Why you NEED an Overengineered Pen from Japan or the USA! 🤯

[@JetPens]

Did any of these pens surprise you? Let us know in the comments which one you would use!

[@bigbomb5904]

The bestie tip one was so obvious yet so smart.

[@modernbeauty5309]

This channel tickled me

[@hatter333]

Something not covered that would be important to me - which pens are recommended for left-handed writers? I live a life of smudged ink.

[@JetPens]

@@hatter333 Hi there! You might like our The Best Pens & Stationery for Left Handers guide: www.jetpens.com/blog/The-Best-Pens-Stationery-for-Left-Handers/pt/891

[@hatter333]

@@JetPens YOU just earned a Subscribe and Follow. This is great!

[@notachannel6261]

Do I need any of these pens? No. Do I want more than one of them? ABSOLUTELY YES!

[@TheDragonfriday]

How often you lose a pen? A lot How many you need? A lot Like them cheap? Yes!

[@iarmycombo5659]

Thx for the perfect counter for their clickbait

[@elizahawk6605]

😂so true though. I liked only the highlighters pretty much, but I want to try some others too

[@acatnipsmoker]

do i want ALL of them? ABSOLUTELY YES

[@amypanddirtytoo1926]

Yeah. Same. Do I need any of these? Of course not! Will I go on a rabid shopping spree when I am only trying to buy one pack of Gasne paper and end up with every pen sold because I can't control myself? ABSOLITELY!

[@shadufdoodles]

The Kokuyo and Sunstar highlighters look awesome, they’re the kind of thing that makes me want to take very aesthetic notes, but when i actually take notes for class it’s very quick messy writing lol.

[@CindyNihgt]

Same! I would bring a variety of pens and colors and different things for notes and always end up just using a pencil to quickly jot down as much as I could during lectures.

[@jkchiang]

yeah lectures are material dense and they go fast. i like to take notes in my rocketbook with erasable ink and transfer those notes to kokuyo campus loose leaf, and add that to my binder of notes. it’s a good way to review too since i’m organizing the messy notes into what makes sense for me! after i’m done i can erase the messy notes and repeat the process lol

[@caidalee1994]

The messy notes are the first iteration. I take my notes from class and rewrite them later at home the way I’d like them to look. It makes me happy to look at them, allows me to draw diagrams or pictures or memes to help understand the material, and helps with memorizing the info since I’m writing it twice in my own words. Highly recommend!

[@lokalnyork]

I use 4-color pen (RGB+Black).

[@arminislam6805]

I don't even bother to take out my copy, just scribble down whatever i need on book directly

[@JyrzStreams]

My dad bought me a Fisher Space Pen when I graduated high school. I used it through college and in my jobs afterwards. I've never needed to ask to borrow pens or try to draw zigzags to get the pen to start writing. They may be pricey, but considering I haven't needed to buy any other pens since (besides maybe a pack of refills) means I've probably saved a lot of money, and frustration, on other pens.

[@FarazMazhar]

Just curious, how often do you have to get a refill cartridge?

[@Kneeslid3]

Bruh how do u not lose it

[@jimmybobjr4197]

@@Kneeslid3 maybe cause if you don’t invest in something and you just get the cheapest option or whatever’s around, you don’t cherish it enough to keep track

[@joyitadarling5815]

@@Kneeslid3 someone would have stole that shii so fast from me tho 💀

[@deerafl1979]

Bruh... I needed a lot of different pens like a chef with his knife set.

[@AwesometownUSA]

I rly appreciate the zebra blen, I been wishing for someone to make a pen that’s completely silent for so so long, cause I for one am so sick of hearing my pen all the time, having to listen to it, so noisy, always making a clatter, always whispering to me, telling me to do the Bad Things, imploring me to start fires and so on, why do the voices always come for me? in the night? why???

[@Livy.3]

...you alright? ó~ò

[@no-lifenoah7861]

@@Livy.3 he is now that his Zebra Blen brand pen doesn't whisper Satan's grand designs to him late at night while he slumbers

[@Mstrickster2]

Thank you for giving me a chuckle xD

[@rogermccaslin5963]

I was going to comment that the Blen was just somebody in marketing trying to justify their overpriced pen but, if it keeps the voices out of your head... Also, thanks for reminding me. I've got to get my extinguishers checked. You never know when some crazy person will start a fire.

[@quack420]

I hate it when I have to explain to police that my pen told me to do it with its incestint scratching.

[@Kammitoes]

I’m a Fisher Space Pen girl. I’ve been using them for 40 years plus and they’ve never let me down.

[@randominternetguy88]

40 years! Bloody long, never thought they were actually created before that!

[@princetamrac1180]

I'm a hat guy, hahahhaha!!!

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

I see what you did there…….. never let you down,like gravity.

[@drawbyyourselve]

Gonna be honest here, the most interesting thing for me was the cubic/thick ruler casing. When drawing lines or cutting along a ruler you almsot always have a low and rounded edge, making it difficuilt to cut consistently and accurate. That cube could just be laid on its side for a nigh perfect cutting/drawing guide, the only improvement would be a transparent material.

[@cabbage-soup]

or you could get a weighted object with a straight edge like a book, a lamp, or a tissue box. the world is full of (incredibly cheap and reusable) possibilities.

[@drawbyyourselve]

@@cabbage-soup yes, but in the mm range those tend to have a bevel on the corner, a Machined straight edge is something nice

[@myannstone]

i just wish it wasnt so expensive🤕

[@Vysair]

low tolerance machining

[@fengengao]

I really love seeing what kinds of things people come up with for stationary, especially highlighters. A very far cry from the standard fluorescent yellow highlighter. As for me... I will wait patiently for the possible fountain pen video.

[@deatheth5039]

The dual tip highlighter sounds awesome! I would totally buy them. A highlighter with a black fineliner would be great. I am absolutely guilty of not highlighting anything in my notes because I am too lazy to change pens while writing but also too lazy to highlight afterwards...

[@sleepyancient6655]

While I'm an avid writer, I do so with a mechanical pencil, but even that's a Japanese design that makes writing noticeably easier (Kuru Toga Uni-ball, which is cheap but worth it).

[@andreapegg881]

I just switched to this mechanical pencil and it’s fantastic

[@EyeTea]

I’m glad I got to enjoy a random video about pens instead of sleeping.

[@vivenna]

I love watching these videos to find out the unique features of pens I already bought. A lot of times I don’t bother reading the marketing displays in Japanese before buying, so it’s fun to find out more here

[@hannahxx17]

I have the Uni Propus highlighters and they are genuinely the best highlighter I have ever owned. If you're in Australia you can get them from office works. They've never smudged anything, gotten dirty, or dried out. The dont leave any skip marks or weird jagged edges in the line. I've used both the brights and pastels and they're so good. I used to be a loyal Stabilo fan after using every other type of highlighter under the sun but theres I would 100000000% recommend, I'd never buy anything else again.

[@killiansirishbeer]

Thanks for your comment, it's good to see one person leaving a positive review. I actually took a screenshot of the name to look up later because they seemed so practical! I absolutely hate when my highlighting goes "off course" and even with pastels, going back over leaves marks 😞

[@hannahxx17]

@@killiansirishbeer Same! It annoyed the hell out of me. The pastels in the Uni propus are nice and soft but still easy to see, and the brights are a great standard bright highlighter colour range. They are worth their weight in gold to me. I love having the pen end that you can circle or underline with but I also like to use the windowed end turned on its side to get nice straight lines super easy when underlining. I had a huge container of highlighters I threw out and just kept the 5 pastels and 5 brights of these and honestly I could probably narrow it down to the 5 pastels and be happy.

[@hannahxx17]

@@killiansirishbeer Also the slightly rounded edges of the 'chisel' tip windowed side is why you never get weird jagged edges or anything. No matter what you get super nice smooth highlighting.

[@bitterbunny7920]

I love how I can watch a 6 minute video just about pens and not a 2 minute video about American history for class

[@Kayo-mp7wk]

My personal favorite is not a multifunctional pen, but extremely common Japanese stationery. Pens such as Platinum's Pressman or Pilot's Doctor Grip are simple and inexpensive, but of very high quality.

[@pauljs75]

Don't really need a fancier tube for a G2 insert that likely cost 10x the usual pen it comes with, but I probably wouldn't mind it as a gift if that happened somehow.

[@lefthandedclogger]

YES OVERENGINEERED FOUNTAIN PENS PLEASE 🤩 (tysm I love your videos 😉)

[@chrisj2841]

I owe the cw t piston pen. It was fascinating, only that I played so much with it that the pressure differences created messed up the cartdridge and the ink spilled inside it. I stopped using it at that point. It’s a nice toy but hard to use it daily; also the round shape makes the pen roll too easily, hard to trasnport, doesn’t mingle well with other pens.

[@datdabdoe1417]

Pen Manufacturer: "Overengineered to Crazy Town" The Pen: *Missing a Key design feature*

[@echonielsen1969]

i didn’t expect to see my fav pen in this vid!!! zebra blen is awesome, especially for me who likes details/writing super small: its not too inky and you can write super super tiny with it. very consistent predictable performance its one pen i always reorder

[@shrimpbisque]

Another highlighter with a window is the Sharpie ClearView, but they don't come in as many colors or a double-tip version afaik.

[@AMiniki]

I love the blen. But the ballpoint pens I do have I never use, so there’s no point in buying it. No matter how much I want.

[@jamamin80085]

I'd try all cause I'm convinced that stationary is a kink 😵‍💫

[@vilyar122]

The CW and T pen looks really interesting! I'm fussy about how a pen feels when writing though, and this doesn't look like the kind of pen you get to test out in a stationary store.

[@keyaniriche6324]

you guys should try the HAUSER Germany XO ball pen it's a ballpoint pen but it's ink flows like a gel pen a lot jetstream it is super affordable and has needle point tip ink refills which are thicker than others and are not only filled half way it's almost full they don't bleed through low quality paper also come in three colors red, blue and black they are the best ballpoint pens I have literally ever tried

[@LaLa_ArtGal]

That bolt-action pen looks interesting. I love that my Green Highlighter Sampler included so many of these!

[@charpkun]

I admit that, ive always considered the nasa pen to be the epitome of overengineered american excess. But with your explanation, i understand now that it still has its uses. I didnt know they could write over grease stains or wet spots.

[@xureality]

For the record, NASA didn't spend a dime developing the space pen. Paul Fisher spent his own money developing them, sent one to NASA saying hey check this out, and the rest is history.

[@tinimecooksanimationcookin551]

Really

[@karl0ssus1]

Im surprised the entire world doesn't know it by now, but the old joke about that pen and the Soviet pencil entirely misses the point. Early space craft were little more than death traps, the electrically conductive graphite dust from a pencil actually represented a small but real safety risk. NASA were just going to use pencils anyway, but fisher spent his own money on it, and then sold it to both space programmes.

[@WoofyFloofy26]

Never even knew you could refill a normal ball point but this was pretty sick. I think getting the Bigidesign pen woulf be perfect as an artist since I could also use lead.

[@Laura-js2vj]

I’ve used the same pack of uni propus highlighters since 2018 and they’re really cute! I bought them as a college freshman and now I’m in my last year 🥹

[@lefthandedclogger]

Can we talk about how perfect this narrator is for these videos? Fantastic voice.

[@breannajohnson1318]

I’m seriously obsessed after seeing all these! Need all the stationary and pens ❤

[@Ink2Screen]

This was a fun video! Now waiting for the overengineered fountain pen eps heheheh! :D

[@matchaeylle]

pilot vanishing point

[@yamigekusu]

My fiance got me the Tactile Turn bolt action pen (the regular sized one) for my birthday in 2019, and had it engraved to me. Yes, it wasn't cheap, but I use the hell out of that pen. I love it to pieces. (of course I love my fiance, but yeah :3 )

[@yaqzanliveson]

any girl who gets you that is definitely a keeper

[@yamigekusu]

@@yaqzanliveson he's a guy, but thanks

[@yaqzanliveson]

@@yamigekusu my bad, still a keeper

[@yamigekusu]

@@yaqzanliveson thanks, man

[@lyndasmith593]

Yes. Please do an over engineered video on fountain pens

[@Zaketh_]

I love my Tactile Turn pen, carry it in my pocket notebook everywhere I go and love the weight in hand. The bolt action is definitely fun to fiddle with too lol.

[@milkloverenterprises3367]

With that narrators smooth as voice I feel like I shouldnt be letting my parents overhear this video.

[@that1nerdyblackgirl736]

I love how the US over engineered a pen for space while the USSR just said screw it just use a pencil and it works just fine. It's my favorite random fact i know about that pen. Still want it though

[@kricku]

Because they didn't want graphite everywhere, especially in the electronics

[@danielthompson4463]

That’s a myth.

[@mazombieme4045]

Nothing beats a free marketing pen

[@geminigrrl66]

I have a Fisher Space Pen and I love skates over paper like a dream and when I post it, it feels great in my hand. A great pen for everyday carry. And yes, I need over-engineered fountain pens lol.

[@raphaelsylla876]

I remember back in highschool and college I "tend" to buy these kinds of pens as I get better penmanship and writing is way easier than regular pens. Some of these aren't that cheap but not really that expensive. And up to this day, I still buy some of these pens when I need one and if I can find one at a local bookstore.

[@cabbage-soup]

which ones did you use/find at bookstores, i'm curious? were they expensive? i've never seen any of these in stores before.

[@raphaelsylla876]

@@cabbage-soup the ones that I definitely remember and use are Zebra Pens. Btw I live in The Philippines and there are other Japanese brands that I remember which isn't included in the video.

[@paigecraig8245]

@@raphaelsylla876 what were they called i couldn't remember

[@mabzzzzz]

I have a writing supplies addiction so this is nice to watch

[@llCoupDEtatll]

I suppose you could say that all of these writing implements are pretty dePENdable!

[@Billwarson29]

You could say they're indisPENsable!

[@luisalbertonajeraperez5230]

Highlighter with transparent tip is awesome, but I also learned to read at least twice before finding main parts of a text so I could highlight it.

[@gblargg]

0:50 I gave up on Fischer pressurized pens. I had a nice pocket pen that kept clogging or gumming up, even though I had hardly used the pen much.

[@Cereal.Fidgeter]

The Uni Propus Highlighters caught my eye. I don't like to use highlighters for the exact reason pointed out: I over-highlight too often. I feel like this is how all highlighters should be made. Now I might actually be able to implement highlighting while reading a book, instead of soling using a pen.

[@2016709889]

There’s an old joke that went along with the space fisher pen. The USA spent millions of dollars to come up with a pen that would work in the vacuum of space, work upside down, over grease and water, and would work in high heat or extreme cold……… the Russian’s just used a pencil. ✏️ lol. I’ve had a dozen of them over the years. 20-25 years ago, they had a larger one, with an American flag on it. I liked that one the best. Can’t find that for the last 20 years (although I’ve never actually looked online. Gonna do that now 😊

[@Pa1_Thakur]

I like when he says, "and in extreme high temperature" he shows a car seat on a sunny day.

[@maggiemarlantes8288]

Call me ridiculous, but as someone who goes through a lot of script reading and note taking, I need that Ninipie. 🤯

[@3173_Delta]

You made me wanna get all those highlighters 😳 The one with fineliner doesn't come in colors I'd like (orange highlighter x black liner 🧡🖤) so I guess I'll settle for the other two if the shipping to Europe isn't too bad lol

[@differentialdrummer3987]

I own several Tactile Turn bolt action pens--as a working engineer they're my favorite writing instruments!

[@alchemicColored]

those windowed highlighters are GENIUS

[@onymous919]

2:52 it that a goddamn zero tolerance machined pen!

[@kovacsattila8993]

0:53 I use go diving andIi always wanted to take notes. Yes! I finally can do it!

[@Kay-se3yv]

Last year I bought the Uni Propus Window quick-dry set, and it really helped me avoid over highlighting & provided me a great way to circle/underline things. I love them, but I do wish that they were more pigmented. Otherwise it's a highlighter I recommend!

[@chapterblaq]

5:04 such a satisfying image

[@MminaMaclang]

Fountain pen version! Fountain pen version!

[@hasu4399]

I have the Propus highlighters and they are my absolute favorite. I don't think I'll ever want to get other ones. The colors are lovely. I still use other highlighters because I simply own them and want to use them up, but if I'd buy new ones, it would be the propus. Or the ones that come with a ballpoint + post it's. those are cool too.

[@y33shan28]

Its literally so early in the morning and the first video I'm watching is this 😅😎

[@beep.__.beep-]

The bigi design ti arto edc is the reason why i've got a pencil case with one pen body and 20 random refills. And i swear it works.

[@_minaimi]

6:00 “which of these pens will you try?” me: -ALL OF THEMM! I NEED ALL OF THEMMM

[@JonStallings]

I have my eye on the space pen. I need something that will easily fit in my pocket but still writes well

[@XenXenOfficial]

1:39 He did the Zebra Blend dirty. "It quiet and write good"

[@Future_Guy]

Haven't written anything for years but this video makes me wanna write computer code on paper!

[@xm4366_]

I would try the BIGiDesign Ti Arto EDC if i could,because that would be so convenient All i have to do is carry like 2 or 3 ordinary ballpens so i can refill it whenever i want to

[@rinart73]

The practical ones that allow to write with the pen upside down and can write on wet/greased paper are perfect.

[@mateusjoaquim9122]

I never thought I was ever going to see a bolt action pen

[@dudeistpreist5721]

I've been using pen+gear as a smooth writing pen. Nothing special just glides real easy.

[@itsNinaLeeyo]

Yes. .....I. Love. Pens. From. Japan. (I mean a Lotta stuff in general, but I'm obsessed with the functionality and cuteness of pens)

[@CODDE117]

3:22 kinda fire beat ngl

[@ji3g4j6jo3p]

Never mind the pens! I really love the bloopers at the end LOL

[@ChrisBrett2]

This is a video I never thought I would end up watching.

[@BlissOn47]

Some of these products are hysterical

[@TransistorBased]

I have a cheaper bolt action titanium pen that I got some time back. The cartridge was terrible, so I got a good refill from Jetpens and it writes a million times better

[@pip000hi17]

i live in Japan where pens are really a big thing, and let me tell you, the zebra blen is a game changer. i didnt know what about it was so special until this vid, but my sensory issues are gone with this one. i will ever be using any other pen! lmao

[@JoachimVampire]

i would totally try the precision machining one. i'm such a bad writter.. i just make a mess, however it doesn't happen as crazy as with the small lead pencils (not sure if that's the name in english, it's basically a pen that uses leads, not the regular pencil) so anything extreme as the precision machining one will help - i wish -

[@kayleighz7034]

the English term you’re looking for is “mechanical pencil”

[@cferracini]

I'm waiting for the fountain pen video!

[@artwithjam3304]

Ball point pens are my favorite kind to use and the only one on this list I've tried.

[@cloudglider]

I wish there was the sound from the video in there as well to demonstrate the clicking action or lack thereof

[@nyaive]

i never heard anyone describe pens so interesting

[@noelswai4913]

The last one is useful and beautiful

[@FerralVideo]

I want to grab one of those BigiDesign units. They're pricey though. Also, I definitely want to see the fountain pen video.

[@mr.duck1248]

I’m always over highlighting, so that one with the transparent tip looks cool to me

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

The bolt action made me laugh out loud. I would never stop fidgeting.

[@CIS101]

Really cool. I had a Space Pen, but if I knew that's how it worked, I had since forgotten.

[@breefeez]

I would LOVE a video on fountain pens!! 😭❤️

[@amandant]

Really happy with this video voice over 😆😆

[@nicolasjochem1814]

All fine but still don't know why I need one of them. They all seem really big. I would get strains in my fingers using them for a longer time. I need a small in diameter pen. Not much bigger than the refill itself.

[@fanyleon6877]

I don't have any pens, I'm in my first grade of college so these pens can be pretty cool too have and keep.

[@redcatxb125]

The zebra blen looks like a perfect everyday pen for regular use

[@cddum4992]

They are the types of pen that you actually get back when someone borrows from you

[@trishasmith2303]

Would definitely try the Propus!

[@gts560]

I have a few of these I actually love the Zebra bLen, and the beetle tip highlighter. Hell, there's some pens here I wanna buy now...

[@introvertspeaks]

I loved my Zebra Blen Pen because it is so smooth to use, but I only enjoyed it for a few weeks because the body is not that durable that my pen's body broke. With my 26 years of existence, it is the first pen that actually broke beyond repair.

[@thombaz]

You don't use pens a lot.

[@introvertspeaks]

@@thombaz i actually do. I've broken some but they were still usable, but not the Blen pen.

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

That space pen reminds me of that stupid meme people started spreading around, where the US spent time and money trying to get a pen to work in space, when Russia just used a pencil. Its supposed to make them look clever, but we avoided pencils on purpose because we didn't want a bunch of electrically conductive graphite dust floating around an enclosed space capsule with all kinds of exposed electronics in it, not to mention graphite dust causes lung problems.

[@justiceroadrallies]

I have a tombow, it works well but pressurized pens are not smooth. Just keep that in mind.

[@Rose_Butterfly98]

I like my Jetstream with the air cushion clicking.

[@gama5942]

"This pens includes a hydraulic-piston sleeve, circular grooves, extra storage, a fidget cube, a screwdriver, a hammer, 2 shovels (one for digging, one for paving), and an MIB-style memory wipe."

[@Ailana10791]

What's that washable paper shown at 1:33 ?

[@JetPens]

Hi there! That's TRAVELER'S COMPANY B Sides & Rarities Washable Paper: www.jetpens.com/TRAVELER-S-COMPANY-B-Sides-Rarities-Collection/ct/6263?&f=6029c715262a5045

[@OneAsterick]

I’ve carried the same fisher space pen in my pocket since 2007.

[@thedog5k]

3:46 bolt action pen LMAO Now we just need a lever action

[@Koutouhara]

I have horrible handwriting, never able to stick with journaling, bad at organizing things in general, never have a need to take notes since I'm not in school, not adept at art to make aesthetic stationary, and I don't know people nor have time for dedicated stationary writing in general.... I still want these pens despite not having any use for them 😆😅 I'd literally never use them and they'd sit in a box forever