PILOTFriXion Point Erasable & Refillable Gel Ink Pens, Extra Fine Point 0.5 mm, Pack of 3, Black

Way back in the 90's, I used erasable pens constantly for note taking and writing in college/grad school. They were a beast back then (the ink sort of blobbed onto the paper as opposed to flowing, it smudged all over, and the erasing was moderate at best). Even though I'm not in school anymore, I still like to write long-hand, but somehow the *presence* of an eraser makes it easier for me just *write* and not be indecisive about everything I put down on paper.I heard about these FriXion pens on a web site and I *had* to try them. Flowing LIQUID gel-ink and a true eraser without all the crumbly/smudgy stuff? I needed to try and see if it were true.It is indeed true. These are true liquid ink pens (not ballpoint) that flows from the barrel smoothly. And it erases SUPER cleanly. The ink is heat-sensitive so it it removed via heat, and not the actual material of the eraser. So the eraser on the pen is more like a tool for making heat (hence the friction) and nothing that is rubbed onto the paper.The penbs are great, except for a few things:- the ink is really a dark grey color. It's NOT completely opaque, it's almost translucent grey. If you like that super-inky-black color, this is not a good pen for you.- every time you use the pen, you have to put a good deal of pressure on it for the ink to flow. So the first few marks you make will be either super light/scratchy or not show up at all.- You really do need to write with a little bit of pressure to get the ink to keep flowing. So it's not as easy as writing with a regular gel pen.- the eraser is on the area of the pen you'd cover with the cap when the pen is open, which makes no sense to me.- the super fine point is a little scratchy and my handwriting looks a little bit "shaky" writing with it. It's not as smooth as some other super fine points I have used, but a general quality of a fine point pen is a tiny bit of scratchiness so it's par for the course, I guess.finally, and this can be a pro or con-the ink in these pens are completely heat sensitive. I just hit it with my heat gun for a quick second (used for crating) and the ink disappeared instantly. Pretty cool to watch (it's like in a spy movie!) but if you are doing a project where you need to apply heat in any shape to your materials, the marks from this pen will disappear. I'm excited about the way I can use this in my art projects.All in all, these are super cool pens, and the best erasable pens I have ever used. I wish they sold a bottle of this ink so I could use it in more applications.

Thanks to a professor who demanded we turn in our engineering exams and assignments in pen ONLY (and it had to be neat without scratch outs), I sought out a pen that could save me from having to lose time by recopying everything.These are great. They erase really well and the ink itself is better than I expected.My go to pens now.

These things are just plain neat.I read that these things erase by generating heat rather than by rubbing off the pigment itself.So of course the child in me immediately came forward and insisted on an experiment to test the validity of this seemingly ridiculous claim. I wrote some stuff down on a piece of paper and then threw it in the microwave. To my complete amazement, the writing just started disappearing as though I was witnessing a scene from a Disney movie about finding a map to a treasure on the back of the constitution or something, only in reverse. I wanted to see this thing through though, so I removed the now blank piece of paper from the microwave and shoved it into the freezer. Amazed once again was I, as I pulled the paper from the freezer a minute later to see that the writing all came back. I guess I'm just amazed by little things.Anyway it's pretty cool that it works this way because it means that you don't have any eraser flakes on the paper after you're done erasing. If you've never used one of these, you're going to go through an adjustment phase where you find yourself brushing away the eraser particles that you know aren't even there, because you're so accustomed to doing it after erasing text.These things are pretty awesome all around, but I gave it a 4 out of 5 instead of a 5 because the pigment isn't as black as you'd expect to see from any other pen. It's kind of grayish and it's more than just a little noticeable. It's not a big deal exactly, but I'm guessing that they can't do anything about it with the kind of technology this uses. Worth the trade off, but a little annoying. I'll definitely be buying these again, but I advise you not to use these on legal documents. A quick trip through the microwave could void a contract that you don't want to have voided!

I needed this exact brand of pens for use with my erasable Rocketbook notebook. I love a thin tip pen and so the 0.5 mm are just perfect. I am not much of a gel pen lover, but these get the job done!

I like using a re-usable notepad, instead of using paper and recycling. I like to do my part to preserve the environment and this is a great solution. These pens are specifically used for these reusable note pads. They work fine.

These are not the erasable pens you'd remember from the 90s. They actually erase! How? Frixion (ha-ha, friction, get it? I'll be here all day!). They write fine and super smooth, and erase so easily and clean. Even if the ink is still wet. No eraser dust, no smudging, no residue or ink left behind.My ONLY complaint is the position of the eraser. We all put the cap on the back end of the pen, but that's where the eraser is. So if you need to erase then you need to take the cap off, erase, put it back on. I wish the eraser was on the cap but it's not a huge deal.I highly recommend!

The best pen I ever had. doesn't leave marks while erasing and does not bleed.

Muy buen producto cuando inician a escribir con pluma porque borra perfecto, lástima que se termina la tinta en una semana

Son muy cómodas, tienen un buen tamaño (no es tan larga pero es suficiente para tomarla y escribir con mucha comodidad), pintan relativamente bien (digo relativo porque se ven más claras que una pluma permantente), se borran muy bien en cualquier papel y es el producto más funcional para los cuadernos reutilicables como RocketBook.Soy estudiante univercitario y hago anotaciones hasta morir todos los días, aproximadamente una pluma me dura entre 3 a 6 meses.Sin embargo es cómoda, facil de borrar y la recomiendo para el cuaderno RocketBook.

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Me gustó el color, la textura de la tinta, el borrado.Mejoraría que el borrador esté en la tapa, para dejar la tapa en la pluma, no quitarla porque se puede extraviar y secar la tinta.

I love this pen! I use it for puzzles, playing games with the family, notes and most importantly rough copies! I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to writing so rough copies can be annoying. This pen makes it so easy to erase mistakes.It write smooth. The ink is more like a grey-black, it looks like a dark pencil. If you write over it again, it darkness to black. It is completely erasable even when I scribble. I seriously love this pen so much I ordered it in blue too. I’m itching to buy the other colours.So far I have tried a lot of things to make the ink fade and it hasn’t. Keep in mind that the ink is thermal ink, so it will fade if it becomes hot. A lot of people say that you can just put it in the freezer to get back all the ink. I wouldn’t use this pen for important documents but it’s really useful for the things I listed above and more.