Pentel Refill Ink for EnerGel Liquid Gel Pen, 0.5mm, Needle Tip, Red Ink, Box of 12 (LRN5-B-12)

These are OEM refills from Pentel. Japanese quality. Perfect fit and function.

The refill was initially purchased for an old pen that was without a refill. Appearance-wise, it looked identical to the empty ink tube. Unfortunately, it was 1mm too wide for the barrel. On the bright-side, I discovered that it was a perfect fit for my empty Zebra Sarasa pen. It has written smoothly on a variety of papers and I haven't had any issues with bleed thru. As an added bonus, it doesn't skip while I write. Well worth the purchase.

These are perfect refills. Work like the original that came with the pen. Handy to have on hand, just change out and ready to write without shopping.

Me: Thin pen lover free writer who has obsession with perfect lines and also can't spare the finished pen. Pentel Energel Liquid Pen: My favorite pen that I have discovered after a desk officer gave it to me as a gift last year. This pen is just perfect. 0.5 version has exactly the thin, clear lines I always look for. The ink never spoils on the paper, the pen rolls very smoothly and totally under control. These pack of 20 refills: I am so happy to find out that they sell refills. I congratulate and thank the company for putting the refills on sale instead of forcing the customer to buy the whole pen each time to make profit. I hate to throw away my pens because I simply do not like waste. Blue is my favorite color, and this one is neither too light nor too dark, it is 'sky blue'. Definitely worth the price.

I'm a longtime dedicated fan of fountain pens. The way they lay down ink almost effortlessly. These EnerGel pens are the closest thing I've found to a fountain pen and can live in a pants or shirt pocket without fear of leaks -- or worse, losing a precious Pelikan or Pilot. My daily driver is a Pilot retractable Fermo with an EF gold nib. Small, smooth, precise. These .5mm refills are perfect for me and glide smoothly over the paper without dragging or leaving blobs of ink. I bought one of these in black and also their refillable/retractable along with some purple refills. Excellent all around.

Bought the purple 0.5mm needle-tip refills. Took longer than I thought, but it did ship with USPS instead of Amazon. Box came all crushed, but the refills were okay. Probably not the sellers' fault, although they could've packaged it more safely in cardboard, instead of just a plastic bag. Over a dollar each is insane, but I get the markup due to free shipping. Didn't realize that the refills would be internally sealed with wax stoppers to prevent them from drying out. Many Energel refills that I've sourced seemed to have skipped this typically crucial step in the manufacturing process, so it's nice that I got some that passed quality control. They write super smooth, feeling more like a wider nub like 0.7 instead of 0.5, which is typically still pretty scratchy.

The ink refills were received on time. The price was worth it. Carefully packed, no damage, ink tip covered by plastic tip ball preventing the ink from spills or runs.

These refills actually fit the OHTO CR02 pen perfectly. I am glad because the OHTO refills are expensive and available only in black, blue, or red.

Nice product

Cheaper by the pack. Great refills. Saves spaying out 6AUD for the whole pen. I love the 0.5mm, and the ink rollerball is good too.

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Fantastic gel pen. Good quality and smoothness.

Considero la tinta de gel (Sakura, 1984) un gran avance respecto a la tinta líquida al agua que usan las plumas y todos los recambios estándar de rollerbal (Ohto, 1964): el gel seca antes, es indeleble, no traspasa en papel barato de fotocopiadora, permite su uso en boli retráctil, no corres el riesgo de que se salga y haga un destrozo, y los recambios son más económicos porque no necesitan el regulador (que fue el invento de Ohto) que sí necesitan las minas que usan tinta líquida. Uso estas minas LRN5 en bolis Pentel pero también en algunos roller de recambio estándar que los admiten, como el Sheaffer VFM o el Faber-Castell e-Motion. Ojalá se pudieran conseguir los Pentel de punta más fina 0.4, 0.35 y 0.3, aunque son de punta de aguja como estos LRN5. (La N de LRN5 es por needle) Los Uni-ball Signo 207 y 307 (UMR-8 se llama el recambio) usan este formato de mina, pero prefiero Energel a Signo. Encuentro los Signo más manchones y el color azul es verdoso. Estos Pentel también tienen el azul un pelín claro, pero al menos es bonito comparado con Signo. El Pilot G-2 es casi un recambio estándar pero ese "casi" me impide usarlo en casi todos los bolis, y en los que puedo usarlo no queda del todo bien, salvo que también sean Pilot. El depósito de estos LRN5 no viene lleno, como puede apreciarse a simple vista porque es transparente. Otros recambios de Pentel traen más cantidad de tinta, de ahí que en relación calidad-precio le haya quitado una estrella :-) Pentel dice que dura 3 veces más que la media de lo que duran los de la competencia, quién sabe, pero al menos es transparente, no hay engaño y se puede ver el nivel del depósito a medida que lo vamos usando.