Evolution of the Uni Alpha Gel Ballpoint Pen Line (Extended Review)

This is my history of the Uni Alpha Gel Pen series ( http://amzn.to/2DRbPVn ). It spans 5 different pens...

1. Original Alpha Gel Ballpoint - http://amzn.to/2nh9fNY
2. Updated Alpha Gel - http://amzn.to/2GqTZHg
3. Alpha Gel Slim - http://amzn.to/2DIEfNM
4. Uni Jetstream Alpha-Gel Grip - http://amzn.to/2BA5msu
5. Uni-ball 207 Premier - http://amzn.to/2Bzcq8V

My favorite of the bunch is the Alpha-Gel Grip because it accepts a great gel cartridge, where the original three are restricted to crappy ballpoint refills. One thing I've done to help this is use a 1.4mm ballpoint refill from the Laknock series ( http://amzn.to/2GoB7bN ) but even this isn't my favorite. Unfortunately the refills the original Alpha Gel pens use ruin them for me, even though I love the design of these pens.

If you know anything about the Alpha Gel line of pens, I'd love to hear it. For example, why are the pens sold as Uni, not Uni-ball? And why are the mechanical pencils in the line sometimes sold as Mitsubishi?

Please note: An Amazon seller has these Uni pens labeled as Pilot. That's not correct! If you want the right information check out JetPens, but their prices are much higher than Amazon.







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