Parker QuinkFlow vs Quink Gel Pen Refills Compared - What's the best Parker Refill?
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- What's the difference the Parker QuinkFlow ballpoint refill ( amzn.to/2FUwjhO ) and the Parker Gel ( amzn.to/2GcPAtT ) refill? How to they write? Why would I want one or the other? What's the best refill for my Parker Jotter? I had the same questions and hopefully this video answers them for you!
The QuinkFlow ballpoint refill in 1.0mm is included with the Jotter ballpoint pen ( amzn.to/2FYYDvh ). The Quink Gel I bought aftermarket.
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Just found your channel, made my day, I was convinced I had the worst writing in the world, you have proved me wrong, many thanks.😀
Just a heads up...where you mentioned with the gel refill there is an accumulation of ink at the end - that is called railroading (it's basically where the ink is smooth so pushes ink from the middle to the end of the line/stroke.)
Love the video!
Just bought a new Parker.. Wasn't sure which refills to get, this video helped me realize I'm not missing out by not getting the gel.. I don't need the speed and smudging. .
Thank you for posting! Parker refills also fit Visconti, which discontinued their gel in favor of the (less smooth) Smartouch. So I’m looking for a good replacement.
Good explanation! Thank your for clarifying that!
Thanks this is sort of thing I was looking for. For me personally I prefer when a pen isn't as smooth and smudging is a big thing for me since I am clumsy. I think my writing would be better in ballpoint . Great review thanks
thank you, brilliant explanation
Thank you for this video! I definitely agree that the Gel refill is my personal preference out of the two. I feel like with pretty much all ballpoints, you have to press down so hard to get ballpoints to write without a fade to it or skips. Being a leftie, even fountain pens give me a hard time.
So, since repurchasing a new Jotter, I first used the medium tip it came with, and liked it, but I'm accustomed to 0.5 tips, so I bought the fine refill for it, and felt like it was too scratchy. I switched back to the Medium tip, but then I thought, don't they have a Gel refill, so your video helped me on my purchase because it helped give me an idea as to what to expect. All I need now is to see if there's a such thing as a fine tip Refill in gel. You mentioned one, and thank you for that recc.
u my type....
My refil doesn't write. As if the gel has dried up
@@Jeya502nd same problem..... 240 rupees r.i.p 😭😭😭 (bought 2)
The "smoothness" everyone seems to like so much is just lower friction between the point and the paper; but this lack of friction lets the tip dance around on the paper easier than the ball point. This compromises the legibility of my handwriting. I have both of these refills and nothing this guy says is inaccurate. The quinkflow is an excellent excellent ballpoint. Miles better than the schmidt 900. The Parker gel is also great. I just enjoy writing with a steady sticky ball point rather than the watery loose gel point.
Tyler Jackman i agree. The quinkflow is one of the best standard ink refills. The gel parker ink refill is also really good,especially the new 0.5 fine parker gel. I havent tryied the schmidt P900, only tried the schmidt easyflow 9000 wich is good refill but it has some issues.
Yea but i totally disagree with you, i think the parker ball point refill is the worst refill there is. The writing and the lines look like its made with a super cheap pen
If someone like to write with pressure, a ballpoint refill is for them. I'm against writing with pressure as it will ruined the back of the paper.
Just to let you know...Parker Quinkflow Ballpoint refill is a Hybrid ink...has been for a number of years ...so it not actually a "standard" ballpoint ink.
Standard ballpoint ink is oil based... Gel or rollerball ink is normally water based hence the smoother flow and Hybrid ink, i.e. Parker Quinkflow Ballpoint ink, is a mix between the two.
Now Parker don't tell you how much of a mix but they do claim it is Document Proof Standard ISO 12757.2 which I suspect means if you use it to sign a document it is difficult to rub it off and is probably detected if you do rub it off.
My only gripe with the Parker Gel ink is that two of them have leaked on me, one did it in the pen, and the second leaked over a document.
But as I like the way it write I may try it again...I might have just got a bad batch
I suppose we should all be using pens which take refills, if we want to be eco friendly, as something like 1.6 Billion pens are thrown away every year.
are you by any chance a doctor?
We write a like :D
Plenty of UA-cam videos to help you improve your handwriting if you wanted to
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I am loving it.
What do you think would be better for writing exam papers? I don't want my hand to get too tired, but they do request dark ink. I'm also left-handed, and I don't want any smears.
This is an amazing video! But I do have to ask this because I can't seem to find an answer anywhere - I have to parker pens, and I have the quinkflow ballpoint refill ink and the .7 gel refill. The gel refill seems to slip in the parker pen and skips (have to go over the writing/ write a couple of times) quite a lot, is there a way to solve this?
There are a ink acumulation in the tip in A. T. Cross ball pen refil when you write.
they are very different refills. standard ink vs gel cant be compared, they can be only preffered. some ppl prefer the standard cause its a reliable ink that writes on any surface like plastic, but gel is smoother and your writing is nicer. i write with both but if u write on a 75gsm paper that is thinner the gel ink will go through the paper sometimes. thats why u cant compare st.ink with gel. easyflow 9000 m is between those 2 thats why is so popular,but same like gel doesnt write on any surface. at the end if u want a refill that u can use anywhere and on any surface i think the parker quinkflow is no1. ty for the review
I wish they had the fine tip gel pens. they just don’t sell them anymore.
For me the QuinkFlow is similar to the old Ink, often dry starts needing squiggles to get it started, the Gel seldom dry starts. I ordered some Schimdt easyFLOW9000 Black Medium point refills for the Pens that don't get the Gel refill, I'm sure I'll like them better than the Parker QuinkFlow refils.
The standard Quinkflow for me, I've never been tempted by anything else.
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thanks so much, i bought a handmade pen that takes parker refills and i was wondering if i could get a smoother ink option that would still fit my beautiful pen. im used to the pilot rollerball pens which are my favorite, but im willing to give them up to use my handmade pen haha. definitely will get some gel refills for it!
The Parker Gels are terrible now though. The quality is shit.
Look for a different brand that makes the same cartridge.
do sharpie s gel refills work with it?
This is a pretty good comparison video and worth a watch if you are wondering about the differences. Here's my 2 cents worth. I just did my own side by test (which lead me to this video to see someone else's opinion). I used a Parker brand Medium Blue Quink Flow cartridge and a Medium Blue Quink Gel. The Quink Flow is a darker blue, which I prefer. I also think the Quink Flow writes very smoothly although the Gel dose write a bit smoother and has some characteristics of a fountain pen that I like. The Flow dries almost immediately the Gel is a bit slower. I prefer the feeling of a ballpoint so my choice is the Quink Flow.
Great to someone else’s thoughts. Thank you
Where you buy the Parker gel refill
Every time I have tried a Parker Gel refill, it leaked sticky goo inside the pen that gummed up the click button of a Jotter. I will NEVER use them again. The Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 is the best option I have found for Parker ballpoint pens.
I have had the same problem on three seperately purchased refills purchased at different stores. The were never subjected to heat stress either. I figured it was something I did..but I will not use them anymore.
I've converted all of my Parkers to gel ink. I wish that Parker made a blue/black gel refill.
I like that color a lot and it's out of the ordinary for a more distinctive handwriting look.
Why gel over ink?
Oil is for anyone heavy handed, gel is anyone that's light handed and didn't want to leave imprint on fresh paper page.
can I use the gel refill in r0tring 600 ball point pen? Good review!
Yes
So gel refills are a happy medium between ballpoint refills and fountain pens . . . ?
I, too, was looking for a smooth writing instrument and placed the Parker Gel Refill into my Porsche Design P3110 Tecflex pen. After a few months if non-use, It leaked, gumming up the barrel, ruining the pen. Professionals were unable to repair it as the instrument will no longer extend or retract the refill. A COSTLY MISTAKE which has put me off the Parker Brand. Caveat Emptor.
Is this a joke?
You mentioned that while you prefer the gel over the ballpoint, it wasn't your favorite refill. Which one is that?
He mentions it towards the end, but he prefers the Schmidt Easyflow 9000.
I looked on your website and could not find any articles about how to get a dried out gel refill working again. You said you wrote an article on how to do that and that it was on your website. Did you remove it??
Also, I like Parker’s Quink gel refills, but they CONSTANTLY exude some kind of slimy “goo” (not ink) all over the refill and inside the pen. It does it on every single Quink gel refill I’ve ever used and I’ve gone through dozens. Any idea how to prevent that from happening? It’s a huge mess and I’m constantly having to ultrasonically clean my pens after using those refills because it gunks everything up inside the pen. I never use or leave these pens in extreme temperatures, so it’s not that.
Wish I could read your article about dried gel refills. :(
Here you go unsharpen.com/how-to-revive-a-gel-pen/
I’ve found the gel refill is too scratchy. It actually gets stuck on round letters unless your writing with a very light touch, so it’s not preferable for “carbon” copy documents. I prefer the ball points but they can be hit or miss. Some BP’s write smooth while others require more pressure, but Parker Jotters have always been my favorite pens for over 50 years.
I read that the gel refill only lasts 600 meter while the QuinkFlow ballpoint refill lasts 3500 meter. Both refills cost about the same here, is the lighter writing pressure worth paying almost 6 times as much?
gel never skips where ballpoint does. i like ballpoint anyway
This makes sense, I do like Gel, but wondered why they didnt last very long.
Which is that pen
To simply put it, use ballpoint pen for formal documents and signatures, because it cann't be easily wiped-out, smeared or invalidated by criminals. Use any cheap gel pens for normal \ fast note-taking, which you dont mind someone tampering with it. Both are good to keep you not bored by switching frequently.
Except, not all oil refills are totally anti fraud. And same thing with gel refills, some them can't be washed by stain remover.
Maybe you're right handed...
how many words or pages ( in average ) can we write with it??
What it price
Wow your writing is like a first grader!!!
Thanks Alex!
If I buy a Parker Jotter that comes with a medium tip, can I later replace it with a fine tip refill?
Sure you can
You are the only person who's lefty & have bad handwriting 😀...thanks for the review BTW, very helpful
Thanks for watching
Parker gel is so expensive, and I’ve always wondered why considering Pilot g2 seems so much better and only costs a dollar per refill on amazon
Unfortunately the shapes are not interchangeable and, I suspect, Parker can still depend a premium given their rich history.
Can't be the quink flow. Classic. Not a gel fan. I prefer more pressure control
Writing Arabic, Urdu, etc. with ballpoint pens are annoying for right-handed people as well (yes in these languages you write to the LEFT instead of the RIGHT.)
How much rupees parker gel pen comes
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How many rupees of Parker gel refill in amazon
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dude is parker pen good for lefties ?
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You should work on your penmanship.
Hahahaha haha! PANKER yeah buddy!!!!!
Why is it that all these pen review channels write like shit?? Lol
Your writing is elementary school standard.
Yea that’s about right. Years of typing with keyboards has not helped
The Parker Gel Refill is terrible.....People are using other brands that make the same cartridge.