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This was one of my favorite pens when I was young, but on repurchase, I noticed that it no longer writes well, at least on printer paper, if your hands are sweaty. I'm not sure if this is a quality change that has occurred over a decade, if my sweat composition has changed now that I'm older, if because I have only recently written on printer paper and not notebook paper, or if the way/how long it was stored in the shipping warehouse.I used to love this pen for its relative smoothness, lack of skipping, lack of intensity needed to apply ink to paper, and lack of smearing on both paper and on the hand (making it great for left-handed people), and comfortable grip that lends itself to the whole body -- much of this remains true. However, in addition to difficulty applying ink with oily/sweaty hands, it also appears to skip more than I remember, even on a fresh piece of printer paper, making it difficult to write in very small print due to the skipping and sort of initial force needed to begin ink transfer onto paper.On the other hand, the Pilot Acroball pen has been very good to me, allowing me to write in very small print without skipping and smearing, although long sessions cause my fingers to get sore. I just wish I had found blue and red ink versions for it. I can't comment on the long-session comfort aspect of the Jetstream now, however, because it is too annoying to write small print with it. I currently use the Acroball for writing text and the Jetstream(s) for underlining and annotating a few words in color.

I love the Uniball Jetstream pen! The weight of the pen is just right, not too light or heavy, and I feel like I have good control of the pen while writing. The ink flow is smooth, not "skritchy" - writing feels effortless. When I let others borrow them, I never seem to get them back! LOL

I am upgrading from Bic Cristals and for my handwriting style, I would say these pens are great but not perfect. I usually have problems with gel pens getting ink all over the place and getting all over my hand. I also don't have the cleanest handwriting. These pens are great because the ink is reasonably thick but at the same time it dries almost instantly and doesn't glob up. In other words, it never gets on my hands. In both of these respects, this pen is better than Bic Cristals. The only thing I don't like is that where the rubber body of the pen connects to the bottom, where the pen pokes out, there is a not smooth transition between the silver plastic and the blue rubber, and this has a habit of nicking my cuticles. I've learned to hold the pen higher up so that this doesn't happen but it's still a little annoying in the first place. I think what I will do is get a better pen that fits my hand, and then fill that pan with the ink cartridges from this type.

This is the Wirecutter's choice for disposable pen, and for good reason. It's not fancy, but it has a smooth-flowing quick-drying low-smudge wash-resistant ink, and just enough surface grip to keep the point on the page and avoid careless or messy strokes. The ergonomic textured grip runs the full length of the pen, the weight feels solid without being effortful to wield, and the mechanism gives a sturdy and satisfying click. Hype pushed these to $4/ea but currently at $3/ea they are a good value.

Although I received a Different Package other than what was advertised on Amazon's Website, By and Large, the pens write Okay, but occasionally they seem to stutter and FEELS ROUGH. 3 Assorted Colors, But The Red Color is NOT, Dark Red, as I expected it to be.

These are my favorite pens and works great.

I keep a click on my shirt pocket at all times and rely on them - along with a pad of sticky notes. This has been part of my workflow for more than 30 years. I've grown increasingly frustrated with the smearing and blobbing from the different pens I've tried, so on a recommendation from Wirecutter I got a pack of Uniball pens. Best pen I've ever used for less than $50. Smooth flow, clean lines, no smearing. Period. Can't recommend them enough.

If you do not already own any Uni-Ball Jetstream pens, you are doing yourself a disservice by not buying these this instant (or the colorless pack). As a left-handed person, I have a lot of difficulty finding pens that will write left-handed, and also not smear. There is something about the pushing action that causes many, many pens to not write left-handed. The other great thing about these pens is how quickly the ink dries. Lots of pens take a while for the ink to dry; this is fine for right-handed people, since the ink can dry while the writer leaves those letters alone and continues to write. However, I always struggle with smearing ink. One problem is that the ink gets smeared all over the page, which tends to look extremely unprofessional. The rest of the ink ends up on your hand, which just looks gross. The fast-drying ink of the Jetstream solves this problem, drying in usually less than one second. Lastly, I got everybody in my family a set of these for Christmas, and my brother compared the smoothness of writing to a fountain pen.One caveat that I will add: I have noticed an odd phenomenon that a new pen will stop writing consistently after about two pages of writing. What I generally do in this case is switch to a different Jetstream I have. After the new pen sits in timeout for the rest of the night, I have nary an issue afterwards. Just another reason to buy multiple packs.I honestly cannot recommend these highly enough, especially for lefties, but righties will also reap the benefit of smooth writing action and nearly nonexistent ink bleed.