I just wanted to say how grateful I am for your videos and how lucky we are to have such great content produced so frequently. You're covering ground that nobody else is covering on RUclips, so it's more niche, but there are definitely people (like me) with sustained interest in this stuff.
Of all the Acro/Acroball pens, my favorite is the Acro 1000. The bit of extra weight and metallic-looking barrel does up the 300 a notch. I also enjoy the Acroball multi but prefer the 3-color barrel over the 4. I'm a huge fan of brown/gold pens (with me being a collector of sorts) and have been tempted to get the Drive in copper, but I don't know if the 30 gram weight would be too heavy for my liking. I REALLY like the white/black and gold/black Drive, both unique looking to me. Thanks for the video!
Can you do a Multi-Brand comparison of similar Product Lines? Like when you just picked the Acro vs JetStream; but cover a wider breadth of companies across the board for a Multi Pen Brand Shoot out in similar Ink Type, Barrel Class categories and rank them? Take a Ink-Type (BallPoint / Gel / RollerBall / FeltTip / Fountain Pen / etc); let's pick BallPoint for ease of choices. And compare the main product lines against each other across all the companies, brands, National Brand Representation in a all out Pen Battle Royale! For Companies & Nations you can choose to represent:
Great video. Was trying to find a uni jet stream vs acro line pens video and I think this helped me with my questions. Going to stick with jet stream for the ink quality. Thanks!
Fun fact: The Acro Pro is pretty much the only Acro pen you can find both online and in real life in Turkey aside from the occasional regular Acroball (the pen you first showed in the video) listing
I like how the Pilot Acroball ink glides smoothly on the paper surface while writing. I have the Acroball standard series and the Pilot Acro 300, which costs 300 yen in Japan (Php 120.38 in the Philippines).😊😉✍️🖊🇵🇭
It seems that Uni isn't very keen on Central European market because I cannot buy Uniball other than buying from large office supplier. Acroball is everywhere but G2 or Frixion are generally more popular. That kind of exposure is maybe the reason why I prefer Acroball before Uniball.
A great overview of Acro series and totally with your recommendations of Acro 300 (which has a fantastic gorgeous color range of barrels), Acro 1000 and Acro Drive. The Acro Drive you have with the black rims and clips are the Limited Editions Pilot 100th Anniversary. So congratulations as they are now fetch a high price in the market if we can fine one. (Love your hacks and refilils videos, Thank you!!!)
Hi Unsharpen, I was looking for a twist pen which I can refill and customize. I also wanted to customize the pen also. So do you have any recommendations.
Hi. Heavier, twist pens can be made by hobbyists who use lathes. My husband makes twist pens of all different weights, styles, colors and materials. I’m sure you already know what you like, but I just thought I’d mention that you can actually specify exactly what you’d like from a person who does lathe work.
@@dzevadbayraktar322 I've just gotten used to it. I actually have a Bastion Steel bolt action pen that is over 80 grams, I think it's 87 grams. That's a bit overboard but I have no problems writing with it.
@@humanfirst11 i haven’t had any issues with mine. Aside from the fact for most people it would be way way to heavy. I like it however. But the quality is great, amazing fit and finish.
I was wondering, why do Uni and some Japanese brands make their Pen Tip Points in 0.#8? Like Uni has entire Pen Tip Lines in 0.38 mm, 0.28 mm, 0.18 mm. Today, when I was at a local Maido Stationary Shop, even some Tombow pens had 0.38 mm pens. I was like WTF? Pilot & Pentel don't bother with that non-sense generally. Most other Japanese vendors would rather have 0.4mm, 0.3mm, 0.2mm Why does Uni and some other companies waste their effort when they designed that extra 0.#8, instead of sizing up to the whole 0.# mm? Is there a logical point in designing the Pen Tip to that size? Are they striving to be Unique from their competitors? I'm pretty sure most folks won't care about that 0.02 mm difference and would rather have an easier to search through catelog / online query results that doesn't have 0.#8mm to go compare against another companies equivalent. With certain numbers / fractions, I can understand why they go two digits past the Decimal place. 0.25mm can be written as ¼ mm or 0.333… mm can be written as ⅓ mm. Those sizes I understand since you can substitute the decimals for fractions =D and the come out to nice common fractions that look good on the packaging and product. But you can't do that for all Pen Tip sizes. Only certain fractions look good numerically compared to the simple 0.# mm.
Thank you very much for this video. I've been using Pilo Acroballs for years, even though they don't sell them where I'm from (so I need to buy them from Amazon or the like). Now, the only thing I don't like about the Acroball ink is that it turns green over time. Is there any way to combat that? Or, would you have any recommendation for a similar pen that does not have that problem?
I think there is one called Acroball PureWhite. Same design as Acroball. Just white barrels. P.S. Acro 300 is my fav too.. bought it after watching your video..
More information on the wonderful Acro Drive: unsharpen.com/pen/pilot-acro-drive-ballpoint-pen/
I just wanted to say how grateful I am for your videos and how lucky we are to have such great content produced so frequently. You're covering ground that nobody else is covering on RUclips, so it's more niche, but there are definitely people (like me) with sustained interest in this stuff.
thank you!
Of all the Acro/Acroball pens, my favorite is the Acro 1000. The bit of extra weight and metallic-looking barrel does up the 300 a notch. I also enjoy the Acroball multi but prefer the 3-color barrel over the 4. I'm a huge fan of brown/gold pens (with me being a collector of sorts) and have been tempted to get the Drive in copper, but I don't know if the 30 gram weight would be too heavy for my liking. I REALLY like the white/black and gold/black Drive, both unique looking to me. Thanks for the video!
Can you do a Multi-Brand comparison of similar Product Lines?
Like when you just picked the Acro vs JetStream; but cover a wider breadth of companies across the board for a Multi Pen Brand Shoot out in similar Ink Type, Barrel Class categories and rank them?
Take a Ink-Type (BallPoint / Gel / RollerBall / FeltTip / Fountain Pen / etc); let's pick BallPoint for ease of choices.
And compare the main product lines against each other across all the companies, brands, National Brand Representation in a all out Pen Battle Royale!
For Companies & Nations you can choose to represent:
Great video. Was trying to find a uni jet stream vs acro line pens video and I think this helped me with my questions. Going to stick with jet stream for the ink quality. Thanks!
Fun fact: The Acro Pro is pretty much the only Acro pen you can find both online and in real life in Turkey aside from the occasional regular Acroball (the pen you first showed in the video) listing
That’s too bad! I love the acro 300!
I like how the Pilot Acroball ink glides smoothly on the paper surface while writing. I have the Acroball standard series and the Pilot Acro 300, which costs 300 yen in Japan (Php 120.38 in the Philippines).😊😉✍️🖊🇵🇭
Nag bleed ba siya sa paper? Or tunatagos siya sa likod ng paper
It seems that Uni isn't very keen on Central European market because I cannot buy Uniball other than buying from large office supplier. Acroball is everywhere but G2 or Frixion are generally more popular. That kind of exposure is maybe the reason why I prefer Acroball before Uniball.
I like how dark the black ink is! I put an acroball fine tip refill in the bic Atlantis with silicone grip section 👌
That Acro drive white one looks impressive.
Nice deep dive. I hope you can also dedicate an episode to the Zebra emulsion line.
Yea good call. I should revisit those
A great overview of Acro series and totally with your recommendations of Acro 300 (which has a fantastic gorgeous color range of barrels), Acro 1000 and Acro Drive. The Acro Drive you have with the black rims and clips are the Limited Editions Pilot 100th Anniversary. So congratulations as they are now fetch a high price in the market if we can fine one. (Love your hacks and refilils videos, Thank you!!!)
I have that Acroball 4 Clear Soft Green
Great video! Where were you able to find those new Acro Drives with the black clips?
Have had them for years!
The audio is so much better that your voice sounds different!!! awesome video.
Hi Unsharpen,
I was looking for a twist pen which I can refill and customize. I also wanted to customize the pen also.
So do you have any recommendations.
I like heavier pens, its difficult to find a twist pen thats about 2-2.5 oz.
Hi. Heavier, twist pens can be made by hobbyists who use lathes. My husband makes twist pens of all different weights, styles, colors and materials. I’m sure you already know what you like, but I just thought I’d mention that you can actually specify exactly what you’d like from a person who does lathe work.
@@dzevadbayraktar322 I've just gotten used to it. I actually have a Bastion Steel bolt action pen that is over 80 grams, I think it's 87 grams. That's a bit overboard but I have no problems writing with it.
@@deenyc1049 I have heard that the Bastion steel has some quality control issues compared to the Titanium one. Have you noticed anything?
@@humanfirst11 i haven’t had any issues with mine. Aside from the fact for most people it would be way way to heavy. I like it however. But the quality is great, amazing fit and finish.
Where did you find those colors of the Acro Drive? Those were NICE.
Got them some years ago. They have gotten hard to find sadly
I like Acro 500,
Can you confirm Acro refills are document proof?
Thanks in advance..
They are archival and fade-resistant but not fraud-resistant unsharpen.com/refill/uni-sxr-10/
I was wondering, why do Uni and some Japanese brands make their Pen Tip Points in 0.#8?
Like Uni has entire Pen Tip Lines in 0.38 mm, 0.28 mm, 0.18 mm. Today, when I was at a local Maido Stationary Shop, even some Tombow pens had 0.38 mm pens. I was like WTF?
Pilot & Pentel don't bother with that non-sense generally.
Most other Japanese vendors would rather have 0.4mm, 0.3mm, 0.2mm
Why does Uni and some other companies waste their effort when they designed that extra 0.#8, instead of sizing up to the whole 0.# mm?
Is there a logical point in designing the Pen Tip to that size? Are they striving to be Unique from their competitors?
I'm pretty sure most folks won't care about that 0.02 mm difference and would rather have an easier to search through catelog / online query results that doesn't have 0.#8mm to go compare against another companies equivalent.
With certain numbers / fractions, I can understand why they go two digits past the Decimal place.
0.25mm can be written as ¼ mm or 0.333… mm can be written as ⅓ mm. Those sizes I understand since you can substitute the decimals for fractions =D and the come out to nice common fractions that look good on the packaging and product.
But you can't do that for all Pen Tip sizes. Only certain fractions look good numerically compared to the simple 0.# mm.
Thank you very much for this video. I've been using Pilo Acroballs for years, even though they don't sell them where I'm from (so I need to buy them from Amazon or the like).
Now, the only thing I don't like about the Acroball ink is that it turns green over time. Is there any way to combat that? Or, would you have any recommendation for a similar pen that does not have that problem?
How much time are you talking with the color shift? I haven’t seen that.
Are the refills 1.0 and .7 interchangeable on the acro 1000
Yes!
they are greatt quite long lasting
You used to have a Acro drive in champagne / titanium color. Did you sell it?
Still have it
@@unsharpen on top of that you bought 2 more! Awesome. Which refill do you like best in your Acrodrives?
Where did you get the green M?
I think tokyo pen shop
I think there is one called Acroball PureWhite. Same design as Acroball. Just white barrels. P.S. Acro 300 is my fav too.. bought it after watching your video..
I'm having a hard time finding the Acro 300 in 0.5mm or smaller tip sizes.
I’ve found them on Tokyo pen shop but I’ve had no luck on amazon.
@@frznwalt =(
Cool video. Thanks!