Pilot Hi-Tec-C Coleto 3 Color Multi Pen Body Component - Blue

I am ambivalent about the Coleto bodies. They are certainly functional, and surprisingly comfortable, and I am much more appreciative of these qualities after having tried the competitor multipen shell bodies for the Uni Style Fit and Slicci Multi. That said, still not hugely attractive. If not for the convenience of seeing the color of my refills, I would just load all my coletos into the body of the Zebra 4+1 Multipen.

Looks great, works great. My only complaint is that the 5 color pen is a little too wide to hold comfortably for writing - my hand gets sore. I think I\'ll have to order a 3 or 4 color pen body. I wish they gave the width of each pen body (say, in milimeters) so that I could decide which one to get.

I have the 4-cartridge pen body. I chose to fill it with 0.4 cartridges, which write smoothly. I have been using the fine multi-pen from Bic, which works great, but I wanted something more customizable.

The Coleto body isn't that great. :/ Switching to another color is so awkward compared to the Bic. In the Bic pen, you just had to press down on another tab and the previous color cartridge will pop up. With this pen, it is difficult to press the cartridge tab in to push it up before pushing down another color because simply pushing down on another tab will jam your pen. Also, the pen tabs seem so unresponsive I am afraid sooner or later I am going to break the pen clip because the two cartridges are so close to it, so when I press on the tabs, I also apply pressure on the clip.

You have to have a light hand to use this, because pushing down slightly on the pen will push the cartridge up. It's annoying sometimes. I guess I am still on the look-out for a nice, sturdy customizable multi pen.

i loooove pilot's hitec-c pens and i finally decided to customize a muli-pen to save some space in my pen case and i'm sooo happy i did! yes the quality isnt amazing, but for an inexpensive pen it is totally functional and worth it. for those who are having problems with changing colors, make sure you have the refills in PROPERLY. i initially was disappointed with the pen-- one color would not move up and down smoothly, but i took it out and realigned it, paying closer attention and realized i wasnt lining up one side correctly! lol. but now its like 2nd nature putting the refills in and changing colors is a breeze. my next purchase will be the black barrel with 4 different colors/pencil refill! so when i'm in a rush, or just going to class i only have to carry the 2 multi pens!! :D

A bit flimsy compared to a more expensive multi-pen: It can be a bit tricky to slide in refills & they retract accidentally a bit too easily. However, in my opinion, multi-pens are mostly a novelty, anyway & the options available for this 5-color make it the most fun multi available. I like to put the pencil, eraser & 3 bright colors in it & keep it on hand to mark up writing done with a "real" pen.