Pilot G-2 Limited Metallic Body Gel Ink Pen - Gray Body

To add on to my previous review, I just discovered that this pen barrel also takes all the Signo RT refills! This pen is amazing! It takes Pilot Frixion 0.5 mm refills, Pilot Frixion Point 04 refills, Pilot G2 refills, Pilot Precise V5 RT refills, Signo RT refills, and Zebra Sarasa 0.7 mm refills (the kind you can buy from your local office supply store). I am getting my package of Zebra Sarasa (original and push clip version) from JetPens tomorrow and hope that they fit this pen as well. This pen is the king of retractable pens! The Signo Premier 207 pen does not look nearly as professional or elegant as this pen body does, but does take Signo and Zebra refills. This pen from Pilot can take refills from all three major pen companies. This pen is a bit on the heavy side and is unbalanced, but it looks classy and takes so many types of pen refills I don't really mind. This pen is a great buy!

I bought this pen after reading reviews here and found some issues that I am sharing.

1. The pen is clunky and the build quality is not as good compared to the price. The middle part of the barrel has some play. The part at the clicker end has a joint for whatever reasons and that introduces a play.

2. This pen's grip is thick. I have big hands and it feels uncomfortable to hold the pen. Unless you like really thick grips this one is a problem.

3. Overall the cost of this pen is not justifiable to the drawbacks mentioned in my personal opinion.

this one is the only pen I use beside my fountain pens, pilot give a very elegant finish to the G2 line thanks to this edition.

Very nice pen, I dont like the "wet" Gel ink, but as Chris said you can replace it with so many different refills. It has a nice weight to it and instead of buying something pricey, this pen with Uniball Jetstream RT ink is a match!! The only thing I dont like about the rollerball ink is that it does skip slightly, its not bad, but the Gel ink does perform better in this regard. If you are left handed though DEFINITELY get the jetstream RT ink as it doesnt smudge easily. I wish it had a metal grip instead of the rubber grip, but finding the perfect pen seems to be impossible. My next pen will be a Pilot Vanishing point, but there is a HUGE leap from a $12 pen to a $200 ish pen. BTW Staples in America sells the uniball jetstream refills in blue and black, they are $3 for 2 refills and it works out to be quite a nice combination.

This pen barrel also fits the Zebra Sarasa Clip refills. It does not, however, fit the "original" Sarasa pen that is sold on this site. The 0.7 mm and 0.5 mm Sarasa Pens without the binder clip feature sold in regular American office supply stores do fit this pen barrel.