Editing The Pen Addict 15/transcript (section)

== Monami Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' We know this. There was actually one pen I got in this week that I've had a few people asking me about. It's a brand new pen in JetPens. It's called the Monami Super Gel Q Gel Ink Pen. Kind of an awkward name, but that doesn't surprise me. This pen is poised to be in the pilot high-tech C realm of things. So that's why people have been anxious. How does it compare to the high-tech C? Is it any good? What's it like? Because it came out, it's a 0.4 millimeter gel pen, a needle tip. So tip-wise, it looks just like a high-tech C.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And actually, this pen looks a lot like a lot of things.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Monami has been very, how should I say it? They have not been shy about using the best parts from some of the most popular pens in putting this together.

'''Myke Hurley:''' This looks like so many pens I've seen.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So the barrel is just a base plastic barrel with a rubber grip. But the barrel with the cap off is a dead ringer for the Uniball Sino DX.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I mean, it just is. I mean, down to the dots on the grip.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that was what I couldn't put my finger on it. The dots in the rubber grip will look something, look like something I knew. And then you've got the tip looks like a high-tech C tip from the image that I'm seeing here on the jetpack.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So that's what they've done. They've, you know, kind of, you know, I'm not totally familiar with Monami. It's a Korean brand. I think I've used one or two of their other pens before. I don't know if they're, like, there's another Korean company called Dong-A that makes several pens. They make some popular, like, scented pens and things like that. But then a lot of their other pen lines are, like, I don't want to say rip-offs. But, you know, they are definitely.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Imitation.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. That was very nice of you, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm diplomatic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They are imitations. I mean, like, even to the naming conventions a little bit and just the whole design of the pen. So, anyway, I don't want to get too far off track. But it's not a very unique barrel or look to the pen. And it's got a lot of the features that, you know, if you use a Sino DX or a high-tech C. But, you know, people don't really care too, too much about how it looks. It actually looks good. I mean, it's a good-looking pen. I mean, it's got the huge barcode built in on there, which I'm not crazy about. But that doesn't keep me up at night. Some people, it annoys the snot out of. But what people really want to know is how it writes and if it's even worth looking into just as a pen, regardless of how it looks. I've got to say, it's pretty good. The ink flow has not stopped from when I started writing it. You know, there's been no gaps in line thickness or, you know, ink dispersal, if you will. I mean, it's just been a solid line. It starts right up. The ink's very dark. I've got a black and I've got a blue-black. The blue-black is actually a really nice color. I'm pretty happy with it. And the black's real good, too. It's a very smooth pen for a 0.4 millimeter. You know, it's relative, right? People get mad sometimes when I say, oh, this 0.38 millimeter pen is smooth. Well, it's never going to be as smooth as your 1.0 millimeter gel ink pen. It's relative to other pens in its size range, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.