Editing The Pen Addict 354/transcript (section)

== New Question Segment ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Our next question comes in, uh, from Catherine P. Is there a model of the Sino DX, Signal DX? I can't remember which one that uses, uh, is there a model of the Signal DX that uses that refill, but as a click mechanism? I feel like, yes, but I can't find it for sure. Basically Catherine wants a click mechanism for the Signal DX.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There is not. And that has always been traditionally the issue with people wanting to use that pen. The closest you can get is called the Uniball Signal RT1, which is a fantastic pen in its own right. It comes in a huge range of colors. It comes in all the tip sizes that the DX comes in, but it is not the same writing experience. And that's kind of unfair. It's like comparing an amazingly good pen with a near perfect pen. You know, if the DX is a 10 out of 10, the RT1 is like a 9.5 out of 10, but I can tell the difference when I write with them. It's not exactly the same. It's close enough though, to where you will very, very much enjoy using the RT1, but there is no such thing as a DX retractable pen.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Orthaven asks, Sailor nib designation is confusing me. Is there a difference between the HF and F nib designation? I can't find anything definitive online. The H version doesn't seem to exist in their catalog.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's confusing to me too, Junie. I don't understand. And I thought I had it down for a while. And then the more consistency I see with the H designations on the nib, the more I question myself. So I actually want to do some more research into this. I'm not comfortable committing to anything that they're doing with the nibs right now, other than it doesn't seem to be like there's any type of variance unless you get into the soft designations. The H designations almost seem like stock, but I'm not going to commit to that until I do some more research on it because it feels like the standard nib to me.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And finally, Framinator asks, I really like the Juice .38 refill. Can you recommend a better barrel that won't break the bank?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So the Juice is the best Pilot G2 compatible refill there is. And if you're looking for a Pilot G2 compatible pen, your options are pretty wide and varied if you want to go into like a machined Kickstarter type pen. So like the Keras Custom Retract or the Tactile Turn Mover. Those are kind of my first two choices. They're in that $40, $50, $60 range, I think. But shop around anything that fits the Pilot G2, not the Parker G2. There is, don't get confused there, anything that will fit a Pilot G2 gel, the Juice is an exact match for that. And I like what Keras Customs and Tactile Turn do for an upgraded barrel for the Juice.