smttw 4 Pack 0.5mm 6-in-1 Multicolor Ballpoint Pen - Best for Smooth Writing-Retractable Ballpoint Pens for Office School Supplies Students Children Unique Gifts

I was excited to receive these pens for a couple different reasons. First, I'm a 90's kid and this is a real blast from the past. Secondly, I can be obnoxiously organized and love to colour code things. Having numerous built in colours in one pen that fit in the spiral binding of my new planner sounded perfect! However, the pen itself is not made of the highest quality materials nor is it particular sturdy. One pen broke upon the first day to the point that it was no longer able to write as the pen tip kept retracting inside. The second pen broke about two weeks later, this time the pen was still functional but the tab to clip the pen to things was broken. The ink for certain colours, black surprisingly, sometimes cut out while writing. The colours themselves are noticeably different from one another. I am still using the pen and have a couple left over which I will also use until they run out or break, which ever comes first.

It would be nice if one of these multi-colored pens actually had a decent pens within them; however, that never seems the goal. The goal is always just volume of colors with little concern with the quality. The pen works, and it writes, but the color is thin. It also has a habit of skipping. The ink is also not as fast drying as many other pens are in this day in age. This is important for any lefties out there because your hand will smudge this ink

The pens don’t work consistently. I tried to take color coded notes and kept getting hung up on re-writing letters because the ink didn’t come out. I hoped it was because they were new so I kept at it but it hasn’t gotten better. Very frustrating to use.UPDATE:company sent me new pens to try again. These were better than the first. All the colors work decently expect for orange. On all four pens the orange doesn’t work. And the others work... not super smooth like a more quality ball point pen, but for sure useable. I’ll add a couple of stars.

Broke first use! Bright these to work and working the first five minutes of using and switching colors two springs popped off and you can't take the pen apart to realign the spring and ink well. TERRIBLE QUALITY do not buy! All that I bought broke and I was so upset I threw them away. Should have kept to return for my money.

The media could not be loaded.  I like how the pack came with 4 different multi-colored pens. If one pen runs out of ink, then you have some spare ones available to use. I always found it hard to buy a set of these pens. Usually, I’m only able to find individual ones. Some colors were harder to push down than others, especially the black. I guess it’s because I was handling my phone with one hand and the pen in the other while I was recording the demonstration video. As long as you keep a firm grip on the pen (with one hand holding the pen and the other hand pushing down on the colors), then you should be fine. I tested out all the colors, and they all worked.