Thanks for the nice review. I love the Daiso "inkpod" fountain pens available (probably only in) Korea. Those are available for 1000 won (which is about 1 US$) and come in 10 different colours with matching ink cartriges (2 packed in with each pen). The pen body is made of transparent plastic with ends of the same colour as the ink and the nib is smooth enough (but not scratchy), the ink flow is just right and they never dry up. I love the fact that these pens come with the not so common ink cartriges like orange, pink and even yellow, apart from the regular colours. For some strange reason, I have not found these pens outside Korea: including in Daiso Japan. I bought a bunch, each of different colour and just absolutely love these pens!
@lucianasser
4 жыл бұрын
This video came out just in time! I'm about to go to Daiso in about half an hour, hahaha! This is what I call destiny! Thanks for the review.
@Blitterbug
4 жыл бұрын
This is why I like your channel. Much as I like The Pen Habit, you only get horrendously expensive pens there. Even SBREBrown shows MontBlancs and stuff. I like sub-$100 pens and have a soft spot for sub $10 chinese offerings. Good stuff, keep it up! Pens for the everyday writer!
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
Even for every day writers, cheap pens are problematic in the long run. They simly lack durability, and develop far more flow problems, leaking problems, and nib problems than more expensive pens. You actually save money by buying a pen that will last for decades, sometimes even for lifetimes. It's the old "Penny wise and pound foolish" trap. You can quickly spend two hundred dollars buying cheap pens that don't last, or you can buy a hundred dollar pen that will last. Or a two hundred dollar pen with a gold nib, instead of all those cheap pens.
@limmoblack
4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesaritchie1 ... or $100-$200 pen that doesn't work out of the expensive box, plus the nibs have to be tuned, try watching these 'snob' reviews on KZitem.
@shallots639
3 жыл бұрын
i’ve actually had my fountain pen from daiso for two years now, never lost it. i’ve refilled it a bunch of times and it still holds up perfect aside from a little wobble in the clip which isn’t a big deal. definitely a good value.
@frankvars7925
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks James! Very interesting! I find this design with a double central ring very fascinating.
@thepengreek5476
4 жыл бұрын
These are so good! I have at least 10 around the place! I also buy them to give away to friends in an effort to induct them into the FP cult LOL!
@loser5136
4 жыл бұрын
Hm interesting pen might grab one if I’m ever in a daiso, just ordered a lamy safari tho excited for that, and just a heads up , it’s pronounced die-so not day so. You got the so part right just a little off on the first bit ;)
@willtato8778
4 жыл бұрын
I'm at uni right now, and I understand the differences between me and my flatmate. While I'd save my money for a cheap fountain pen/ink, the other would rather spend it on expensive food. My reasoning is that a pen lasts longer...
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
The only dollar pens I own are a massive number of the Jinhao 992 pens. They're wonderful for testing new inks. About one out of four is junk, but two out of four write well, and one out of four writes as well as any steel nib pen I have. I separate these, and I just started a novel with one of them. I want to see just how durable they really are. Now, to a degree, you do get what you pay for with fountain pens, but there are certainly exceptions. Cheap pens generally have two problems, lack of quality control, and nibs, that really need replaced, even if they're smooth as butter. The steel in cheap pen nibs is very, very, very cheap, and very, very, very thin, so even if they are smooth, it doesn't usually takje much serious writing to ruin one. But if you get a good writer for a dollar, you can afford to throw it away when the nib goes bad. This said, you can get a good fountain pen for very little money, but you can't get a great one, simply because none of them come with high quality, long lasting nibs. Put a new, quality nib on several of the Jinhao pens, and you have something that's now worth from fifty to a hundred and fifty dollars, depending on the model. And if you could stamp a top brand name on one, you could easily double or triple this worth, depending on the nib you chose. But the Jinhao is an exception. Most under fifteen dollars pens really are cheap in every sense of the word. And, really, there is a huge difference in the quality of materials used, and in the writing experience, when you hit the fifty dollar point. Too, even a twenty-five dollar steel nib writes better and lasts far longer than the nib on the best cheap pens, including the Jinhao. Nibs are one area where you do get what you pay for at least ninety-eight percent of the time. This progression in writing quality and durability keeps going right up until the reach gold nibs. Some say gold nibs don't change the writing experience, but these people are complete nuts. Anyone who uses a fountain pen regularly can feel a massive difference between a smooth steel nib and a soft gold nib. Even if you make a steel nib that's both smooth and soft, you have to change all sorts of things, including size and shape, for it to match a gold nib, and doing this changes the writing experience. A quality soft gold nib is very costly, but there is no other way to get this writing experience with a fountain pen. There's even a difference in gold nibs, but somewhere around two to three hundred dollars this difference generally fades away, and you start buying pens for the art, or for the exotic materials used. A six thousand dollar Namiki Maki-e or Chinkin with a soft gold nib doesn't usually write any better than a two hundred dollar Pilot custom 74 with a soft gold nib, partially because Pilot makes both nibs, but both write far, far better than any pen on the market with a steel nib. Simply put, expensive nibs are better because they use better materials, and they get far better individual treatment and quality control. This pays off in both writing quality, and durability. Not counting the 992, I love my Jinhao pens, but I've found only two out of about seventy that have nibs worth keeping, and I know even these two nibs won't last very long if I overuse the pens. I have some other Jinhao pens that are perfect as such pens can be in every way but the nibs. The finish is perfect, the caps fit perfectly, and the inner seal keeps the pens wet forever. They also have incredibly good flow. But new nibs were a must. It's astounding how well a Jinhao writes when you put a hundred and fifty dollar soft gold nib on it. This seems like a lot of money to many people, but these pens will last the rest of my life, and likely well through the lives of my children. Should they not last, I can always put the nibs on more expensive pens. Anyway, I love buying and trying cheap pens. I've probably spent enough money on such pens to buy a Namiki, but, honestly, only a tiny few of them have passed the durability testy, and all of these are Jinhao. "Good" depends on your standards, I guess, and on how much experience you've had using expensive, high quality pens, but the only cheap pen I've found that I can say is a good pen without having a new nib is the Pilot Metropolitan.
@makaraslife2495
3 жыл бұрын
I had one of this dais FP 5 years ago, my mom have Parker and Parker ink I use to refill the pen but I dislike how it write so I didn’t get into FP; until few months ago I got pilot metropolitan and pilot Kakuno ; I love love FP now!
@martinlebl631
3 жыл бұрын
Plenty of good stuff in Daiso. When I visit somewhere they exist I always stop by and browse.
@JG3Reviews
3 жыл бұрын
We just got back from a quick trip to Austin, and one is scheduled to open at the end of the month, so we'll at least have one a bit closer.
@gamygemy
4 жыл бұрын
Daiso in Plano doesnt carry this! I suppose I should try one in Carrollton! Their index cards are however fountain-pen friendly!
@technoraptor7778
2 жыл бұрын
Ooh..good to know...I'll check that out too!! I also live in plano...and they did have it once...but since then I haven't seen it anymore. Its a nice pen for 2 dollars..don't mind a kid using it if they want to try a fountain pen.
@timatrujillo8884
3 жыл бұрын
I have bought two and both were duds until i fixed them
@paulopacheco3944
2 жыл бұрын
Hi I just saw your review, I liked it. (Which I do with all your review’s.) I was just wondering if you still have that pen and what is your opinion of it after 2 years?
@JG3Reviews
2 жыл бұрын
Still the same for pen I reviews, *however*, I purchased a second one more recently to see if it was as good (it looked slightly different). The second one looks like it has changed a bit in the way it’s made, and it did not write as well. Stores here didn’t carry them for quite some time during the pandemic. I don’t know if the changed the way it’s made, changed suppliers, or what. It wasn’t the same as the first one in quality.
@BC7Bill
4 жыл бұрын
I'd have to drive to NYC! :-( Online price, 2 pens and 10 cartridges = $16! :-( On well, maybe i'll run in to one down south!
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's definitely an in-person purchase. I noticed the online mark-up was high enough I definitely wouldn't bite.
@MaxRollison
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe I’ll try the squid ink roll this weekend @ Carrollton haha.
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
Better than it sounds!
@solstar4778
4 жыл бұрын
What about the paper pad? Is that to at the Daiso store?i got a white fountain pen with blue / black cart. Cart. 5 for 💲1.50 pack not a 💲1, in Houston, Texas !
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
Hobby Lobby.
@rinaeperron7746
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, some of the Daiso paper is great for FPs. Have to touch the paper to see if its smooth... if so, grab it!
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
@@rinaeperron7746 It takes a LOT more than just being smooth to make good fountain pen paper. A lot more. Even the smoothest paper can feather, heavily ghost, spread, or bleed through, If it isn't made for fountain pens. Using anything other than paper made for fountain pens really defeats the whole purpose of using a fountain pen. This doesn't necessarily mean you must use Rhodia, or Tomoe River, or even Black n' Red, but it does mean there isn't much cheap paper than works with fountain pens. Unless you've never used real fountain pen paper, in which case you don't know what you're missing. But I will say that Walmart has some made in China notebooks that are excellent for fountain pens. Unfortunately, none are branded in any way, not even with a Pn Gear or other Walmart identifying sticker, so I can't say which these are. I had to buy every style they had before finding the right ones. Pen Gear, though, a Walmart owned brand, makes some pretty decent, and extremely cheap, composition notebooks that are pretty darned good with fountain pens. Not as good as thee others, but more than good enough for regular use. I think I paid sixty-seven cents each for half a dozen of these. Unless you're writing things that you're just going to throw away, and don't care about the writing experience, it's best to buy Rhodia, Tomoe River, Clairfontaine, Black n' Red, or one of the Japanese brand specifically made for fountain pens. You simply can't appreciate how well a fountain pen can write unless you use actual fountain pen paper. There's one seller on Amazon right now that is selling casebound 8.5x 11 Black n' Red notebooks with excellent fountain pen paper for $6.99. This is ridiculously cheap, and if you have Prime, there's no shipping charge. These are sixteen dollar notebooks at Staples, and while some sellers on Amazon may ask only ten bucks for one, there will always be a ten buck shipping charge tacked on, even if you have Prime. Some sells want a sixteen dollar shipping charge. I don't know how this one seller is managing to do this, but anyone who likes fountain pens should grab a couple of these notebooks. I bought eight of them, and may buy another dozen. The only reason I haven't already done so is that, at my age and health condition, I'm not at all sure I'll live long enough to use them. I use these notebooks for journaling, and I use only one each year. I already owned four, so now I have a dozen unused journals, and this will take me one year past average life expectancy for someone my age. Ah, well, I think I will buy another dozen. Kind of a step out on faith thing. I'll just have to stay alive twelve years longer to use them all.
@rinaeperron7746
4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesaritchie1 my experience has been... specifically with Daiso paper... if it feels smooth its a good bet. And, for the price..... :-) I wasnt trying to generalize beyond Daiso paper, my apologies to all if that wasnt clear.. Thanks for all your input :-)
@solstar4778
4 жыл бұрын
If it drys out too quickly get another pen!
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
With a dirt cheap pen, that is the best solution. There are several possible cause for a pen to dry out rapidly, and it's worth finding out exactly what the problem is with an expensive pen, but not with a cheap one.
@solstar4778
4 жыл бұрын
Where did you learn you numbers esp. the number 7 ? Not the way I was taught in primary school?
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
All but the 7 I was taught in school as a kid in the US. The 7 is the influence of studying German in high school and living in Russia a couple years. It especially became a habit in Russia, and it has stuck ever since. I tried to give it up once, just looks wonky now without it.
@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart
3 жыл бұрын
@@JG3Reviews I'm Brazilian but I adopted the french cursive "e" because I thought it's more distinct and felt more "right". And also it's prettier. So I feel you lol.
@enchantingfountainpens6238
4 жыл бұрын
I can hear too much feedback from the nib. But for 1 dollar its a definitely a nice deal. Looks are nice and decent
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, that nib made a LOT of noise for one that's is supposed to be smooth. But maybe the paper was part of it. You can't even hear the nibs on my pens. But I use more expensive nibs, and premium Rhodia paper, unless I'm just writing a note or a memo. Even then, I use very smooth, fountain pen friendly paper. I prefer rollerballs, gel pens, or mechanical pencils on non fountain pen friendly paper. Anyway, that was a LOT of noise.
@basicdose.9872
Жыл бұрын
Looks to me like 99 cents. Just a guess thanks.
@solstar4778
4 жыл бұрын
And are they sold in stores in the United States ?
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
They've opened stores in several major metros in Texas and California, that I know of.
@franklinwong8216
4 жыл бұрын
@@JG3Reviews it cost $1.50 in CA
@rinaeperron7746
4 жыл бұрын
Washington state has several... actually, 3 around rhe Seattle area.
@martinlebl631
3 жыл бұрын
@@JG3Reviews I usually visit one when visiting LA, well not recently obviously, but the previous couple decades.
@jamesecarson5631
4 жыл бұрын
squid and bacon...is that cooked?
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely. Raw bread is bad for you. Ha
@solstar4778
4 жыл бұрын
Why are fountain pen more expensive to make than regular pens? With out machinery it’s impossible to make “ regular “pen!
@JG3Reviews
4 жыл бұрын
Probably easier to share this behind the scenes look at the Lamy factory. There is more hands on work involved. kzitem.info/news/bejne/k6CcmaCYoYODaX4
@jamesaritchie1
4 жыл бұрын
Well, it depends on the pen. China makes cheap pens by basically being subsidized by the government, and by using what amounts to slave labor. But everywhere else, fountain pens require more precision, and far more hand operations to make than regular pens. And believe me, making the nib for a fountain pen is far, far more difficult than make to tip for a regular pen. With expensive fountain pens, you not only need even more precision, and even more hands on procedures, you also have far more expensive materials. Even the plastic can cost a LOT of money, and be much more difficult to work with, than the plastic on a cheap pen.
@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart
3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesaritchie1 Chinese workers are paid better than Brazilian or Indian workers lol. China just has invested more in automation and has a 1.4 Billion people internal market, all of which makes things cheaper throughout the chain.
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