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July 24, 2018

Planner Necessities: My Top 3 All-Time Favorite Gel Pens

I have a pen addiction. A big one. From the many, many pens I’ve purchased over the years, if I had to narrow it down to just 3 of my favorite gel pens, this would be them:

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1. Papermate Inkjoy Gel 0.7mm

Yes they are pricey and yes they are worth it. As soon as I tried these pens I regretted not buying the 14 pack. The colors are bright and you can actually see the yellow ink.

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I love these pens so much I convinced my sister to stock them in her planner supplies shop (wasn’t hard to convince her once she tried them).

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2. Muji Gel Ink

When I found these at the Muji shop in London and did some pen testing I finally understood what all the rave was about with these pens!

Related: Favorite London Stationery shops for planner supplies

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They write smoothly, the colors and nice, and best of all there’s no useless yellow pen in the pack.

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3. Kaco Green Retractable Ballpoint

A relatively recent find on Amazon – the Kaco Green Pure Plastic Ballpoint Pens in 0.5mm tip write so smoothly. They come in a 20 pack as well – which I wish I had bought as the colors are really nice.

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Why do these 3 pens make it to my favorites list?

  • They all write smoothly on any paper
  • They all have vibrant colors (that are also true to the colors of the actual pens / pen lids)
  • They all come in enough colors for color coding
  • The ink doesn’t skip when you write
  • The packs all have a black pen
  • They all have a decent shade of green (and a light green, some pen packs only have a dark green)
  • They don’t bleed through paper

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  1. Di says

    July 24, 2018 at 19:38

    Love, love, LOVE the Muji pens and the fact that you can pick and mix colours is an added bonus. I never took to the Inkjoys, but I am going to have to hunt down the Kaco – they look amazing!

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