Review: Pilot Juice Gel Ink Pen - 0.5mm

Overall Look	8
Writing Smoothness	9
Overall Value	9
Overall Rating	9

I had no intention of buying these pens before walking into the store last weekend, but I saw them on my way to the register and couldn't help myself.  Last time I visited the store they weren't carrying these pens, so I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed them. 

One of the first things I noted about the Pilot Juice was how similar they looked to my go-to Zebra Sarasa Clip pens (Look out for my comparison post in the near future!)  One thing that they both have in common that I really like is the clip! But there are definitely some differences between the two though. Most notable, for me, is how many colors this pen comes in! Pilot Juice pens are available in an impressive 36 different colors.  I am a big fan of having different shades of one color while writing, and with so many options and colors the Pilot Juice pens already win some points from me. The store I purchased the pens from didn't have all 36, but they had a decent selection.

I bought a total of five pens, if you remember from my last post.

And you can see these are the colors I picked up last week.

I started using one of the black in pens on Monday, and to be honest, I wasn't super into it.  Unlike other reviews I've read for this pen, it didn't scratch my paper -- which is good.  But it seemed like it was depositing more ink than I was expecting for a 0.5mm pen.  I opened up the blue, red, and green pens to test them out and didn't have that problem.  I hope that the other black pen that I bought doesn't have the same problem though.  

I paid $2.00 for each pen, which is a fair price.  Jetpens.com lists their stock of individual Pilot Juice pens $1.65 but also have color sets for $9.90 or all 36 colors bundled together for $59.40.

I haven't quite decided if I like these pens that much, but when I get a chance I will definitely be buying a Pilot Juice in dark red, and maybe checking out the 0.38mm Pilot Juice pens.