Lamysafari umbra - Rollerball Pen with ergonomic grip & line width M - for pleasant long writing - made of robust ASA plastic - including rollerball refill M 63 in blue

Love the pen

Good!

I bought my first set of LamySafari pens over 25 years ago and still use them. I bought these pens for my 18 year old niece who is going to start college, and I wanted to get her something she could use and will last more than a semester. BTW, I checked, college students still use pens and pencils.

The description led me to believe that the ink would be blue and that there would be a refill in the box with the pen. No refill and the ink is black. Disappointing.

Excellent pen!

Item as described

The media could not be loaded. I like to hand write all my notes, as well as journal here and there. I usually write upwards of 2-4 notebook pages of notes per day between the two. Because of this, I am always in the market for nice pens and nice notebooks. I decided to give this Lamy a shot after hearing many good things online about them. Sitting at over $20 USD, I was hesitant but decided to be irresponsible and pick it up. I did research before, right?. Initially, I was thrilled about this pen. The clip was beefy, solid feeling pen. This one came with black ink, not blue so the description was off, but I didn't see that till later anyway. However, I soon became as disappointed as a high schooler who didn't get laid on prom night as the ink was horribly unreliable. With even, light to medium pressure I always apply, the ink would still skip and not always write as every other pen I own does. I thought "Oh well I'll keep writing with it and it'll be fine, it just needs to be loosened up". It's been about a month of fairly regular use and it STILL skips. I thought maybe it was just the paper I was using, so I tested on two different papers - a normal steno book paper, and again on a page ripped from my Leuchtturm1917 notebook. Both times, the ink skips often and sometimes won't write at all. I attached a picture of the writing compared to a few other pens I commonly use and a video of what it looks like as it skips (pardon my awful handwriting). When it does write, I'm not happy how it bleeds right through all the paper. I might as well write with a Sharpie marker with the bleed through. I really wanted to like this pen, the construction is awesome, and it's super sleek looking, but these issues leave me and my wallet sad.

This pen can be had at a number of price points on this site. Caveat Emptor.As for the pen itself, it is one step above what comes in a box of a dozen, but not two.