Paper Mate Profile Retractable Ballpoint Pens, Bold Point (1.4mm), Black, 12 Count

One of our favorite pens to write with due to the smoothness and ink flow of the ballpoint. We will purchase again.

I'm very particular about my pens -- I like the click open/retract over a cap (which I'm constantly losing), I like a well sized and cushioned grip for my fingers, and I like a smooth, steady line that dries quickly without smudging. This pen has a smooth action on paper, is very comfortable to hold for writing, and has good color saturation on the paper. The only thing keeping it from being darn near perfect is that I still have the worst handwriting for someone who isn't a doctor, but the pen can't fix that -- I just have terrible handwriting. It's great; I'm terrible.

I have always loved the quality and smooth writing of Papermate pens. Due to Papermate pens being a little more expensive than their competition, the Papermates pens I have bought in the past were used only in my office and I used cheap, stick pens for every day use in the field since most of the time I need to carry them in my front pants pocket and frequently loosing the plastic cap that covered the tip when not in use. One day while I was at the store to buy more of the cheap stick pens, I saw the Papermate Profile pens and bought a 5-pack of them to see how they would work as my everyday field pen. I found them to have extremely good durability considering I carry them in my front pants pocket of blue jeans or other heavy duty work pants. If I need them to mark a cutting point while doing construction, they will mark on wood, metal, plastic, or any material I have ever used them on, and then still write like the day they came out of the package new, on paper when I write out a receipt. Another thing they do that I have never found in a competitor's pen is begin writing from where I make contact with the paper or material as soon as I begin moving it. So many times with a competitor's pen, a customer would start giving me information I needed to write down, but when they would start, I would have to interrupt them to stop until I could find a scratch piece of paper or other surface to scribble on until it would begin writing and then apologize for the interruption and ask them to repeat it now that I had a working ink pen. With the Papermate Profile, I have never, and I mean "never" had that happen, and I'm on my third 12-pack of them. So to put it in a nut shell, I give them 5-stars for durability, 5-stars for retractability function, 5-stars for writing quality and comfort, and 5-stars with economics. There isn't a better ink pen on the market for what I need a pen for. Stop your R & D Papermate! They can't get any better for the price.

Nice pens. They actually write !

I really like these pens. They are my favorite and the price I paid is better than the local office supply store. The writing quality for me is tge main factor, I have never had a problem with leaking or easily breaking.

Great product able to write @ any angle works great

These are the best pens. Period. They’re so comfortable and smooth to write with. The ink dries almost immediately and they don’t bleed. They’re the only kind I’ll buy honestly, and I’m very picky about my pens. I’ve spent $$$ on Le Pens and Sharpie, etc. but nothing beats these smooth ball points.

There is something I dislike about ‘ink gel’ pens. Mainly they don’t have a good ‘feel’ to them and seem wet and would run off a page. These feel great, super smooth no skip performance. They are instantly dry, last a long time and even retract with a click. My far my favorite writing instrument.