastic might break at any moment.

The plastic cracks where one piece of the pen screws in to the other piece, so the back shoots off the pen while you're using it

The ink itself is great, but the pen barrel is made of cheap plastic and breaks easily

The plastic around the threads is not sturdy and will fracture which leaves you with a projectile weapon shooting needle point cartridges

The plastic cracks where one piece of the pen screws in to the other piece, so the back shoots off the pen while you're using it

The body comes apart so easily, even while writing the pens will fall apart.

The bodies are now falling apart on me, one after another

The bodies all cracked in the same place on all three pens and then they would start to fall apart while I was writing.

Specifically the needle point version because I write at odd angles, even as a right-y

I have only had one body break, a crack along the screw threads that would cause the pen to spring apart during writing