I think the TP test was skewed because of the paper perferations on the Cottonelle. I would redo the test with a 360 degree clamp with two boards with a hole about 2 in in diameter. An attempt at a finger strength test.😅
do you know how long I have waited for your upload!!! Your content is so addicting( it lowkey also helps when I feel depressed so ty But R ead the first part as exited not angry :)
Tyler. Your supposed to put the new filter in tap water for 15 minutes for it to activate the charcoal. Also the Brita filter does have loose stuff in it at first.
I was looking for this comment. He is buying the blue brita. The long lasting 6 month ones which aren't charcoal and lose lol but yes he needed to soak that filter ! Lol
Filters always need either a soak, or a rinse depending on the type. It hurts my brain to see him say something sucks when he doesn’t even test correctly. Usually it’s comedic, but it bothered me this time 😂
He does this to get people to comment. He knows there will be someone out there that will correct him, and this will generate comments which generates view time and views
The fountain pen was never a failed design and never disappeared. It's always been an option just not in most stores. The pens you're more familiar with are popular because they're cheap to make and therefore cheap to buy and easy to keep using and nothing special to throw away when done. But I have a nice $40 fountain pen that's refillable with Jars of regular ink and I love it. Plus the jars of ink have quite a bit of ink for just like $15 you can refill the pen hundreds of times
Thank you so much for saying this it’s 100% true ballpoints are cheap. Fountain pens offer a personal touch it’s a preference, hobby whatever you want to call it. There’s benefits to both and downfalls but I prefer the feel and ability to change my colours and add a personal touch. And the best part is you don’t have to break the bank to do it my first was literally a Red Pilot Metropolitan.
My grandmother would only use a fountain pen for her signature, she swore it was the best kind of pen ever 😊 Also, “the dog ran away” while actually writing “the cat ran away” 😂
Fun fact with the fountain pen, if you end up liking it, you can get a piston converter for it as well that lets you buy ink pots for pretty much infinite ink.
@@DOBBAPHOENIX Original fountain pens only had pistons. Ink wells....ever heard of them? School desks used to have a hole drilled into the corner of them to hold the ink wells. Enter any of those key words into Google. Happy learning.
@@DOBBAPHOENIX A bottle of ink lasts for eons. I've only ever emptied two bottles in 5 years of writing nearly exclusively with fountain pens (I write a lot). And the ink options are basically endless, with a variety of properties available. For example, I have sheening inks that look a different color depending on how I hold the page. And shading inks, some of which will shade a different color - so places where the ink pools (most notably the point at which you pick your pen up to start another letter or word) will be one color, while the rest will be another. There's also shimmer inks, if you like glitter. Some inks will combine these properties. Plus, if you fall down the rabbit hole far enough, you can get to glitter potions where you can take your favorite non-shimmer inks and make them shimmery. Have a purple ink with gold sheen and want to add on some pink shimmer? Totally doable. And if that kind of thing is your jam, absolutely gorgeous. And even if you don't want to fall down that rabbit hole, and just want an ink or two, buying a bottle of plain ink is relatively cheap and will last years (or longer, depending on how much you write)
@@DOBBAPHOENIX there are muitple types of converters but the most common is the screw type. You turn the knob on the end and it moves a piston up and down. I exclusively use foiuntian pens and as Christa Smith mentioned the types and colors of ink available are endless even waterproof ink. Also they do make disposable pens also, Pilot makes some that I use and cost around 14 bucks for 6 pens but they are good quality pens and I don't worry about letting people borrow them vs my nicer ones.
Besides that... you want toilet paper to break down once wet. You know... so you can flush it? The Amazon stuff being stronger while wet might actually be a mark against it.
I love the fact that you put your real predictions out there and then are willing to "eat your words" when something doesn't come out the way you expect. Makes me smile.....saw it coming with the fountain pen....they are really nice to write with...they do take a little getting used to however...:)
My daughter is currently learning to write and over here (the Netherlands) the school still uses fountain pens. I think fountain pens win on most areas but they have a few drawbacks compared to ballpoint pens: 1. You need special ink if you're lefthanded. The ink in a fountain pen dries slower and it will smudge if you're lefthanded. 2. Convenience. They need replacing the cartridges regularly, they are more likely to leak or cause stains because the ink is much thinner.
Many fountain pens accommodate a pretty large amount of ink via a high capacity piston filler. Pens that can be converted to eye dropper are even crazier.
@@Moleda1986 You can easily flush out the old ink with water or with a tiny bit of ammonia added to the water if it's problematic. I should also note that it depends how you write, if you write from the underside (i.e. your hand does not pass over the parts written) you can use any pen and any ink. If you're writing from the side you'll need fast drying ink and you'll probably want a pen with a small nib. You need to avoid flexible or thick nibs since you're pushing against the paper whereas a righthanded person would drag instead of push.
You are supposed to clean the meter with distilled water before/after every use so contaminants don't mess with your readings. 67 ppm is pretty damn good btw, tap water where I live is 384.
For real. Im in california and our hose water was like +1100💀 tap is like +700👀 no filters gonna last with those numbers lol we bought a filter to wash our cars and it only lasted at 0ppm for 2 washs hahaha
@@sendrake5005 the water we use comes from an underground aquifer and it is heavy in lime deposits. Depending on where you live in the U.S. ppm can very greatly and just because it has a higher ppm doesn't mean it's not safe to drink, though I drink bottled water myself.
As someone who loves fountain pens, I loved watching you experience them for the first time lol Also, try to hold them at more of an angle with the convex side of the nib facing up. They are also heavenly to write with on good quality paper. You get way less scratching/resistance.
Fountain pens are still being used in Germany with kids that learn to write. Now, it might come to you as a surprise that there are "erasers" for the ink that is used in fountain pens. It discolours the ink and has a different type of pen on the other side of the eraser pen, so you can write over the spot again in blue color. Which is why it is though to be practical for students.
The eraser is just slightly basic (around 10 pH IIRC, but don't quote me on that) which turns the ink translucent. If you use something acidic, it turn red-ish, and violet if you use something that is very basic.
Tyler, rechargeable batteries don't have as much juice in them as single use batteries. None of them do. They're good for things like a wireless mouse or a TV remote where you can easily switch them when they die. Obviously, over the entire life of the battery, you're going to get a lot more out of them, but on a per charge basis, they don't last nearly as long. Honestly, it's such a pain to make sure you always have replacements that I'm really glad that so many things are USB powered now. None of the hassle of dealing with the rechargables, but without that awful wasteful feeling of chucking out single use batteries.
Rechargeable batteries are good for high discharge devices. While they have less capacity, they don't sag in voltage like alkalines do. So things like RC cars, high powered flashlights, camera flashes, etc. do better with rechargeables. Clocks, remotes and other low drain devices benefit more from alkalines.
The way Tyler said “…I would not recommend the Amazon basics water filter 😬” in a hushed tone like he’s worried Jeff Bezos is going to break down his door and Epstein him right there for saying that 😂
You need to run a few pitchers of water through new filters. I know you don't like reading instructions but in this case it's pretty important. Also your tap water is less than 100 on your meter so it's fine, over 500 is where it starts getting dangerous if I remember correctly.
The wonderful thing about a fountain pen is eventually it adapts to your writing and if another person uses it it may still work but it can be scratchy when writing.
As a lefty I used fountain pens for years because with ball points you have to press into the paper. Right handed people kind of glide it from left to right but lefties push it into the paper which causes tearing or bogs down the tip. Then I started using gel and roller ball pens which are better with less of a mess. I hate regular ball points.
I would heavily recommend pilot g2 for gel pens if you haven't tried them. I have taken up writing cursive recently and they really make it easy when you're a lefty.
A sinister agreement here. I've made the rounds and settled on gel pens. The cheap ones vary widely in quality though, and even the Parker refills are occasionally disappointing. When they work, though, they're superior.
I used a fountain pen through much of my university years. They take much less pressure to write with, which means far less fatigue and less chance of cramping when writing for long periods. They're more finicky and less durable, but I greatly prefer them. Plus, you can get things like italic nibs. I generally used EF/F though.
Great for people with patients and pride in making things last but that's not the average person. They're actually designed to be used in a specific way as well. Held in a 45° angle, apply light pressure to start applying full pressure by letter 3 then don't release the pen until skipping words or crossing T's and dotting I's. Perfect for the most common way to write back in the day: cursive.
I still write with one I have for school in the nineties, working fine. Much less fatigue than a biro and a lot less plastic waste. Occasional leaks, but the ink is easier to get out and nicer to deal with than when I break a biro and get that ink everywhere. Biro ink is nasty.
@@dees3179 …biro? I’ve never heard that term before. I can figure out the meaning from context though. What nationality/age group are you? I’m American, early 20s.
I have a buddy who is a trained knife sharpener. He goes to competitions for it and has taken pocket knives into the single digits. He oncesharoened a blade so well that he dropped an orange on it and it sliced without any noticeably resistance, as of the orange just separated to avoid the knife.
Definitely. If someone started pressing harder on my Montblanc to try and get more ink, I would have to start pressing on their head. It's not a flex nib! Of course, nobody gets to touch my Montblanc so that's not really a problem.@@sundayfunday5059
I feel like I no longer need to hide the number of Fountain Pen groups I am in, nor the fact that I hoard them like gold. They are a dream to both write and sketch with.
On the batteries, were they charged fully first? After the first drain and recharge, do the last the same length? Am really curious about the rechargable AA batteries
They gradually lose effectiveness over time, same as lithium ones do, and for the same reasons. They're good for situations where switching batteries more often isn't a big deal, like a wireless mouse or a TV remote. I think they might start to slowly disappear the more things get powered by USB these days, though. I've stopped using them because I don't think I even have any electronics at this point that take batteries.
Nickel metal hydride batteries, which I'm assuming he's using, generally perform a bit better at first after a discharge charge cycle (from personal experience using a cadex at our work). They are less prone to memory effects as nickel cadmium cells and generally have more capacity. I'm 99% sure they wouldn't be lithium because lithium ion has a voltage of 3.7 per cell, whereas a NiMH or NiCd has a voltage of 1.2 V per cell. ( An alkaline is 1.5v per cell.) It is generally not recommended to use lithium cells like that with that much higher of a voltage as direct replacements. They do make lithium cells that output 1.5 volts, but those are not rechargeable. I looked up the average capacity of an alkaline battery, and it's looking like 2850 mah. The Amazon basics ones I think he is using are 2400 mah, which equates to 15% less than the average alkaline. That happens to be way less than the difference he experienced, so they either weren't charged or severely overrated. He should take them to a local battery shop with a cadex tester or similar device to see if they are outputting around what they are rated for. I know the ones we use for rebuilds at my work are generally rated at 2200 mah and usually test at about 90% on the fist test and 120% capacity after running the test a second time new out of the packaging, so we rate ours conservatively.
If anyone wonders about the water filters.. project farm did a great video over the brands.. spoiler.. zero and some industrial filter were the only 2 that were worth much lol
That's weird. I use a brita pitcher because without it, my water tastes like it came out of a swimming pool. The water that's gone through the pitcher has none of that taste. Not that I don't think it's safe to drink unfiltered, but it tastes awful. I'm not sure I'd rely on a brita pitcher to make unsafe water safe to drink.
I love fountain pens, the only problem is, the tips are very sensitive! very easy to break your pen if your alignment is off, i.e. you pressed too hard or your tip is more vertical then at an angle. That and the ink runs out super quick. Its definitely for people who want to be extra fancy since you can also get ink bottles in a vast array of colors, and they can get pretty exotic looking with deep color saturation.
Tyler I love your videos so much! I’ve watched literally every video on your channel, ever since the first. Everytime I see a video come out by you I smile and get so excited. I don’t know why but you can post anything and I’ll be so excited 😂 btw I think you should make a video testing the strength of a bunch of toilet paper brands, maybe get out the crane scale, wrap the paper around some stuff and just have some fun!!
I have a fountain pen from the Shaeffer company. I found it in a Staples store back in the late 1990's. They were trying to clear them out so they had slashed the price. This one has 14 kt gold plating on the metal parts. The original price was $140 and I paid $35 for it. It has a refillable cartridge. You put the nib into a bottle of ink, turn a knob on the end of the cartridge and that draws the ink up into the cartridge. Or you can use the dispoable cartridges. Unlike the one you were testing, mine doesn't take "a moment" to send the ink to the nib. Yes, it is a very smooth writing experience. But it just sits in its case not being used these days. I hardly ever hand write anything now. When I do, I typically do it on my iPad Pro with the Apple pencil. But that pen is still usable, it will be usable for probably longer than I will ever live. NOTE: when you don't plan to use the pen for any length of time, flush it out with water as the ink will dry and block the very thin channel that the ink flows through.
Tyler, the fountain pen is a very deliberate tool you have to write with it a certain way. There are videos on UA-cam watching people use them and it's magical!
I kinda figured fountain pens were only for cursive writing, but my spouse says people also use them cuz it’s a sensory thing. There’s a satisfying kzzzz sound whenever you use it quickly😂 I just like it cuz you can make thin and thick lines depending on how you press on the tip. So it makes your signature super extra
It’s honestly painful sometimes when Tyler doesn’t read the directions to stuff. Those Amazon filters require either a flush, or a soak to get rid of the particulate matter that may come out of the filter. Both the Amazon and Britain filters tell you to use it then discard the first round if there is any charcoal in the pitcher.
For the water filters, keep in mind that the blue Brita filter is a long last one as they call it, it's built different than their regular filters. I noticed that it's using sheets of charcoal instead of charcoal powder, that's why you don't hear anything when you shake it, and depending for how long it's been used, it can be slower to filter due to having cached a lot of stuff. Sometimes tinny little bubbles can get stuck inside and slow it down, however, the regular Brita filters are much more prone to get bubbles stuck inside than the long last filters.
I am an avid fountain pen collector, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of Tyler's first fountain pen experience. I have hundreds of pens, and they all write differently. But now I think I need a powdered wig so I can rewrite some laws. I may sign them with Tyler's name though.
During my school days the students all had to use fountain pens. This is fine if you're right handed, but if you're left handed a fountain pen will limit the ways you can hold the pen, else you'll be dragging your hand across your writing and smudging the ink.
I know I'm showing my age here but when I went to school being left handed was treated as something barely short of a crime. 😂 I didn't learn the joy of fountain pens until I was signing my marriage license
i think even if they're all being made with cartridges, them being much more sensitive and thus risking the tip being damaged more easily, would make them lose popularity
The space pen has to overcome the stickiness of the ink, the rolling of the ball, and the pressure the cartridge in the space pen is under. The fountain pen has a much more liquid ink and the nub is only there to direct the Ink onto the paper at one point. The roller ball pen also had to overcome the rolling of the ball and a stickier ink than the fountain pen
I actually find it fun to pull out one of my fountain pens and the nice stationary and write people I know an actual letter and send it off in the mail. Recipients really get a kick out of it.
im showing my age here but at our school we had to use dip pens and we had an inkwell attached to our desks, we also had ink monitors and they were responsible for filling the inkwells before lessons ! we later evolved to using fountain pens with an internal bladder which had a lever on the side which you used to draw the ink into! later on we had the cartridge pens which you used ! Happy days and inky hands !🖋🖊🖋
But he also believes in a lot of stupid conspiracies (stupid because all evidence from reputable sources goes against them). So he has downsides. He is a flat Earther. If you want to know what other conspiracies he believes, Listen to the Tyler unglued podcast.
I dunno what it's like for kids now but over here in the UK when I went to school, we nearly all had fountain pens, I think it was even a requirement at my middle school. I still had a fountain pen after I finished school in 2003. They are very nice to write with, though they have a few cons from my experience ink blots being the major one, pen will sometimes just let out loads of ink so you have to have blotting paper on hand just in case. Plus the cartridges don't last even a fraction as long as the ink in a biro and can sometimes just explode from heat or pressure which will make a mess of your pencil case lol.
Idk, if its still a thing but fountainpens were mandatory in Dutch primary schools in like my first 5/8 years. You would get them from school. There was like this glass jar filled with leaky cartridges and desk drawers were covered in ink.
Wow, you have made me feel so old I'm in my 50s, when I went to school we were only allowed to write in fountain pen, Biro"s weren't allowed, we had ink cartridges, blotting paper, the works, we all wrote neatly, and some people could do fancy writing ( calligraphy ) but as you say it just flowed and was very easy to write with, they were alot cheaper back then also, because everyone had one and all the shops sold them ✒️
Same here. The trick was to make sure your pen ran out half way through a test so you could catch a glimpse of other people's answers on your way to the big ink bottle on the teacher's desk. Biros were for rough notes only.
The batteries that are rechargable generally don't last as long, because they need to keep a certain percentage (about 40%) of charge to be able to be recharged, otherwise they are are deeply drained and can't be recharged anymore. (That's why phone batteries die aswell). That means you have to calculate +40% to those batteries, because the normal ones can be drained 100%.
Fountain pens are great if you're writing a lot in one sitting. You don't really have to put the nib to the paper, so less fatigue. Fountain pens are better when you write with your arm rather than your wrist. They are far superior than a ballpoint, rollerball, or gel pen, however they require regular cleaning, and maintenance and can be very messy, but that's part of the fun. They also have a lot of variety, compared to modern pens, and can get very expensive. Some of the most luxurious fountain pens are upwards of $10,000..
Before the 2 or 3 flushes, you're also supposed to let the filter sit in a glass of water for 15 min to saturate it. That's why it rattles when he shakes it, the water runs right through it, & it tastes no different from tap water. Also, for anyone out there not reading the instructions, always keep the water line above the filter (keep it wet)
I remember (with horror) using fountain pens at school for 1-2 years back in the 70s. The idea is, that you can vary the line thickness by pushing softer or harder on the pen, creating quite a personal look and potentially very artistic writing (for signatures etc.) In reality, as I remember it, the darn thing mostly refused to release any ink at all, so you'd push harder until... SPLAT, a sea of ink appears on the paper - and this wasn't even a cheap pen, but a quality one from Parker. I also tried the really antique versions that didn't use a cartridge, instead you'd dip the tip of the pen into an ink bottle, then start writing. This was a really superb way of creating nice oceans of ink, but for writing? Completely hopeless. But my ink lakes did often have a very personal look So I was extremely impressed by your results!
tyler being confused about fountain pens still being made is so funny to me, as i am someone who has fallen down a fountain pen review rabbit hole many times
@@paulmartin7854 they definitely were filmed in reverse of what they were posted because he says “we’re definitely going to do a thorough review on the space pen”
I think I am more amazed by the fact that so few people know how to write in cursive today. It has been several years since I attended grade school, but it used to be taught starting around 1st-2nd grade. So few people use it these days, and those that do seem to make up what the letters are supposed to look like. As a 39 year old who is attending college, I have found that around 80% of the students I encounter in college can not read or write in cursive. That being said, I miss the old days where we learned history and cursive writing instead of social studies and computers!
I'm 25 and went to Catholic grade school where I learned cursive in second grade. I always kind of chuckle because most of my peers can't read or write in cursive as public schools didn't teach it. Admittedly I'm out of practice so my cursive is a bit sloppy but I can still write in it and certainly read it.
Being an artist that just bought a 150$ fountain pen, after slowly building up a collection of them; it is so worth it. The kind you got with the nib it has will feel incredibly cheep once you get a decent 50$ fountain pen. Different nibs gives you different results and I love them for my art. There are such a wide variety of ink pots you can buy too! I spend quite a bit of my money on my ink collection... Very fun and addicting once you get into the wide world of fountain pens! I will never go back!
I work for Kimberly clark and we make the cottenelle , it depends on the chemicals they are putting on the paper when it's made that determines the wet strength of the paper
My teachers in school hated that I used an italluc ountain and wrote in cursive . Didn't help that my handwriting was capricious and often poorly spelt. Also pen leaks we're common with all the jostling that a school bag environment brang.
LOL read the directions...your supposed to prep the filter before you use it...very simple, run it under water for a few min. it clears out the charcoal. And I'm guessing you uploaded last weeks video with the fountain pen before this one when you got the fountain pen? Cause you used that pen in last weeks video...UA-camrs uploading out of order...🤥
I used a fountain pen for most of my early school years from around 1991 to 1996, I think they're still used for when kids are learning to write and develop their handwriting, they're more expensive, delicate and inconvenient compared to ballpoint pens which is why they don't get used much any more.
My hypothesis for why the expensive toilet paper was weaker is the fibers are smaller. The fibers being smaller make the paper much softer but they dont hold together as well. The toilet paper also has to be thicker to be strongerThe cheap toilet paper has larger fibers that make it feel rougher and they hold together better making stronger. This is cheaper to manufacturer because it means you can use less fibers making it thinner. This is purely a hypothesis that i thought up. This may or may not be the correct answer but it makes sense to me.
I absolutely love fountain pens. When my grandfather passed we were cleaning put his house and came across my great grandfather's fountain pen which dates back to 1897. My dad gave it to me and I use it regularly, even has an ancient feather on it like the og fountain pens of old times. Never have a had a smoother writing experience. Wish more places sold fountain pens today
I used to work for a water department. If you TDS meter reads like I think it does, it is in PPM (parts per million) So if you get a 63 on the TDS meter, imagine a piece of paper divided into a million squares. then fill in 63 of those squares. Thats you 63 PPM
Are these out of order? This week you said you never saw a fountain pen before, but last week you compared a Pilot Varsity to the Space Pen. BTW, when you first put a cartridge in the pen give the cartridge a slight squeeze to get ink to the nib and get it writing.
Fountain pens are still popular with people that know about/like pens. They can cost anywhere from a few dollars to thousands of dollars. I've never written with one but it seems like a great pen for writing letters or smaller amounts of text.
1 water filters need to have some cycles through them to work correctly 2 the space pen ink cartridge is pressurized that's why it takes more effort to write with and is the only way it will work in space.
Very cool video! As for the toilet paper, do the same test with only one sheet of each in stead of three. The second (stronger) tore on the perforation.
i swear tyler u use mountain dew for everything hahaha and the pens i use for artwork. also dying when you said let's write down the dog ran away. Writes down the cat ran away!
When I went to elementary school we only had fountain pens. There was a lever on the side to fill it. I currently have a cheap fountain pen that has a converter inside to fill from an ink bottle. The big problem is that ink evaporates. If you do not use it for a while you must rinse it out to remove the dried ink.
So the reason the Amazon toilet paper although slimmer(more flimsy) is stronger/just as strong as the other stuff is because of elasticity, which to say it in another way rubber bands are not physically strong, they are flimsy but they are very elastic which allows them to stay in one piece even when being stretched super long.
I used a fountain pen all through high-school either that or a gel pen u can use a fountain pen for calligraphy for thick and thin lines and I used one in art for projects to do old style writing that was a cheap cheap pen too
Keep having fun w the videos 2 weeks into hospital stay didn't care if youtube existed for several days but now passes time and learn that a ham bone kinda actor can entertain .. not sure what kitchen at hospital thought when I asked for raw toast w my sandwich though
The amazon TP's perforation is worse than the better brand. This causes the seams between sheets to be stronger and harder to separate. The better brand was ripping at the perforation before anywhere else. I'd say the better the TP, the easier the perforation tear is.
Fountain pens are way better feeling than ballpoint. Ballpoint took off because you could roll it back and forth and became ludicrously cheap to manufacture. As well as this, fountain pens are fountains of ink so they have a far smoother and nicer ink coverage. They're great to write with!
tp easy answer is a question : was the "good" tp soft and comfortable vs the amazon being tough and strong listed? if so try fixing that and see also number of ply and how the perforation is done can make that joint weaker....
For your reference most TDS meters required to be clean and zeroed or tested with a particular sample of water that usually comes with the kits. The meter should also be cleaned and or zeroed before taking a separate measurement of a different water source
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Why can't you say "when"?
Hey Tyler! Can you test the tumbler knife sharpener? I’m considering buying it but I don’t wanna waste my money please I’ve been asking for 5 days
I think the TP test was skewed because of the paper perferations on the Cottonelle. I would redo the test with a 360 degree clamp with two boards with a hole about 2 in in diameter. An attempt at a finger strength test.😅
The reason fountain pens are still a thing is because artists exist. They are useful in line work and tracing pencil.
do you know how long I have waited for your upload!!! Your content is so addicting( it lowkey also helps when I feel depressed so ty
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ead the first part as exited not angry :)
Tyler. Your supposed to put the new filter in tap water for 15 minutes for it to activate the charcoal. Also the Brita filter does have loose stuff in it at first.
I was looking for this comment. He is buying the blue brita. The long lasting 6 month ones which aren't charcoal and lose lol but yes he needed to soak that filter ! Lol
Was literally thinking this cause I just replaced mine. Haha!
Filters always need either a soak, or a rinse depending on the type. It hurts my brain to see him say something sucks when he doesn’t even test correctly. Usually it’s comedic, but it bothered me this time 😂
I'm sure he just missed that part of the instructions
I came to the comments for this exact reason. Hopefully Tyler sees this and retests the filters.
Tyler: let's write a sentence. the dog ran away.
Also Tyler: writes the cat ran away while saying the dog ran away 😂
Actually so dumb I love him
He does this to get people to comment. He knows there will be someone out there that will correct him, and this will generate comments which generates view time and views
Takes so little to make some people happy.
@@Digital-Dan have you seen the state of the world?
He can't write in cursive What the Heck!!!!
The fountain pen was never a failed design and never disappeared. It's always been an option just not in most stores. The pens you're more familiar with are popular because they're cheap to make and therefore cheap to buy and easy to keep using and nothing special to throw away when done. But I have a nice $40 fountain pen that's refillable with Jars of regular ink and I love it. Plus the jars of ink have quite a bit of ink for just like $15 you can refill the pen hundreds of times
This 100% Fountain pens are amazing, but not nearly as cheap to mass produce or easy to use as a ballpoint pen.
they're fun too, way more fun to write with than a ballpoint
Thank you so much for saying this it’s 100% true ballpoints are cheap. Fountain pens offer a personal touch it’s a preference, hobby whatever you want to call it. There’s benefits to both and downfalls but I prefer the feel and ability to change my colours and add a personal touch. And the best part is you don’t have to break the bank to do it my first was literally a Red Pilot Metropolitan.
The Platinum Preppy is my absolute favourite low-cost fountain pen
Was he using it upside down?
The suspense built when stacking the dimes on the tp was insane, when it broke, it was literally a jump scare.
Same 😂
toilet paper jenga
lol a commercial for CHARMIN TOILET PAPER was shown during this
My grandmother would only use a fountain pen for her signature, she swore it was the best kind of pen ever 😊
Also, “the dog ran away” while actually writing “the cat ran away” 😂
😂😂😂😂 i came to the comments just for this
What are you talking about? He totally wrote "the dog ran away".
@@thomaspybus8468 not at all
The dog ran away and only the cat was left 🤥
@@C.J98 🤣🤣🤣 the whole time I was like, I’m that is cat, waiting for him to correct himself, or something….but nope he just kept on going lol
Fun fact with the fountain pen, if you end up liking it, you can get a piston converter for it as well that lets you buy ink pots for pretty much infinite ink.
how does this work
@@DOBBAPHOENIX Original fountain pens only had pistons. Ink wells....ever heard of them? School desks used to have a hole drilled into the corner of them to hold the ink wells. Enter any of those key words into Google. Happy learning.
@@DOBBAPHOENIX A bottle of ink lasts for eons. I've only ever emptied two bottles in 5 years of writing nearly exclusively with fountain pens (I write a lot). And the ink options are basically endless, with a variety of properties available.
For example, I have sheening inks that look a different color depending on how I hold the page. And shading inks, some of which will shade a different color - so places where the ink pools (most notably the point at which you pick your pen up to start another letter or word) will be one color, while the rest will be another. There's also shimmer inks, if you like glitter. Some inks will combine these properties.
Plus, if you fall down the rabbit hole far enough, you can get to glitter potions where you can take your favorite non-shimmer inks and make them shimmery. Have a purple ink with gold sheen and want to add on some pink shimmer? Totally doable. And if that kind of thing is your jam, absolutely gorgeous.
And even if you don't want to fall down that rabbit hole, and just want an ink or two, buying a bottle of plain ink is relatively cheap and will last years (or longer, depending on how much you write)
@@DOBBAPHOENIX there are muitple types of converters but the most common is the screw type. You turn the knob on the end and it moves a piston up and down. I exclusively use foiuntian pens and as Christa Smith mentioned the types and colors of ink available are endless even waterproof ink. Also they do make disposable pens also, Pilot makes some that I use and cost around 14 bucks for 6 pens but they are good quality pens and I don't worry about letting people borrow them vs my nicer ones.
Someone should send Tyler a Visconti Opera Master. He hasn't even glimpsed how smooth a fountain pen can write.
On the toilet paper I think the perforations on the name brand are cut better/wider, which caused it to rip at the seam easier
This is what I saw too. The name brand just tore off at the seam.
You're defending toilet paper.
Do better
Besides that... you want toilet paper to break down once wet. You know... so you can flush it? The Amazon stuff being stronger while wet might actually be a mark against it.
Fellow drummer and I came here to say the same thing. The toilet paper itself didn't rip, it was the perforation. Tyler is just an idiot
Some people need thinner paper thats not abrasive my dad has bad hemroids and has to use the thinner kind kike the amazon basics
I love the fact that you put your real predictions out there and then are willing to "eat your words" when something doesn't come out the way you expect. Makes me smile.....saw it coming with the fountain pen....they are really nice to write with...they do take a little getting used to however...:)
You should test walmart great value vs. alazon basics vs. other store brands vs. name brand
My daughter is currently learning to write and over here (the Netherlands) the school still uses fountain pens. I think fountain pens win on most areas but they have a few drawbacks compared to ballpoint pens:
1. You need special ink if you're lefthanded. The ink in a fountain pen dries slower and it will smudge if you're lefthanded.
2. Convenience. They need replacing the cartridges regularly, they are more likely to leak or cause stains because the ink is much thinner.
As a left handed person, I learnt to adapt to the way I write. I hold the pen so I write from beneath the line, avoids smudges all together.
This was the same at my school in the UK. We were only allowed to use pens fro. Age 10/11. And that was with Fountain pens. That was 1980 tho!
Many fountain pens accommodate a pretty large amount of ink via a high capacity piston filler. Pens that can be converted to eye dropper are even crazier.
I’m left-handed, so if I buy a fountain pen is there a way to dump out the ink inside of it and add the special type of ink for lefties?
@@Moleda1986 You can easily flush out the old ink with water or with a tiny bit of ammonia added to the water if it's problematic. I should also note that it depends how you write, if you write from the underside (i.e. your hand does not pass over the parts written) you can use any pen and any ink. If you're writing from the side you'll need fast drying ink and you'll probably want a pen with a small nib. You need to avoid flexible or thick nibs since you're pushing against the paper whereas a righthanded person would drag instead of push.
You are supposed to clean the meter with distilled water before/after every use so contaminants don't mess with your readings. 67 ppm is pretty damn good btw, tap water where I live is 384.
Damn here in sweden i get values around 10-20 :/
For real. Im in california and our hose water was like +1100💀 tap is like +700👀 no filters gonna last with those numbers lol we bought a filter to wash our cars and it only lasted at 0ppm for 2 washs hahaha
@@sendrake5005 the water we use comes from an underground aquifer and it is heavy in lime deposits. Depending on where you live in the U.S. ppm can very greatly and just because it has a higher ppm doesn't mean it's not safe to drink, though I drink bottled water myself.
67 is usually spring water with old pipes
You're also suppose to run water through a filter the first time and dump the first run
As someone who loves fountain pens, I loved watching you experience them for the first time lol
Also, try to hold them at more of an angle with the convex side of the nib facing up. They are also heavenly to write with on good quality paper. You get way less scratching/resistance.
Fountain pens are still being used in Germany with kids that learn to write.
Now, it might come to you as a surprise that there are "erasers" for the ink that is used in fountain pens. It discolours the ink and has a different type of pen on the other side of the eraser pen, so you can write over the spot again in blue color. Which is why it is though to be practical for students.
In Poland we learn on fountain pen also, we were like 15 years ago, now I'm not sure
@@pawepawe4854 I was learning to write around 2005 and we used mostly pencils.
You get erasable ballpoint pens too. Very popular in schools around here.
The eraser is just slightly basic (around 10 pH IIRC, but don't quote me on that) which turns the ink translucent. If you use something acidic, it turn red-ish, and violet if you use something that is very basic.
In netherlands its the same when i learned to Wright.
As a left handed these pens are a disaster.
Tyler, rechargeable batteries don't have as much juice in them as single use batteries. None of them do. They're good for things like a wireless mouse or a TV remote where you can easily switch them when they die. Obviously, over the entire life of the battery, you're going to get a lot more out of them, but on a per charge basis, they don't last nearly as long. Honestly, it's such a pain to make sure you always have replacements that I'm really glad that so many things are USB powered now. None of the hassle of dealing with the rechargables, but without that awful wasteful feeling of chucking out single use batteries.
Rechargeable batteries are good for high discharge devices. While they have less capacity, they don't sag in voltage like alkalines do. So things like RC cars, high powered flashlights, camera flashes, etc. do better with rechargeables. Clocks, remotes and other low drain devices benefit more from alkalines.
tyler is kinda slow. we have to take everything he does/taste with a grain of salt
The way Tyler said “…I would not recommend the Amazon basics water filter 😬” in a hushed tone like he’s worried Jeff Bezos is going to break down his door and Epstein him right there for saying that 😂
Ya never know.. Epstein and Bezos are part of the cabal and they are notorious to make "accidents' happen" similar to the way The Mafia did
😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🙊
On the water filters you are supposed to filter a couple liters through them without drinking.
@@Rando31able oops 🤣🤣🤣
You need to run a few pitchers of water through new filters. I know you don't like reading instructions but in this case it's pretty important. Also your tap water is less than 100 on your meter so it's fine, over 500 is where it starts getting dangerous if I remember correctly.
It was funny watching Tyler discover calligraphy and answer his own question without realizing it.
cursive is not calligraphy 😂
@@KableTac There's a historical movie that I'm pretty sure is about fountain pens. Caligula.
@@KableTac no but fountain pens have been and are being used for calligraphy..I'm sure what's they meant
@@dotar9586Nope, not about pens 😳
The wonderful thing about a fountain pen is eventually it adapts to your writing and if another person uses it it may still work but it can be scratchy when writing.
The dog ran away.
Proceeds to write down the cat ran away, as saying the dog ran away. 😂 This is why we love Mr. Tylertube
Was just about to write that 😂too funny 😂
i wonder of he had a wiff of toast when he written that cos its like je had a mini stroke
It was on purpose
@Torque the prisoner did you have a stroke while what you wrote?
@@Tristand09no
As a lefty I used fountain pens for years because with ball points you have to press into the paper. Right handed people kind of glide it from left to right but lefties push it into the paper which causes tearing or bogs down the tip.
Then I started using gel and roller ball pens which are better with less of a mess. I hate regular ball points.
I would heavily recommend pilot g2 for gel pens if you haven't tried them. I have taken up writing cursive recently and they really make it easy when you're a lefty.
A sinister agreement here. I've made the rounds and settled on gel pens. The cheap ones vary widely in quality though, and even the Parker refills are occasionally disappointing. When they work, though, they're superior.
I used a fountain pen through much of my university years. They take much less pressure to write with, which means far less fatigue and less chance of cramping when writing for long periods. They're more finicky and less durable, but I greatly prefer them. Plus, you can get things like italic nibs. I generally used EF/F though.
Great for people with patients and pride in making things last but that's not the average person. They're actually designed to be used in a specific way as well. Held in a 45° angle, apply light pressure to start applying full pressure by letter 3 then don't release the pen until skipping words or crossing T's and dotting I's. Perfect for the most common way to write back in the day: cursive.
You can get a 5 pack for 5$ at some stores in okc
I still write with one I have for school in the nineties, working fine. Much less fatigue than a biro and a lot less plastic waste. Occasional leaks, but the ink is easier to get out and nicer to deal with than when I break a biro and get that ink everywhere. Biro ink is nasty.
@@dees3179 …biro?
I’ve never heard that term before. I can figure out the meaning from context though. What nationality/age group are you? I’m American, early 20s.
@@willieearles3151 biro is ball point pen.
I have a buddy who is a trained knife sharpener. He goes to competitions for it and has taken pocket knives into the single digits. He oncesharoened a blade so well that he dropped an orange on it and it sliced without any noticeably resistance, as of the orange just separated to avoid the knife.
Fountain pens are based off pressure and how you hold them. The tip opens up to allow more ink as you press down harder.
depends on the nib
Definitely. If someone started pressing harder on my Montblanc to try and get more ink, I would have to start pressing on their head. It's not a flex nib! Of course, nobody gets to touch my Montblanc so that's not really a problem.@@sundayfunday5059
I feel like I no longer need to hide the number of Fountain Pen groups I am in, nor the fact that I hoard them like gold. They are a dream to both write and sketch with.
On the batteries, were they charged fully first? After the first drain and recharge, do the last the same length? Am really curious about the rechargable AA batteries
Rechargeable ones almost never have the same capacity as one time use batteries. At least with lithium
It would've been a fairer test to rate them against other rechargeable batteries; not non-rechargable ones.
They gradually lose effectiveness over time, same as lithium ones do, and for the same reasons. They're good for situations where switching batteries more often isn't a big deal, like a wireless mouse or a TV remote. I think they might start to slowly disappear the more things get powered by USB these days, though. I've stopped using them because I don't think I even have any electronics at this point that take batteries.
@@noahv17 which is why I am interested in what his findings would be
Nickel metal hydride batteries, which I'm assuming he's using, generally perform a bit better at first after a discharge charge cycle (from personal experience using a cadex at our work). They are less prone to memory effects as nickel cadmium cells and generally have more capacity. I'm 99% sure they wouldn't be lithium because lithium ion has a voltage of 3.7 per cell, whereas a NiMH or NiCd has a voltage of 1.2 V per cell. ( An alkaline is 1.5v per cell.) It is generally not recommended to use lithium cells like that with that much higher of a voltage as direct replacements. They do make lithium cells that output 1.5 volts, but those are not rechargeable. I looked up the average capacity of an alkaline battery, and it's looking like 2850 mah. The Amazon basics ones I think he is using are 2400 mah, which equates to 15% less than the average alkaline. That happens to be way less than the difference he experienced, so they either weren't charged or severely overrated. He should take them to a local battery shop with a cadex tester or similar device to see if they are outputting around what they are rated for. I know the ones we use for rebuilds at my work are generally rated at 2200 mah and usually test at about 90% on the fist test and 120% capacity after running the test a second time new out of the packaging, so we rate ours conservatively.
Tyler “Let’s just write a sentence-the dog ran away”. Tyler proceeds to say the dog ran away and writes “The cat ran away” as he’s saying it😂🤣
If anyone wonders about the water filters.. project farm did a great video over the brands.. spoiler.. zero and some industrial filter were the only 2 that were worth much lol
I'm really here for the comedy. Todd (PF) is a scientist!
I just stick to distilling my water. Then I know it's clean, fresh water.
Tyler is 1000 times more scientific than project farm… Everybody knows the rules.
@@dragon202006 bro if cops come to your place they're going to think something real sus is going on 😂
That's weird. I use a brita pitcher because without it, my water tastes like it came out of a swimming pool. The water that's gone through the pitcher has none of that taste. Not that I don't think it's safe to drink unfiltered, but it tastes awful. I'm not sure I'd rely on a brita pitcher to make unsafe water safe to drink.
I love fountain pens, the only problem is, the tips are very sensitive! very easy to break your pen if your alignment is off, i.e. you pressed too hard or your tip is more vertical then at an angle. That and the ink runs out super quick. Its definitely for people who want to be extra fancy since you can also get ink bottles in a vast array of colors, and they can get pretty exotic looking with deep color saturation.
I think that the toilet paper test shown that the more expensive disolve better in water, that's why it's better. You should try it when they are dry.
The good TP failed at the serrations it looks like. It just shows that the serrations are better. 😂
I would have to agree with both and that would also show why the cottonelles are plumber approved as well
Dry tp is a good way to meet the hemorrhoid gods… especially when work only provides Amazon like 1 ply tp 😢
@@deamon203 do you spit on the tp first too!?…
@@eliham3674 the tp ain’t got no grooves 😭 even with a lick of spit it ain’t catching nothing off
Tyler I love your videos so much! I’ve watched literally every video on your channel, ever since the first. Everytime I see a video come out by you I smile and get so excited. I don’t know why but you can post anything and I’ll be so excited 😂 btw I think you should make a video testing the strength of a bunch of toilet paper brands, maybe get out the crane scale, wrap the paper around some stuff and just have some fun!!
I was a bit worried how Tyler was gonna test that toilet paper 😂💀💀
That's where I stopped the video. 😱 Is it safe to watch the end?
@@dotar9586 yus
@@dotar9586 joking right?
Well it would be one way to determine if the amazon basics were a crappy design 🤔
I have a fountain pen from the Shaeffer company. I found it in a Staples store back in the late 1990's. They were trying to clear them out so they had slashed the price. This one has 14 kt gold plating on the metal parts. The original price was $140 and I paid $35 for it. It has a refillable cartridge. You put the nib into a bottle of ink, turn a knob on the end of the cartridge and that draws the ink up into the cartridge. Or you can use the dispoable cartridges. Unlike the one you were testing, mine doesn't take "a moment" to send the ink to the nib. Yes, it is a very smooth writing experience. But it just sits in its case not being used these days. I hardly ever hand write anything now. When I do, I typically do it on my iPad Pro with the Apple pencil. But that pen is still usable, it will be usable for probably longer than I will ever live. NOTE: when you don't plan to use the pen for any length of time, flush it out with water as the ink will dry and block the very thin channel that the ink flows through.
Tyler, the fountain pen is a very deliberate tool you have to write with it a certain way. There are videos on UA-cam watching people use them and it's magical!
tyler: let's write a sentence. "the dog ran away."
Also Tyler: writes the cat ran away while saying the dog ran away
I was looking for a comment from someone else that noticed that! I was blown away I was thinking I was the only one that noticed it.
Were the amazon batteries fully charged before the test? They generally don't ship them fully charged.
that was my thought, he really needed to make sure they were fully charged
Major testing flaw.
Maybe rechargeables have changed since I was a kid, but they never had the capacity of nons.
@@insouciantFox He didn't charge them fully. Duh
the batteries were already out of their packaging prior to recording. Obviously he charged them. They're just shit batteries
I kinda figured fountain pens were only for cursive writing, but my spouse says people also use them cuz it’s a sensory thing. There’s a satisfying kzzzz sound whenever you use it quickly😂
I just like it cuz you can make thin and thick lines depending on how you press on the tip. So it makes your signature super extra
It’s honestly painful sometimes when Tyler doesn’t read the directions to stuff. Those Amazon filters require either a flush, or a soak to get rid of the particulate matter that may come out of the filter. Both the Amazon and Britain filters tell you to use it then discard the first round if there is any charcoal in the pitcher.
He probably didn't charge the batteries either.
@@floyd2386 haha prob not
For the water filters, keep in mind that the blue Brita filter is a long last one as they call it, it's built different than their regular filters. I noticed that it's using sheets of charcoal instead of charcoal powder, that's why you don't hear anything when you shake it, and depending for how long it's been used, it can be slower to filter due to having cached a lot of stuff.
Sometimes tinny little bubbles can get stuck inside and slow it down, however, the regular Brita filters are much more prone to get bubbles stuck inside than the long last filters.
I am an avid fountain pen collector, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of Tyler's first fountain pen experience. I have hundreds of pens, and they all write differently. But now I think I need a powdered wig so I can rewrite some laws. I may sign them with Tyler's name though.
Sounds like a fun fountain pen meetup idea lol. Just a gathering of collectors, wigs, pens of varying fanciness, and some laws in need of rewriting...
Watching you struggle to write “Tyler Tube” with an elegant fountain pen was just painful. Lol I love this channel 😂
Fountain pens feel SPECTACULAR to write with the cartridges are the upgrade they needed. They lost popularity over having to be filled from a jar
During my school days the students all had to use fountain pens. This is fine if you're right handed, but if you're left handed a fountain pen will limit the ways you can hold the pen, else you'll be dragging your hand across your writing and smudging the ink.
I know I'm showing my age here but when I went to school being left handed was treated as something barely short of a crime. 😂 I didn't learn the joy of fountain pens until I was signing my marriage license
@@dougbrown7150 I think my teachers saw being left handed as a handicap. Due to this I am now ambidextrous, silver linings and all that.
i think even if they're all being made with cartridges, them being much more sensitive and thus risking the tip being damaged more easily, would make them lose popularity
The space pen has to overcome the stickiness of the ink, the rolling of the ball, and the pressure the cartridge in the space pen is under.
The fountain pen has a much more liquid ink and the nub is only there to direct the Ink onto the paper at one point.
The roller ball pen also had to overcome the rolling of the ball and a stickier ink than the fountain pen
When I buy things on Amazon I’m always looking to see if you left a review lol
Tyler’s “cursive” is exactly what I expected 😂😂
I actually find it fun to pull out one of my fountain pens and the nice stationary and write people I know an actual letter and send it off in the mail. Recipients really get a kick out of it.
im showing my age here but at our school we had to use dip pens and we had an inkwell attached to our desks, we also had ink monitors and they were responsible for filling the inkwells before lessons ! we later evolved to using fountain pens with an internal bladder which had a lever on the side which you used to draw the ink into! later on we had the cartridge pens which you used ! Happy days and inky hands !🖋🖊🖋
Happy 200th birthday, Jack!
My earlier school days were with the cartridge pens. We did have the hole for the inkwell in the desks though. 👴
@@Xbob42 LOL good one
@@dotar9586 It was the same way when i went to school the desk and the seat were all attached to each other and the desktop had the inkwell hole
@@Xbob42 Charles dickens was in my class !
Tyler must be an extreme supertaster, he is better than an actual gauge at tasting the smallest differences in everything he tries.
Now I've got that silly song by They Might Be Giants stuck in my head...
Was asking myself the same. Would also explain why he only likes certain types of food and only certain brands.
But he also believes in a lot of stupid conspiracies (stupid because all evidence from reputable sources goes against them). So he has downsides.
He is a flat Earther.
If you want to know what other conspiracies he believes, Listen to the Tyler unglued podcast.
I wouldn't be surprised, honestly. He's got a lot of patterns of food preference that goes along with that.
@@MattIsTheCat He's made fun of Flat Earthers a couple times, so I find this hard to believe
I enjoy using fountain pens and even straight dip pens,it just comes down to what you are used to. Good video!
Did anyone chase he said "The dog run away." But wrote "Cat"
Yes
Yes
I dunno what it's like for kids now but over here in the UK when I went to school, we nearly all had fountain pens, I think it was even a requirement at my middle school. I still had a fountain pen after I finished school in 2003.
They are very nice to write with, though they have a few cons from my experience ink blots being the major one, pen will sometimes just let out loads of ink so you have to have blotting paper on hand just in case. Plus the cartridges don't last even a fraction as long as the ink in a biro and can sometimes just explode from heat or pressure which will make a mess of your pencil case lol.
The brand name TP broke at the perforations. The Amazon brand ripped in the middle.
Idk, if its still a thing but fountainpens were mandatory in Dutch primary schools in like my first 5/8 years. You would get them from school. There was like this glass jar filled with leaky cartridges and desk drawers were covered in ink.
Wow, you have made me feel so old I'm in my 50s, when I went to school we were only allowed to write in fountain pen, Biro"s weren't allowed, we had ink cartridges, blotting paper, the works, we all wrote neatly, and some people could do fancy writing ( calligraphy ) but as you say it just flowed and was very easy to write with, they were alot cheaper back then also, because everyone had one and all the shops sold them ✒️
Where in God's name did you go to school? I just turned 60 & not once in my Massachusetts school years was I required to use a fountain pen.
@@munkustrap2 Since he said Biro not Bic, it wasn't in the US.
@@munkustrap2 I know someone born in 1951 who used it in 6th grade in Illinois.
Same here. The trick was to make sure your pen ran out half way through a test so you could catch a glimpse of other people's answers on your way to the big ink bottle on the teacher's desk. Biros were for rough notes only.
The batteries that are rechargable generally don't last as long, because they need to keep a certain percentage (about 40%) of charge to be able to be recharged, otherwise they are are deeply drained and can't be recharged anymore. (That's why phone batteries die aswell).
That means you have to calculate +40% to those batteries, because the normal ones can be drained 100%.
As someone who knows people who are *really* into fountain pens this video was hilarious.
Fountain pens are great if you're writing a lot in one sitting. You don't really have to put the nib to the paper, so less fatigue. Fountain pens are better when you write with your arm rather than your wrist. They are far superior than a ballpoint, rollerball, or gel pen, however they require regular cleaning, and maintenance and can be very messy, but that's part of the fun. They also have a lot of variety, compared to modern pens, and can get very expensive. Some of the most luxurious fountain pens are upwards of $10,000..
@Tyler: the filters should be run two full times before drinking or measuring but we know you never read instructions.
Before the 2 or 3 flushes, you're also supposed to let the filter sit in a glass of water for 15 min to saturate it. That's why it rattles when he shakes it, the water runs right through it, & it tastes no different from tap water. Also, for anyone out there not reading the instructions, always keep the water line above the filter (keep it wet)
Tyler: The dog ran away
Also Tyler: Writes: The cat ran away
I love how surprised Tyler's voice sounded every time he put a new dime on the Amazon toilet paper
Btw fountain pens are still used today.. they are literally still used for the creation of mangas and other art disciplines
Hell yeah 🤘
I remember (with horror) using fountain pens at school for 1-2 years back in the 70s. The idea is, that you can vary the line thickness by pushing softer or harder on the pen, creating quite a personal look and potentially very artistic writing (for signatures etc.)
In reality, as I remember it, the darn thing mostly refused to release any ink at all, so you'd push harder until... SPLAT, a sea of ink appears on the paper - and this wasn't even a cheap pen, but a quality one from Parker. I also tried the really antique versions that didn't use a cartridge, instead you'd dip the tip of the pen into an ink bottle, then start writing. This was a really superb way of creating nice oceans of ink, but for writing? Completely hopeless. But my ink lakes did often have a very personal look
So I was extremely impressed by your results!
tyler being confused about fountain pens still being made is so funny to me, as i am someone who has fallen down a fountain pen review rabbit hole many times
Him saying he's never used a fountain pen before is even funnier cause he used one during the space pen test a while back
@@paulmartin7854 videos could have been filmed in reverse order
@@paulmartin7854 they definitely were filmed in reverse of what they were posted because he says “we’re definitely going to do a thorough review on the space pen”
Woah, I haven't watched this guy in years, and he has become so much more confident in front of the camera. It's wonderful to see
I think I am more amazed by the fact that so few people know how to write in cursive today. It has been several years since I attended grade school, but it used to be taught starting around 1st-2nd grade. So few people use it these days, and those that do seem to make up what the letters are supposed to look like. As a 39 year old who is attending college, I have found that around 80% of the students I encounter in college can not read or write in cursive. That being said, I miss the old days where we learned history and cursive writing instead of social studies and computers!
I'm 25 and went to Catholic grade school where I learned cursive in second grade. I always kind of chuckle because most of my peers can't read or write in cursive as public schools didn't teach it. Admittedly I'm out of practice so my cursive is a bit sloppy but I can still write in it and certainly read it.
“And that’s an accident you don’t want to have happen” killed me. 😂
Being an artist that just bought a 150$ fountain pen, after slowly building up a collection of them; it is so worth it. The kind you got with the nib it has will feel incredibly cheep once you get a decent 50$ fountain pen. Different nibs gives you different results and I love them for my art. There are such a wide variety of ink pots you can buy too! I spend quite a bit of my money on my ink collection... Very fun and addicting once you get into the wide world of fountain pens! I will never go back!
I work for Kimberly clark and we make the cottenelle , it depends on the chemicals they are putting on the paper when it's made that determines the wet strength of the paper
24:15 did i misunderstood him or did he say his real name is not Tyler?
@@rmnffx please read my comment again and think a bit more about it. i never wrote "TylerTube" or did i?
My teachers in school hated that I used an italluc ountain and wrote in cursive . Didn't help that my handwriting was capricious and often poorly spelt.
Also pen leaks we're common with all the jostling that a school bag environment brang.
It's funny, some companies sell Amazon their existing products for Amazon to rebrand and then undercut them lol
LOL read the directions...your supposed to prep the filter before you use it...very simple, run it under water for a few min. it clears out the charcoal. And I'm guessing you uploaded last weeks video with the fountain pen before this one when you got the fountain pen? Cause you used that pen in last weeks video...UA-camrs uploading out of order...🤥
I used a fountain pen for most of my early school years from around 1991 to 1996, I think they're still used for when kids are learning to write and develop their handwriting, they're more expensive, delicate and inconvenient compared to ballpoint pens which is why they don't get used much any more.
My hypothesis for why the expensive toilet paper was weaker is the fibers are smaller. The fibers being smaller make the paper much softer but they dont hold together as well. The toilet paper also has to be thicker to be strongerThe cheap toilet paper has larger fibers that make it feel rougher and they hold together better making stronger. This is cheaper to manufacturer because it means you can use less fibers making it thinner. This is purely a hypothesis that i thought up. This may or may not be the correct answer but it makes sense to me.
I absolutely love fountain pens. When my grandfather passed we were cleaning put his house and came across my great grandfather's fountain pen which dates back to 1897. My dad gave it to me and I use it regularly, even has an ancient feather on it like the og fountain pens of old times. Never have a had a smoother writing experience. Wish more places sold fountain pens today
Every time I watch your videos I find myself yelling at the screen. Please don't ever change and start reading instructions. I love it.😂😂😂
I used to work for a water department. If you TDS meter reads like I think it does, it is in PPM (parts per million) So if you get a 63 on the TDS meter, imagine a piece of paper divided into a million squares. then fill in 63 of those squares. Thats you 63 PPM
I'm going to need a video of Tyler just sharpening a knife the whole time. Relaxing!😊
Tyler’s speech “ the dog ran “
Tyler’s writes the cat ran 😭😭i’m dying this is why i love you
Uh, we never 'got rid' of fountain pens. Tyler's just lived a very sheltered life. 😂
Are these out of order? This week you said you never saw a fountain pen before, but last week you compared a Pilot Varsity to the Space Pen. BTW, when you first put a cartridge in the pen give the cartridge a slight squeeze to get ink to the nib and get it writing.
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Bro said the dog ran away while writing the caT ran away😂
Fountain pens are still popular with people that know about/like pens.
They can cost anywhere from a few dollars to thousands of dollars.
I've never written with one but it seems like a great pen for writing letters or smaller amounts of text.
Says “let’s just write the dog ran away”
Proceeds to write the CAT ran away 😂❤
1 water filters need to have some cycles through them to work correctly 2 the space pen ink cartridge is pressurized that's why it takes more effort to write with and is the only way it will work in space.
Very cool video! As for the toilet paper, do the same test with only one sheet of each in stead of three. The second (stronger) tore on the perforation.
i swear tyler u use mountain dew for everything hahaha and the pens i use for artwork. also dying when you said let's write down the dog ran away. Writes down the cat ran away!
When I went to elementary school we only had fountain pens. There was a lever on the side to fill it. I currently have a cheap fountain pen that has a converter inside to fill from an ink bottle. The big problem is that ink evaporates. If you do not use it for a while you must rinse it out to remove the dried ink.
So the reason the Amazon toilet paper although slimmer(more flimsy) is stronger/just as strong as the other stuff is because of elasticity, which to say it in another way rubber bands are not physically strong, they are flimsy but they are very elastic which allows them to stay in one piece even when being stretched super long.
I used a fountain pen all through high-school either that or a gel pen u can use a fountain pen for calligraphy for thick and thin lines and I used one in art for projects to do old style writing that was a cheap cheap pen too
Keep having fun w the videos 2 weeks into hospital stay didn't care if youtube existed for several days but now passes time and learn that a ham bone kinda actor can entertain .. not sure what kitchen at hospital thought when I asked for raw toast w my sandwich though
The amazon TP's perforation is worse than the better brand. This causes the seams between sheets to be stronger and harder to separate. The better brand was ripping at the perforation before anywhere else. I'd say the better the TP, the easier the perforation tear is.
Tyler saying the dog ran away while writing the cat ran away at the same time killed me😂
Fountain pens are way better feeling than ballpoint. Ballpoint took off because you could roll it back and forth and became ludicrously cheap to manufacture.
As well as this, fountain pens are fountains of ink so they have a far smoother and nicer ink coverage. They're great to write with!
The main brand toilet paper was starting to tear at the perforations unlike the amazon paper that just fell through at the wet spot.
Tylers cursive had me cracking up
tp easy answer is a question : was the "good" tp soft and comfortable vs the amazon being tough and strong listed? if so try fixing that and see
also number of ply and how the perforation is done can make that joint weaker....
For your reference most TDS meters required to be clean and zeroed or tested with a particular sample of water that usually comes with the kits. The meter should also be cleaned and or zeroed before taking a separate measurement of a different water source
The "dog" ran away. Writes cat lol😅😅