Editing The Pen Addict 190/transcript (section)

== Pen List Update ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So changing the topic abruptly, I did a long awaited top five pens update, um, a few weeks ago on the blog. And I wanted to just talk about it real quick because number one, there's not a ton of change. There's a decent amount of change, but I was talking about previous plans. The last time I updated, I was talking about doing it maybe quarterly. This looks like it's going to be like a twice a year update because there's just not that much change in the non fountain pen categories. Like the gel ink pens, no one's breaking any ground, any new ground in this realm, right? You know, the top five pens in the store that, you know, people will ask, you know, where if I go to Staples, what can I get? That's a good pen. There's nothing new really happening there. Right. So a lot of these things, you know, there's some shuffling of deck chairs, maybe, um, within those categories. There's rarely anything new in those categories, but then things like fountain pens, there's always something new. Um, and there's always kind of some shuffling going around and fountain pen inks. Um, you know, that's having some changes. Um, I even changed up the paper a pretty good bit because there's so much paper and there's a lot. I haven't still haven't tested in the paper. Um, I added two new lists, uh, this year, one that, um, um, you'll be fond of. It's the top five mechanical pencils. Um, and then I also added a wooden pencils list. So there's a lot of cool things that I updated, but I don't think it's an every three months type of update cycle because I don't think there'll be that much change. I don't, I, it takes me months to get to a review for one thing. Like I just did the TWSBI eco review and that depends been out like five months now, right? Or four months, something like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I have that one. I won't mention that in a little bit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Okay. So updating a list like this, which everyone wants all the time, which I agree with. I wish I could update this like once a month, it would be great, but there's nothing necessarily to update that frequently. So I think like a twice a year update, I think is pretty good. Um, just looking at how little changed in some categories and how much changed in others, I think six months is about the good timeframe for this. And I made sure to update that in the, uh, intro because before I'd said I would try to do it every three months. And, uh, I just don't think that works for what I'm trying to accomplish with this list. So any thoughts on this list at all?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nothing new. Um, I mean, I never disagree with you by and large on this stuff. Like I just looked at the top five mechanical pencils. I really want you to try out a Colt Pens mechanical pencil. I think that that might, I personally, I haven't used all the stuff on this list, but I mean, I've used your one and two and I believe that the Colt Pens should be on here.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. So I, I have one of those and I gave it to Jeff. So I'll have to steal it back from the, uh, from the shop. Did you use it at all? Uh-uh. No. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You need to use it. Cause I think I personally, I think it belongs on this list. Okay. Because it's cool. For me, it's the, uh, it's the retractable knock mechanism that it has with the button. It's fantastic. Absolutely. It's the best one that I've used because you don't bring out more lead every time you retract. Right. Because all of the other ones have like a double mechanism in the knock on the top, but the button on the side is, works really well. And it's a really fantastic way of doing it. It feels cool to fiddle with, you know? Okay. So I, yeah, thoroughly, thoroughly recommend that one. Um, and I, I think that, I mean, I don't know, I can't speak for you, but I think that it should be on your list.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, no, that's probably something that's a pretty cool and I will enjoy. Um, you know, I did just get in the, um, it, they didn't make it in time, but the Kurt, the Kurt Toga is obviously on the list, but the, I just got a couple of Disney models in from jet pins. Those are pretty good. Yeah. Yeah. That's a Mickey mouse and some things. They just came out with able to get the Disney ones over. They're really neat. They're really neat. I like those a lot. So I'll do a review of those soon.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I didn't know that, that I didn't know that, um, that Japan's had those. Cause we were looking at them on Amazon, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So we looked at the princess models and I don't know that jet pins got the princess models, but they got like Mickey, Minnie mouse ears, that kind of stuff. That kind of stuff. They even have special led, uh, holders, you know, the, you know, the little plastic led tins, which, you know, they just charge your premium for because of the branding, but it's just a, it's just a little older, but they even have those, um, in there. So that thought that was pretty cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I really like this. I love, I love these. I absolutely love these. I'm buying a good job. I'm buying, I'm going to buy the three character ones right now. I'm going to buy Mickey, Minnie and Donald cause I have no idea how to know it sold out.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So yeah, they just came out yesterday. So that's all right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I need to go get them in before these, these pen addict listeners suckers go and buy them. Yeah. These are, these are fantastic. Did you say that the lead holders were separate? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You know, just spare leds. Um, and they have Disney, uh, branding on them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh yeah. Cause I can't see those on the page.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're probably, I hadn't even looked yet. So they're probably in the new, new arrivals.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. Well, let's go buy all of it. While I'm at jet pens, I don't very frequently order from jet pens. Cause it's like, it has to come over from the States. Is there anything else I should be buying? Oh gosh. I don't know. What should I add to this order?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. So it's the, just for the leads, it's your unique Kuro Togo led HB Disney. There's Disney black, Disney pink, Disney white.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It looks like Disney blue. So it's just a way to charge you a premium.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, man. Like why not? Excuse me. I'll get, I'll get this white and pink guy. That looks awesome. Yeah. I think that's the one I got actually too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What else shall I buy? Well, I don't know. Yeah. I've got a whole top five pens list of stuff you can go look at. I don't know.