I have several zone pens, and i love them. I wish the beige and pink came in .7, but i'm still happy with .5. I also got some for my mom, who is an amazing quilter (quilters use these for patterns and stencils on fabric, as certain frixion ink colors erase with an iron).
Do you know if the frixion knock zone can be used to write on a rocketbook? I really want the darker ink for my notes since the scans with the standard ink aren't dark enough to my liking.
I was not bothered by the black ink I understood the trade off and honestly I only use Friction when I wanna erase and I didn't mind the colors being a little faded. HOWEVER, the new barrels are soooo much nicer and more professional and I really love them. I am not sure why pilot went for the metal refill though. The Friction is already so expensive and now upping the price even more for a meta refill seems unnecessary to me.
Wow, that is very interesting - I haven't heard of that! The Pilot Frixion Wood and Marble barrels appear to have the same clips as the Frixion Ball Knock Zone.
I got the Ball Knock Zone recently and I was disappointed. While the pen itself looks better than the cheap ball "clicker" and the one with the cap, it isn't nearly as nice looking as the Point Knock 04 (and costs a lot more!). The Point Knock has better weight distribution, is slimmer, has a sleeker looking and feeling upper, plus a metal tip, which makes it a much better experience in the hand. About the only improvement the Zone has that I enjoy is the clip, because they've made mechanical changes so the rattle is almost nil. While the 05 black ink may be a bit darker, especially compared to the 04 in the Point Knock, it's not that much darker when compared to the 07 refills. So for me the Point Knock is still the clear winner. Sadly, I believe it's been discontinued, so I hope the next release has more of the Point Knock's features.
great review. thank you, this was very valuable and i will order a resin marble pen as soon as they are released in sweden. fun fact, did you know that the ink will "reappear" if you cool down the paper ? it is heat "deactivated" and cold "reactivated". at least i thought it was good to know that the text and ink is still there, just without any visible color. once again, thank you for this great review! 👍👍👍
I'm so happy the black is blacker 🖤
I have several zone pens, and i love them. I wish the beige and pink came in .7, but i'm still happy with .5.
I also got some for my mom, who is an amazing quilter (quilters use these for patterns and stencils on fabric, as certain frixion ink colors erase with an iron).
Wow! Those wood barrels! 😮❤
They'd make great holiday gifts!
Lovely pen but can’t open it for love or money should I return it? X
Such a pretty pen✨❤️✨ tfs✨
Do you know if the frixion knock zone can be used to write on a rocketbook? I really want the darker ink for my notes since the scans with the standard ink aren't dark enough to my liking.
it should be compatible, i have some on the way so I'll update my comment once I test it out. I regularly use the regular 0.5 rocketbook for my notes
I was not bothered by the black ink I understood the trade off and honestly I only use Friction when I wanna erase and I didn't mind the colors being a little faded. HOWEVER, the new barrels are soooo much nicer and more professional and I really love them. I am not sure why pilot went for the metal refill though. The Friction is already so expensive and now upping the price even more for a meta refill seems unnecessary to me.
Can the plastic refill (old) fit into the wooden grip pen?
Yes, as long as it's the multi refill.
Do the wood and marble versions have different metal clips? my last 2 pilot frixion pen's clips always get rusty fast.
Wow, that is very interesting - I haven't heard of that! The Pilot Frixion Wood and Marble barrels appear to have the same clips as the Frixion Ball Knock Zone.
I got the Ball Knock Zone recently and I was disappointed. While the pen itself looks better than the cheap ball "clicker" and the one with the cap, it isn't nearly as nice looking as the Point Knock 04 (and costs a lot more!). The Point Knock has better weight distribution, is slimmer, has a sleeker looking and feeling upper, plus a metal tip, which makes it a much better experience in the hand. About the only improvement the Zone has that I enjoy is the clip, because they've made mechanical changes so the rattle is almost nil.
While the 05 black ink may be a bit darker, especially compared to the 04 in the Point Knock, it's not that much darker when compared to the 07 refills.
So for me the Point Knock is still the clear winner. Sadly, I believe it's been discontinued, so I hope the next release has more of the Point Knock's features.
Those are all interesting points to consider - thank you!
i have my glossy juice up in my pink ball knock and i love it!!!!
Perfect! :)
great review. thank you, this was very valuable and i will order a resin marble pen as soon as they are released in sweden.
fun fact, did you know that the ink will "reappear" if you cool down the paper ? it is heat "deactivated" and cold "reactivated". at least i thought it was good to know that the text and ink is still there, just without any visible color.
once again, thank you for this great review!
👍👍👍
is this Synergy in US?
I don't know, but we are based in the US and we import it from Japan. Hope that helps!