Editing The Pen Addict 462/transcript (section)

== Initial Impressions ==


'''Myke:''' Why do you love it? I love using it.

'''Brad:''' It feels awesome to use. Right? Okay. And the refills are unique colors. Like mine is sepia black. So it's like this brown black. And then they have blue black refills. And it's gel. And it's 0.5. And it's sharp. And it writes well. And it feels good to use. And mine is orange, of course. And the mechanism is nice. And it's cool to see the flower on the back end. And I like the grip section with all the vertical lines. And it's just dope. And it's $48. $48. And $4 refills.

'''Myke:''' This would be so much cooler if they made it in like aluminum or like polished, like shiny aluminum. You know, maybe like rose gold or something. You know what I mean? Like the profile and the design is really cool. But I think if you make it out of plastic, this is a design that looks cheaper because of that, I think.

'''Brad:''' Yeah. Yeah. So there's eight different colors they made, I think. You know, a pretty wide range of, let's say, muted, vintage-y type colors. These would do well like in the 1970s, right? Yeah. This color setup, which I like. Like I'm down with that color range.

'''Myke:''' I'm down with it, but not at a $48 price point. Right. I can't. Like not for you. I'm down with that. For a gel pen?

'''Brad:''' Yeah. I mean. You would never.

'''Myke:''' That's rough for me.

'''Brad:''' In a million years use this pen. You just, you wouldn't. I have, this pen is on my desk at all times.

'''Myke:''' Yeah. No, I get it. I get it. But it's like, you know, you know, the pens that I like, right? Retro 51s, Mark 1s, like, oh, I would consider it in this range in my mind of like my use case for a pen like this. I just think that they feel so much more premium and look so much more premium. And I also get the great refill that I love. Yeah. I can actually put some different ones in it if I want.

'''Brad:''' Right, right. So it's actually, it's easier to talk about this when I think like the, you get, you get more bang for your buck. Like Retro 51 is a good one. The Pilot Metropolitan has always been a good one of that, you know, category, right? Like this is, this is playing well above its price point.

'''Myke:''' This is just something where you really have to love the design, right? For whatever reason, you've got to like see it and be like, that is, that's me. That's my aesthetic, right? Right. And then it's, then go for it. Right. But I think it's expensive and I agree with you. It's made so much worse by the proprietary refill that costs 10% the price of the pen.