Customer Reviews

I also have this pen in blue and black, and they definitely do not disappoint. The ink is a nice red for corrections and margin notes. As long is it's writing over a few sheets of (cheap) paper, it's smooth. A little scratchy given the fine point, but that's alright with me because I definitely love the finer lines, solid inkflow, and comfortable grip. It's a lot more eco-friendly than disposable ballpoints since it has refills too. :D I highly recommend this pen to anyone!

I bought this size (0.5mm) because that's the size lead I use for my mechanical pencils. Big mistake. It's extremely sharp and scratchy and while lead can be smooth to counter this, a ballpoint tip cannot. Other than that, it's a nice pen. The grip is comfortable. I think the barrel is a little too thin for my tastes (barely). The ink flow is good and the retraction mechanism and button activation act as expected.

Smoothness: okay
Precision: Good for 0.5 mm
weight: light
Grip feeling: okay
Cushion: solid

Overall impression: Okay, for better comfort but less precise pen I recommend Pilot G-Knock Retractable Gel Ink Pen - 0.38 mm

I absolutely love the Jetstream line of pens! I was introduced to Jetstream after picking up a promotional pen at a scientific conference. I was immediately impressed with how smoothly it wrote, and how dark the resulting line was. You get used to how nicely these write, but then if you switch to another pen you can immediately see how much fainter other pens are. These pens always write, down to the last drop of ink. After using the promotional pen for a while I was so impressed, I went online to find the exact pen and that's how I found Jetpens!

The Jetstream Basic Series are my favorites for everyday writing. The rubber grip is on the hard side but comfortable, and the size is just right for me. I use this pen, and the red pen for corrections, on a daily basis. In fact, I bought a whole bunch of them in black, blue and red and gave them out to my family so that they could try them out as well.

A quick note to anybody that may experience skipping. If you write on plasticized paper at some point, I believe that this can gum up the small ball at the end of the pen. I had this happen once, and had to switched in a new refill because the pen became unreliable.

Excellent Pen! I sadly had to reorder it as mine went missing, and I only hope the new owner appreciates it as much as I did. I was already in love with the Jetstream ink, but the marriage with Alpha Gel makes it that much better. I can't stress enough how much I love it!

What can be said, it's the Uni Jetstream 0.7 mm in Orange! I have 2 other colors of the Rubber Body Series but this one is nice because nobody else at work has them. I've turned a few people onto the wonders of the Jetstream! This pen is smooth and writes nice and dark with no skipping or white spaces. I'm a lefty and I've never had it smear on me. At least for me the ink supply is lasting a long time. I've been going pretty heavy on this one's refill for a week and I've only managed to use about 30% of it. And I've had no issues as the ink supply runs down.

What a great pen! The ink flows nicely, leaving a solid dark line. Very lightweight and comfortable in the hand. I do a lot of writing for my job, and this pen has become a new favorite in my arsenal of pens. The price can't be beat - it won't be the end of the world if it "walks" off my desk (although I will be bummed until I get my hands on another one). This pen works better than pens I spent way too much on, and now just sit in my "pretty to look at but just don't work that great" collection. We all have some of those heartbreakers, don't we?
I would love to see this offered in other bright colors. I'd snap them up! Thank you for making a great, affordable pen!

My aunt bought me these pens from Japan and I was OBSESSED with these pens! I luckily found it through this website. These pens write very smoothly, almost as if words were flowing through the page. It does not smear or leave any smudges on my hand. I can never switch bank to another pen.

I have found that sometimes the ink does not come out very consistently, I'm not sure if it's the manufacturing of the pen or the ink itself.

I just received mine and I love it ^^ Here\'s some pros/cons of the pen:

Pros:
- Jetstream = super nice for a ballpoint pen
- alpha gel grip (it takes 1-2 days to \"break in\" but once it\'s broken in, the grip will feel like the grip from the alpha gel original series.same texture and squish
- refillable: i definitely wanted a pen which i could refill. why pay for a pen body if you can\'t refill it ~shrug~ anyways...the refills cost $ and reviews say that the blue refill sucks soooo we\'ll see. I bought an extra black refill just in case.
- METAL! xD feels good. the end/body of the pen is skinnier than expected.

Cons:
- Grip\'s a dirt/fuzz magnet more so than the other grips. (see below for a fuzz rating xD) I put a touch of hand cream on the grip and rubbed it in. I do this for all of my alpha gel grips because it helps to break the grip in faster and keeps the grip slick enough so that dirt/fuzz doesn\'t cling to it.
- it\'s a ballpoint....but one of the better ones

Side Notes:
- The Zebra B2A1 is a nice full metal (duel color) ballpoint as well. I actually prefer to use the zebra to write on binder paper over the uni jetstream.
- This being said...the $$ really?.... -____- whatever
- I also bought the full-rubber grip jetstream and in my opinion, from a visual standpoint, the rubber jetstream looks a ton sicker than the alpha gel one. It\'s not how the pen looks laying on a table...it\'s how it looks in your hand when you\'re writing w/it.

This is the best pen i have ever owned! It always runs so smoothly. The only times it isn't smooth is on cheap paper, when there's only 1-2 sheets between the pen tip and the desk, but even then the overall flow is mostly smooth as can be.

What I really love is the precision. I used this of Organic Chemistry, where on the tests we have to draw little chemical structures in small answer spaces. I was able to get everything down that I needed to only because of how thin this pen writes, and how precisely it dries on the paper. I could give it a higher recommendation! I only wish they had a compact version. Then I'd be set for good.

Whatever Uniball did to get the Jetstream, they should do more of it. This pen is spectacular! It's got a really good, balanced weight and sits well in my hand. Oh, and being a Jetstream, it writes like a dream!

An amazing pen, It's the only one I use to write notes with! The colour looks amazing and ink flows smoother than any other pen I own.

I was extremely surprised at how wonderful this pen writes. When I ordered this pen, despite all the good reviews, I was a little wary due to the not-so-elaborate look of the pen. To my surprise, the pen worked wonderfully! Just as others have said, this pen is extremely smooth, even when writing on just a thin piece of paper on a wood desk. The ink flows nicely and the pen does not skip. Although the grip isn't really a grip at all, it's quite comfortable to hold. I was also a little fearful of the 0.7mm size because I prefer thin, 0.5mm pens most of the time, but the lines were very close to that of the 0.5 Jetstream I ordered. The ink color is quite appealing as well. Most other blue pens do tend to have the light, faded blue color, but this one has a very dark and bold blue, not quite the dark blue of a gel ink or liquid pen [I don't like the latter very much]. For anyone looking for a simple, light, smooth blue pen, this is a great pen to get.

I have an insane number of ballpoint, gel, and fountain pens at my desk, but this one has become my hands-down favorite for almost everything (I still prefer pigment markers for some things). I'm stuffing my cabinets with refills, because I really don't ever want to run out of this miraculous ink. It's incredibly smooth -- truly frictionless yet still dries fast -- and even my husband, who writes at a strange hand angle that causes every other pen in the universe to leave globs of ink everywhere, is thrilled with it.

I've just ordered two more of the rubber body series -- they're fatter but not too fat, and easier to find by touch in my always-cluttered bags.

My only wish: that they came in some nicer colors (robin's egg blue? saffron yellow-orange?).

It's an excellent pen. It dispenses ink smoothly, has a nice grip, and hardly has any skipping.

You can't go wrong with this one -- a reliable pen and ergonomic too!

Just as I stated in one of my earlier reviews, I also bought one of these (Sky Blue body) at Maido Stationary in San Francisco's Japan Town while I was visiting home this Christmas. At the store they allow you to write on some paper and test out the pen before you purchase and I was in LOOOOOVEEE! So smooth and it writes so thin. I love using this pen for my holiday cards I send to people and the letters I use to write my penpals. Just ordered this pen in Apricot Orange and Lavender. This is the pen that directed me to this website when I realized I needed more than one.

Coming from a lefty, this is the best pen I've ever used. Writes smooth. Dries quick. No smearing.

This is the pen i always carry around. Always.
The ink is bold and waterproof and glides so smooth.

writes more smoothly than the 0.5 counterpart without being significantly thicker

Not impressed. Writing quality is what I expected from a jetstream. Metal is quite light and somewhat cheap feeling for the price. The white plastic near the clicker has come unhinged in four weeks of daily business use, and sometimes the clicker gets jammed. I don't recommend this pen.

I can't use any other ballpoint pen or gel pen. The smoothness is incomparable. I had to give this one to my mother though because she liked it so much, too! Luckily, I have backups.

My current go-to pen; I'm in love. I carry it with me everywhere.

PROS
- ink does not smear (so perfect, especially since I'm left-handed)
- lines are crisp
- color is rich (compared to ordinary ballpoint pens)
- tip is sharp, but not to the point of being scratchy

CONS
- If you write with it at a really low angle with the paper, the tip gets scratchy and the line a bit blotchy.
- When making initial small marks (e.g. bullet points, tiny writing), it won't work at first. Gotta try a few times, or make a large trial stroke.

Pros definitely outweigh the cons, considering the two cons are circumstantial.

I originally reviewed this pen in April 2011.

After using this pen in school for some months now, I wanted to reaffirm my original opinion of it: it is simply the smoothest writing pen I've ever used --- and I've been making marks on paper with pointy objects for some 60 years now.

I still have to clean the grip with alcohol or UniSolve to rid it of the slightly slick feel, but once I do, it has a very nice non-slip grip that I find appealing.

I also found out that its refills fit the Uniball Signo 207 series pens, and vice-versa, in case I want a ballpoint refill in the 207 body, or a gel refill in this one.

I highly recommend it: it's well worth the money.

My favourite pen, it writes so smooth and the lines are crisp. Absolutely recommend!