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== Ink Formulations ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm dealing with here is a broad question of why do we need to jet stream ink formulations when I think the light touch which is the new one so I'm just going to refer to the new one as light touch versus the regular jet stream I think the new light touch ink is better it's close though so that just makes it very confusing for me when I have to think about these products

'''Myke Hurley:''' to me this seems like a simple thing which is they want to change it but they don't want to just do it and so they're going to change it they'll have this second product see what people say about it and if people like it this just becomes the

'''Brad Dowdy:''' the jet stream yeah yeah so they've they did this premium ink so they're positioning this as the upgrade this is the premium ink jet stream whatever you want to call it the plus ink whatever it's supposed to be the step up ink and they did this with the uniball one versus their standard gel ink pens that you would find in the 207 307 signo RT lineup they did the one as a more pigmented you know richer color type of ink and in relation to their

'''Brad Dowdy:''' it sort of worked I think probably big picture like in what uniball cares about it worked but like for me like it didn't really move the needle and I prefer a lot of the standard inks more than the one and the jet stream light touch so I received a 0.5 millimeter black a 0.7 millimeter black and a multi pin so it's a 4 plus 1 multi pin a 0.5 millimeter multi pin the 0.5 and the 0.7 single cartridge inks they're smooth and dark they're a little bit darker than the traditional jet stream ink and I could I can tell a difference on the page in ink color I don't think I can tell a difference in feel right as far as smoothness like if I had a a blind test of a 0.7 jet stream and a 0.7 light touch I don't think I could tell a difference in feel but I think when I looked at the page after I think the new light touch is like one shade darker like it's not drastic right is it you know just like a game changer versus the standard jet stream it's not but I think it's overall very consistent and a very good writing pen and I will say for now and I'm going to keep doing testing it's better than the jet stream but this is like we're talking about an A plus versus an A right like these are both really exceptional pens this is why I care about this pen so much right because I love the standard jet stream and that's like a solid A grade pen like is this one an A plus maybe like is it just like the one notch higher could be um the multi pin is a lot closer so the standard jet stream multi pin so like I'll say take a four plus one which is four ink cartridges and one pencil cartridge these multi pins the tips aren't the tips are a little bit different right because they're narrower there's a narrower refill to them and they feel a little bit different so like a 0.5 line in the multi pin is finer than the 0.5 line in the standard refill right because they're just the 0.5 millimeter for those who are not familiar with how pins are designed that's the actual measurement of the metal tip opening right not the line width measurement so you can have two different 0.5 pins right at different line widths the line width of the multi pin 0.5 are thinner than the standard 0.5 and that's the case with the regular jet stream and they're almost identical in feel and look except for the blue the blue multi pin refill is spectacular like I want that really badly in the full size single cartridge pin it is a much brighter ballpoint blue than you had than I've ever used right it's really it's it's different like that's the one I can tell is very different the green on the other hand is horrible

'''Myke Hurley:''' green

'''Brad Dowdy:''' green ballpoint ink is generally bad the standard jet stream 0.5 green is okay the green that I've used and I don't know if it's the cartridges that I have they're not good like they're skippy like there's like almost like a technical problem with those so that hasn't been enjoyable so the multi pins between the two the jet stream and the jet stream light touch not a lot of difference right I'm not even sure I could tell you a blind test of what they look like on the page outside of the blue I think the blue is drastically different the standard single cartridge pins I don't think there's any difference in feel but I do think the light touch ink cartridge is darker and kind of nicer to write with like I would choose like if I had if I had the opportunity to choose I would choose the light touch standard but if I was only a jet stream user I also wouldn't feel like I'm missing out like they're that close so all of these are pretty close so the long and short of it is I'm able to tell a difference between them I think the single cartridge pin is better and the multi pins are practically identical minus the blue ink which is glorious so the blue ink is really special I really like that I want that in single cartridges last thing the barrel of the single cartridge pin I think might need to be changed in the future we're gonna see how this round does so what's happening is they're a very generic basic looking barrel the upper of the barrel is it's all plastic barrel the upper is like the smooth plastic and then the grip section has that rubberized plastic right I think a lot of people will know what I'm talking about it's not a rubber grip like a Pilot G2 it's like soft touch

'''Myke Hurley:''' kind of feel

'''Brad Dowdy:''' so I noticed so I've been carrying this pin around as I prepare for reviews in a field notes and I carry it clipped to the inside of the front cover right so the clips on the outside of the notebook and then the barrels on the inside and carrying it in a pants pocket I've carried it in a back pocket and a front pocket the rubberized barrel and the threading is not tight enough every time I've taken this out of my pocket the barrel had started to unscrew so it's not a it's not a really firm seal it's like a very very light light touch seal the threading is also light touch is what I'm finding so every time I would take the notebook out of my pocket there would be like a little gap in the barrel because it doesn't set well enough when it's closed to not be manipulated by the rubberized grip touching the notebook in a pocket so that's just something to watch like you see that one time and you're like oh well maybe the grip wasn't all the way dialed in and like literally the next time after I put it back and then put the notebook back in my pocket it happened again so I was like oh this is a thing so that's just something to keep an eye on so we'll see if the barrel changes it's a very simple barrel I could give or take the barrel it's completely fine I'd probably use the refill and something else but that means this is what standard barrels are these days I have no problem with that overall but that's the first pin I've seen do that in quite some time and I think it's because of the rubberized grip section and not a tight enough thread when it's completely locked down so there you

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