Customer Reviews

I was very skeptical when I read about this pen another website. It looked too simple, and minimalist, and seemed like a pen I could grab from any office, but I gave in and ordered it.
I was very well surprised.
Being my first .3mm pencil, it wrote beautifully thin- perfect for my writing style.

My only complaints:
My fingers hurt after a little while of writing with it.
The tip dries from time to time, mostly when I start writing nonsense thoughts on printer paper.

This puts down an amazingly fine line and is smooth when it wants to be. I seem to have gotten a finicky one though, needs to be store upside down in order to write smoothly. If you have one that starts/stops, try storing it upside down with cap on. Oh and it really hates it when you leave the cap off. Oddly, I don't have this issue with any other pen from this line.

I'm not crazy, my pen just has its own personality.

This is a great pen. I have been using it to study for my CFA exam. I can actually fit two equations in a wide ruled page with it.

this pen is awespm!!!!!!!! my friend has them and i luv them!!!!!! i always bug her to let me use them then she get sannoyed with me!!! anyway tis is a FABULOUS pen!!!!!!!!

Absoulely a wonderful pen. I can write as small, in fact, if not smaller, than the smallest font on my computer. The ink flows smooth and never ever skips. I just ordered a bunch more (in various colors) and am standing by mailbox....ok, not really, waiting for them.

These are actually the best pens I have ever used. No doubt. A few months ago, I bought a 12 set of the Pilot Frixxion pens, and I thought those were amazing, because they erased, but after time, if you don't use the actual box they give you, dirt and other sediment sticks to the rubber, leaving a messy eraser mark when you erase. Then, I saw that one of my friends had a hi-tec-c pen. but it was .3 and I wrote with it, and wasn't too pleased. I felt that the tip was too thin. At first I hesitated when I clicked add to cart for this set, but I trusted the brand, the reviews, and JetPens. Two days later, during the snow storm in my area, the pens come. I immediately try them, and I fell in love. I strongly recommend these pens. Although they do not erase, they write like a pencil, except instead lead coming out, you have great solid colors

This is the best pen I have ever used! They have a nice thin tip that I love because I write small, and they don't break off when I press down on them! I bought all colors to use when I'm taking notes, and three years later I still love them(although now I need to buy new ones). They also write super smooth!!

If you are looking for the equivalent(and probably even better version) of the High tech C try the Uni-Ball Signo DX 0.28mm or the zebra sarasa 0.3 mm. Both are absolutely fantastic pens in all respects, and are even better because they're cheaper than the high tech c. Both also come with a grip and do not have a fragile needle point like the high tech c.

I've tried to use the Hi-Tec-C gel pens. They start out really nice, smooth, and inky. As I continue to write with them, however, the lines become more faint and eventually I cannot use them at all - I am left with a nearly filled ink cartridge. ): I've tried my best to revive my pens, and I have not yet been successful. Maybe it is because I write with more pressure? Or it is because my pens come from Taiwan? o_O I don't know. But, my Sliccis never do this to me - so now I use Sliccis exclusively. So 5 in the beginning (because it writes so well and smooth), a 1 in the end (because it is useless and makes me feel sadpanda).

Great colours. Ink is bright and vivid, and love the fine tip (though some might find the feeling too "scratchy"). At first, they all wrote like silk. However, I haven't even used up half the ink and two pens aren't writing any more. I think the tip gets clogged too easily. Sometimes now, the ink doesn't flow at first, and you have to scribble a few times to get it flowing. Won't be repurchasing since there are so many other gel color pens on the market now

A good pen, ink can actually be the same or thinner than the 0.18 uni-ball. It is better for long, straight lines (eg. cross-hatching) than for short, sketchy ones that the uni-ball is good at. Its ink is much thinner than the Slicci, which is also 0.25. Sometimes the ink seems to stop flowing and things get a bit scratchy. Note: this pen is not waterproof, and will bleed strange purplish tones if exposed to water. The 0.18 uni-ball is waterproof.

Everything has its use, though. I use this pen to write small notes, and for cross-hatching in comics. It's good at both of those.

Very subtle for a gel pen! Almost the color of J. Herbin Cacao de Brésil bottled ink.

colour comes out exactly like you would expect it (like a smoky gray). it's pretty accurate to the colour of the cap. a fun alternative to black!!

I bought this pen after being so disappointed by other green inks I had tried over the years. If you are looking for a thin line and good readability, as well as interesting color, give this one a try!

Color: Apple green/grass green (about the color of those "add to cart" buttons, if you mixed the two halves together)

Readability: It's not fluorescent, thank goodness. Good ink, dark enough to read at a glance.

Scratchiness: It is 0.3 mm, so write on smooth paper with very fine grain. Otherwise, it works like you expect a Hi-Tec-C to write -- pretty smooth, no smudges.

I have finally found my favorite pen! I had heard all sorts of good things about the Hi-Tec-C pens, and finally got around to trying them. The 0.4mm Blue Black pen will be my writing instrument of choice for as long as I can get my hands on it. It's a precisely fine line in a wonderful shade. I have not had any issues with the ink skipping, and have found the pen to write wonderfully every time.

I bought my first set in 1995 when stationed on Okinawa Japan. They are awesome for use as drafting, sketching, calligraphy, etc. I bought this set along with the Yawaragi set in June 2007. I plan to buy the rest within the next couple of months. I will RECOMMEND these pens to anybody who does paperwork with small spaces.

A Pilot Hi-Tec-C, therefore a great pen. But personally I prefer conical point pens. Doesn't have an anti sliding rubber, so it is a bit tiring to write with it.

The color is kind of washed out, I'm not sure if that is the desired effect of the Yawaragi colors.

Disappearing ink!
This pen writes very nicely and appears to be well designed except for one killer flaw: the ink is extremely light-sensitive. As part of a lightfastness test, I tried out a range of inks and writing pens, including this one, on strips of paper. One test strip went into a window that receives several hours of sun on sunny days. A duplicate went into a closed drawer.

I was shocked when I peeked a week later, not expecting any changes so early. None of the other samples had faded yet, but the sample of writing from this pen was ALMOST GONE. After another week, it had entirely disappeared! (The duplicate sample in the dark drawer had not changed.) Meanwhile, my other standard writing pens, also with black or brown dye-based inks, had not faded noticeably.

Now, this is early March in New England,not known for its powerful sun exposure anyway, and there were at least as many cloudy days as sunny ones. That ink disappeared faster than any I have ever seen. I would assume that even in a normally lit room it would fade so much that documents left out on a desktop would fade within a week or two. This is not acceptable. The people at Pilot know what dyes are in its inks and knows that this ink is extremely fugitive, much more than other dye-based inks. Shame on them!

I love the Hi-Tec C pens, and this color is interesting because it looks almost like graphite on paper - the color is similar to mechanical pencil line.

That being said, it seems less smooth than the standard black or blue, and maybe because of the lighter shade, it also feels like a thinner line. Compared to the .4mm blue, this pen writes more like a .3mm.

I enjoy using this pen for everyday use.

The colour almost looks like pencil but is still completely readable. The colour is not too light and writes well.

My new favorite color! The color is awesome it's like a bronze color it looks sweet next to black printed notes. And of course hi-tec c is the best gel pen!

Color, quality, flow— this pen is my favorite 0.3

My elegance pink won't write either. I have a wine-red Hi-Tec C that is at least 4 years old and it's fine. The newer Elegance Pink is dead.

I love these pens. They used to have the 5 pack in Staples but they have since disappeared. Thank God for jetpens because I've been looking for them everywhere!!! I am a med student whose hospital has yet to convert to electronic medical records and these pens make note writing and pt documentation bearable :-)

Love the color! It is the best color in Yawaragi series.