Uni-ball Jetstream Color Ink Series Ballpoint Pen - 0.5 mm - Orange Ink

I love the physical design of this pen! Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of the 0.5mm ink refill. I love Uni-ball's Signo line and I'm hoping with a bit of work I can combine the Signo refill with this adorable pen body.

The ink provides a nice bright light orange. Being a 0.5mm pen, however, it's almost unreadable unless you focus in on it. Still, this is more a fashion color than a serious note-taker or business instrument, so it adequately met my expectations.

The pen is somewhat of a mixed bag, but overall I have had positive experiences with the Jetstream Color line. First, I love the relatively thin diameter and the fact that there is no grip. I love the white barrel color and the accurate barrel representation of the ink color. The plunger is springy and satisfying (perhaps my favorite part of the pen itself). One problem I noticed is that if you unscrew the bottom and screw it back on too tight, there might be a lot of tension and cause cracking down the barrel, as there was in my first Jetstream Color. (Just be aware and don't screw it on too tight!)

This pen is a lot scratchier than the original Jetstream ballpoints as when I'm writing, there's quite a lot of friction. As for the colour, it's quite a lovely apricot orange but doesn't seem very pigmented unlike the darker colours in this series.