I think this test was harder because it was on printer paper and you guys tend to do your tests on other papers so it was really hard to compare to daily use. Also printer paper dries so fast. Very interesting and I loved seeing the side by side. Can we see more of these with different product types?
Agree, I think if Stephanie was given her preferred paper to write on (what she usually uses) would have helped her a lot more. Give Martin (love him! Glad he’s back!) the same paper she uses, and a piece of regular copy paper…and let him see the difference!
@@Myscottiestudiofor me, it's different 😄 I use one of the kokuyo's loose leaf paper, and I find the sarasa clip on being too smooth it's slippery. Also, it takes longer to dry and I'm a lefty, so a no for me. I almost exclusively use only sarasa and pentel energel, but I only use sarasa when it's on other paper than the kokuyo loose leaf paper, since I find pentel energel to be slightly scratchy, but works well in the loose leaf paper.
I'm not into gel pens, but this was SO fun to watch. 😂 It's okay, Stephanie! We all get a little shook sometimes. Now you know, trust yourself 😁 We need more videos like these. Maybe expert vs expert also?
This video is so interesting as a pen hoarder and fanatic, I haven’t finished it but I somehow have this gut feeling that pen number 2 is definitely the energel 😆
Thank you for posting this excellent video. I am impressed with Martin for participating in this, and he is doing rather well, I would say. Way to go, Martin! I am equally impressed with Stephanie, and she is doing rather well, too. I want to thank Miriam for planning and filming the video with excellence, and in addition, administering the test samples to both Martin and Stephanie. In other words, Miriam did a number of tough jobs and did them very well indeed.
OF COURSE NUMBER 2 IS MY BELOVED ENERGEL! The needle tip gives it away… i have not finished the video, but I was screaming Energel (Clena) as soon as she said needle tip. Please note how the first one is kinda shiny but the Energel is matte? That is why I don’t like the signo, sorry, i like my inks quick drying, pigmented and matte.
I had it wrong too xD number one was not the signo… but is shiny so… nah…. I have tried the sharpie one, is good, but doesn’t dry as fast as i like… Energel all the way ❤
❤this video!! 😂 Get you out of a comfort zone… Stephanie, you were awesome 👏, ya took the pressure and won 🏆 in my book!! Martin, you did great for a “newbie”!!
My favorite part: "Don't look at my grip, you can't see my grip but don't look at it." 1:01 - (I've probably commented about Stephanie's grip in a past video.) 😆
Wow, I think Martin’s comments on Zebra Sarasa were absolutely accurate, especially this one “more than enough pigmentation”. Stephanie’s instincts had been right when she tried the Zebra at the first time.
Lots of fun. Also the good news is that most major brands actually work quite well. Years ago I bought a Ti Arto from Jetpens, and played around with all sorts of refills. For the past several years I've used the Pilot Center of Gravity because the touch is close to a gel, but it has the advantages of a oil based (waterproof, works on any grade of paper, doesn't dry out). (but when I'm really trying to write well, I like my Twisbi fountain pens)
You know, I was thinking about JetPens on my evening walk and I think it would be wonderful if an older JetPens employee (in his or her late 50s or early to mid-60s, for example!) also participated in product tests like this one. You understand, I very much enjoy Martin and Stephanie in this video. It would just be nice to get the views of an older employee in addition. 😀
As ur other residential stationery expert viewer, as soon as i saw the needle point tip, i was like PENTEL ENERGEL ITS PENTEL ENERGEL! and i was vv happy to see Stephanie say the same
would love to see people compare also with muji and uniball signo pens, since those are quite popular from what ive seen! signos have been my preference for years and i am a life-long loyal fan of them haha! i just got an energel, and i definitely still prefer the signos, although i do love clicking the energel so i've been using it a lot lately :)
I would like to see a test where any random newbie would be able to tell the difference between a gel and a rollerball pen. They are given a pen and blindfolded and they have to tell if its a gel or a rollerball! People in my class call the V5 as some new-fangled gel pen and I repeatedly growl at them as a stationery nerd about how its actually a rollerball.
That was so cool. Loved the video. The sky is the limit with the comparison stuff. Maybe paper? Pen's are hard. My favorite gel pen is the Pentel energel. But I bought some of those Ohto gels 1.5mm --those are fun and fat lined.
Omg…I am such a gel pen addict that this video made me happy 😃. I collect these but saraza clips and vintage .5m are my favourites. Not a fan of mark-on and S-gel. Dong-A needle point is also good for me. I can easily get if its ballpoint though since I only use gel pens.
As soon as Stephanie was questioning the tip size on the bonus pen I was certain of it being a ballpoint, the thin line and poorer ink flow were giveaways. I don't have a lot of experience with gel pens, but have used the Uni-Ball One, Sharpie S-Gel, and Pentel Energel, as well as some Studio gel pens from Dollarama in Canada. My rankings for those: 1) Pentel Energel, nice smooth writer and the larger grip make it great. 2) Uni-Ball One, Would be number one except for the smaller grip 3) Sharpie S-Gel, despite a larger grip than the Uni-Ball, it's harder to get started when new and not as smooth. 4) Studio gel pens, may as well be a ballpoint with how scratchy it is and how hard it is to get going. As a note, I write most of the time on copy paper.
The only inks I would recognize instantly are Energel 0.5mm and Uni Jetstream 0.38, because I love them so much and use them every day, I just swap the pen bodies depending on how I’m feeling.
LOLLL!!! Miriam! So my first semester in college I would get SO mad at myself because I would change answers on tests and I would ALWAYS have been right the first time. I vowed from my second semester to graduation to never EVER change my first answers no matter what. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 4.0.
:)))) didnt expect I got the mark on and the energel right! I haven't use all of them, but watch enough your video, ad maybe how Stephanies analyzed these pens. It must be confusing when directly hold and write with them :))
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOVE these videos - Steph IS my girl - she goes head-to-head with anyone, anywhere, anytime - GO Steph! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (btw, I have used EnerGels since they debuted - GREAT pen)
Jetstream si so good, I would never recognise it in fair comparison (I mostly use 0.7 Energel, so that is quite a difference in feel, compared to Uni 0.7). I would have problems even with Pilot Acroball. They are both very, very good when comes to feel.
I knew it's jetstream just from your comments, before you spilled that it's a jetstream.. When you said this is can't be 0.5, and might be not a gel pen, that's clearly jetstream for me.. I feel PROUD.. I'm an EXPERT.. 😮
Of course Energel won over the newbie. Still the best. I recently got an Energel Sterling, and was given a Philography for my birthday, (both all metal refillable pens using Energel refills) So I'm all Energel all the time. 😍
For the discerning individual who loves a beautiful pen -- i e., fancy -- but doesn't want to spend $5+ on a refill (typical for higher-end pens) that is honestly not that smooth or pigmented -- or you want an ink color that represents your uniqueness -- THEN LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY ONDORO ROLLERBALL!!! Sadly, JetPens doesn't carry this Faber-Castell beauty, but the Ondoro given to me recently as an incredible birthday gift takes my favorite gel refill, the Pentel Infree, which is a lot like the Pentel EnerGel but features some different ink colors (fits Pilot gel ink refills, too, despite their proprietary design, and the Zebra Sarasa, plus many others). 💚🤍💙 Just wanted to let others know bc anyone enjoying this video may be wanting a gorgeous resin pen that will accept refills like these. 😊
If you liked this video, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on part 2!✨
Ooohh! I love this
I think this test was harder because it was on printer paper and you guys tend to do your tests on other papers so it was really hard to compare to daily use. Also printer paper dries so fast. Very interesting and I loved seeing the side by side. Can we see more of these with different product types?
We'll be testing mechanical pencils, erasers, and paper in followup videos! 😊
Agree, I think if Stephanie was given her preferred paper to write on (what she usually uses) would have helped her a lot more. Give Martin (love him! Glad he’s back!) the same paper she uses, and a piece of regular copy paper…and let him see the difference!
I exclusively use Energel cartridges in Sarasa bodies. It's by far the nicest gel cartridge, and I'm finally validated in thinking that!
I already feel bad throwing out the Sarasa cartridges but ohwell hahahahuhuhu
I don’t like Sarasa cartridges. I find them scratchy.
@@Myscottiestudiofor me, it's different 😄
I use one of the kokuyo's loose leaf paper, and I find the sarasa clip on being too smooth it's slippery. Also, it takes longer to dry and I'm a lefty, so a no for me. I almost exclusively use only sarasa and pentel energel, but I only use sarasa when it's on other paper than the kokuyo loose leaf paper, since I find pentel energel to be slightly scratchy, but works well in the loose leaf paper.
lmaooo i do the same thing. pentel has great ink, but theyre really ugly to me
@@Myscottiestudio Time for a fountain pen.
Stephanie out here gaslight, gatekeep, girlbossing herself into the wrong answers 😂
I loved Martin's methodical and stress-free attitude, you go Martin!
Fantastic video! Any time Stephanie can be off script is always absolute gold.
I'm not into gel pens, but this was SO fun to watch. 😂 It's okay, Stephanie! We all get a little shook sometimes. Now you know, trust yourself 😁
We need more videos like these. Maybe expert vs expert also?
Thanks for your suggestion! 😊
I'm waiting for that one! 💕
@@JetPensPls help me I am a pen connoisseur. I like Fast and Large handwriting, I'm considering the Pentel EnerGel or The Zebra F-402
@@JetPensAlso to note I'm in 3rd Year and I'm OBSESSED with neat work
@@JetPensOh and I love darkish ink
This video is so interesting as a pen hoarder and fanatic, I haven’t finished it but I somehow have this gut feeling that pen number 2 is definitely the energel 😆
I'm barely a quarter through and I am enjoying it so much! Maybe next time it should be JetPens Stationery Expert vs. JetPens Fan!
One of my favorite JetPens videos to date! Enjoyed all the pensive looks from Stephanie & pen newbie descriptions from Martin
Energel is the bomb. I use brown refills on my Machine Era brass body, and it's such a great combo. Smooth, saturated lines, just lovely.
I'd love to see this again but with the same people using their favorite pen against different papers!
Thank you for posting this excellent video. I am impressed with Martin for participating in this, and he is doing rather well, I would say. Way to go, Martin! I am equally impressed with Stephanie, and she is doing rather well, too. I want to thank Miriam for planning and filming the video with excellence, and in addition, administering the test samples to both Martin and Stephanie. In other words, Miriam did a number of tough jobs and did them very well indeed.
I recently bought the Sharpie S Gel. I like the ink but the barrel doesn’t work with my grip so its nice to know it’ll fit in a Sarasa body.
I'm sticking with Stephanie that printer paper changes everything! Even a run of the mill notebook paper might have yielded different results?
OF COURSE NUMBER 2 IS MY BELOVED ENERGEL! The needle tip gives it away… i have not finished the video, but I was screaming Energel (Clena) as soon as she said needle tip. Please note how the first one is kinda shiny but the Energel is matte? That is why I don’t like the signo, sorry, i like my inks quick drying, pigmented and matte.
I had it wrong too xD number one was not the signo… but is shiny so… nah…. I have tried the sharpie one, is good, but doesn’t dry as fast as i like… Energel all the way ❤
TBH if I were Stephanie I would have had the same reactions. Also, Energel is my favorite gel pen, so glad to see it did so well 😁
❤this video!! 😂 Get you out of a comfort zone… Stephanie, you were awesome 👏, ya took the pressure and won 🏆 in my book!! Martin, you did great for a “newbie”!!
My favorite part: "Don't look at my grip, you can't see my grip but don't look at it." 1:01
- (I've probably commented about Stephanie's grip in a past video.)
😆
Hilarious, thank you!
"My girl" Steph is quite an entertainer! Kudos to the newbie too!
Stephanie. Is a life improver! Great showing, Martin, hope to see you in more videos!
Wow, I think Martin’s comments on Zebra Sarasa were absolutely accurate, especially this one “more than enough pigmentation”. Stephanie’s instincts had been right when she tried the Zebra at the first time.
Lots of fun. Also the good news is that most major brands actually work quite well.
Years ago I bought a Ti Arto from Jetpens, and played around with all sorts of refills. For the past several years I've used the Pilot Center of Gravity because the touch is close to a gel, but it has the advantages of a oil based (waterproof, works on any grade of paper, doesn't dry out).
(but when I'm really trying to write well, I like my Twisbi fountain pens)
You know, I was thinking about JetPens on my evening walk and I think it would be wonderful if an older JetPens employee (in his or her late 50s or early to mid-60s, for example!) also participated in product tests like this one. You understand, I very much enjoy Martin and Stephanie in this video. It would just be nice to get the views of an older employee in addition. 😀
As ur other residential stationery expert viewer, as soon as i saw the needle point tip, i was like PENTEL ENERGEL ITS PENTEL ENERGEL! and i was vv happy to see Stephanie say the same
would love to see people compare also with muji and uniball signo pens, since those are quite popular from what ive seen! signos have been my preference for years and i am a life-long loyal fan of them haha! i just got an energel, and i definitely still prefer the signos, although i do love clicking the energel so i've been using it a lot lately :)
Martin is cute, he should be in more videos!
i love the energel so much! i have been using it for journalling for years at this point :)
Stephanie, you are a treat and I feel like your sense of humour would be as cursed as mine, but you're certainly better at restraining it.
I would like to see a test where any random newbie would be able to tell the difference between a gel and a rollerball pen. They are given a pen and blindfolded and they have to tell if its a gel or a rollerball! People in my class call the V5 as some new-fangled gel pen and I repeatedly growl at them as a stationery nerd about how its actually a rollerball.
This was fun! Thanks for sharing!
Love this! Looking forward to this series
I wish there is similar test for fountain pens! Kinda curious if the experts can distinguish different nibs or inks in blind test
There are some youtubers that do such tests, but the number of nib types and inks makes a lot more complex.
That was so cool. Loved the video. The sky is the limit with the comparison stuff. Maybe paper? Pen's are hard. My favorite gel pen is the Pentel energel. But I bought some of those Ohto gels 1.5mm --those are fun and fat lined.
Omg…I am such a gel pen addict that this video made me happy 😃. I collect these but saraza clips and vintage .5m are my favourites. Not a fan of mark-on and S-gel. Dong-A needle point is also good for me. I can easily get if its ballpoint though since I only use gel pens.
I LOVE your writing!!!!!
I love our gal Stephanie off-scrpt. That frustration was so me after midterms. Why do we second guess ourselves!
Confused Stephanie has improved my morning. :D
As soon as Stephanie was questioning the tip size on the bonus pen I was certain of it being a ballpoint, the thin line and poorer ink flow were giveaways.
I don't have a lot of experience with gel pens, but have used the Uni-Ball One, Sharpie S-Gel, and Pentel Energel, as well as some Studio gel pens from Dollarama in Canada.
My rankings for those:
1) Pentel Energel, nice smooth writer and the larger grip make it great.
2) Uni-Ball One, Would be number one except for the smaller grip
3) Sharpie S-Gel, despite a larger grip than the Uni-Ball, it's harder to get started when new and not as smooth.
4) Studio gel pens, may as well be a ballpoint with how scratchy it is and how hard it is to get going.
As a note, I write most of the time on copy paper.
Steph muttering under her breath "what are you" was so great haha
Needlepoint Pentel Energel is my favourite pen, makes me so happy they also like it.
I think Stephanie's handwriting is grand! It has personality. Also, I can't criticize her grip as it's pretty dang close to mine 😂
I like your handwriting, Stephanie!
The only inks I would recognize instantly are Energel 0.5mm and Uni Jetstream 0.38, because I love them so much and use them every day, I just swap the pen bodies depending on how I’m feeling.
The Sharpie S gel is usually clumpy and icky. I'm impressed you found a good one. I threw mine out.
8:57 NEW WORD: Railroading! Learned, thanks for the explanation!
🍃Great video because I found myself engaged in the process alongside Stephanie and Martin. 😊🍃
LOLLL!!! Miriam! So my first semester in college I would get SO mad at myself because I would change answers on tests and I would ALWAYS have been right the first time. I vowed from my second semester to graduation to never EVER change my first answers no matter what. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 4.0.
This was such a joyful video. Especially, Stephanie repeatedly drawing our attention to having to test pens on… copy paper. The horror.
As a pencil pushing lefty, my fave is Energel. But I can never find cute barrels! I use the alloy barrel but I i dont like it.
:)))) didnt expect I got the mark on and the energel right! I haven't use all of them, but watch enough your video, ad maybe how Stephanies analyzed these pens. It must be confusing when directly hold and write with them :))
Well, are you two adorable OR WHAT?! You have gained a new subscriber 🙂
1st - Sharpie, 2nd - Pentel Energel (tip gave it away), 3rd - Mark On, 4th - Jetstream
I MIXED UP 1 AND 3. 😂
SHARPIE S-GEL!! 😂 I have that pen in .5 & .7 and I absolutely love how pigmented they were ❤
Martin is so cute!! 😍🫣🥹
We Really Need A What’s In Miriam’s Pencil Case and EDC Bag video!😅
I like Stephanie's earrings! This was a fun video!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOVE these videos - Steph IS my girl - she goes head-to-head with anyone, anywhere, anytime - GO Steph! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(btw, I have used EnerGels since they debuted - GREAT pen)
Stephanie's growing paranoia was delightful to watch 😊
Video editor did amazing hahaha "going bonkers ✅"
9:03 this was HILARIOUS
Okay, but even when she's wrong, Stephanie is always right.
That was fun! Thanks!
This is the content I subscribe for 😆 do blue ballpoint pens next 😏
Jetstream si so good, I would never recognise it in fair comparison (I mostly use 0.7 Energel, so that is quite a difference in feel, compared to Uni 0.7). I would have problems even with Pilot Acroball. They are both very, very good when comes to feel.
Not my fav video, but I would LOVE to try this blind test myself 😅
I think using 2 different types of paper would be more interesting so we can compare how the ink looks on them too 😉
I loved this. I would not have known the s gel either. I have several, I just write with my other pens more.
I knew it's jetstream just from your comments, before you spilled that it's a jetstream.. When you said this is can't be 0.5, and might be not a gel pen, that's clearly jetstream for me.. I feel PROUD.. I'm an EXPERT.. 😮
I GOT THEM RIGHT!!! 1, 2, and 3! Yay! The Jetstream I’ve never used, so…
Of course Energel won over the newbie. Still the best. I recently got an Energel Sterling, and was given a Philography for my birthday, (both all metal refillable pens using Energel refills) So I'm all Energel all the time. 😍
I want to try the pentel energel now, after watching this video.
Stephanie needs a milkshake and a hug 🥤. Bro did great too, buy him lunch ❤️
Thank you
I tried the S-Gel and hated it. I got one from somewhere and tried it on different paper and liked it.
Now try them on Tomoe River paper, and let the smearfest begin! 😊😁😁
I would never be able to tell which brand is which with tests like this.
I now kind of wish Josh had been The Expert accompanying Martin.
I'm surprised at the Sharpie... I didn't even know they had writing pens!
They are pretty good pens
Jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox
IYKYK
Excellent~Stephanie you are very pretty!
martin straight up a cutie patootie bro was baffled
don t be so harsh on yourself, stephanie. there are so many brands.
Going Bonkers, Check. 😂
Lovely to be testing on normal copy printer paper!
Such a fun video.
Nice video
Should've added uniball one. WHY DO ALL MY UNIBALL ONE SKIP (ORDER PLACED ON LAST WEEK OF FEB 2024)
I do not see s gel given enough credit from stationary people... It's popular for a reason 😂
I feel like I'm watching the olympics
✅ Going bonkers
😄
First time being this fast to see jetpens video. 11th viewer
😊
Could Stephanie be any more likeable?!
At least she didn't taste the ink to tell the difference...
wise people are always confused 😊
I got it all right. lol
First
I'm not clear on which one Our Girl Steph ranked as first on her blind test. Help, please! 😂
it was the energel!
@@Fragility9621 Thank you ❤
For the discerning individual who loves a beautiful pen -- i e., fancy -- but doesn't want to spend $5+ on a refill (typical for higher-end pens) that is honestly not that smooth or pigmented -- or you want an ink color that represents your uniqueness -- THEN LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY ONDORO ROLLERBALL!!! Sadly, JetPens doesn't carry this Faber-Castell beauty, but the Ondoro given to me recently as an incredible birthday gift takes my favorite gel refill, the Pentel Infree, which is a lot like the Pentel EnerGel but features some different ink colors (fits Pilot gel ink refills, too, despite their proprietary design, and the Zebra Sarasa, plus many others). 💚🤍💙 Just wanted to let others know bc anyone enjoying this video may be wanting a gorgeous resin pen that will accept refills like these. 😊