Customer reviews from Staples
TRU RED - Retractable Quick Dry Gel Pens, Fine Point, 0.5mm, 12/Pack - Assorted
Average customer rating
4.3
(639 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 639 reviews
5 Stars
453
4 Stars
66
3 Stars
39
2 Stars
24
1 Star
57
Customer Reviews for TRU RED - Retractable Quick Dry Gel Pens, Fine Point, 0.5mm, 12/Pack - Assorted
Posted by: J.L.
Verified Purchase:Yes
I do a lot of writing by hand both as a biologist taking field notes in rough and remote terrain and as an author penning and editing manuscripts. I have basically given up on ball-point pens. They just aren't made the way they used to be. For decades I got along just fine with good old Paper Mate medium point black stick pens. They seemed to give me a darker less tentative line than Bic sticks. Then PM just stopped making them and every basic working class pen they've come up with since seems to glob ink. I tried everybody's ball point I could think of and they all seemed to either glob ink or to struggle to leave a dark enough trail. I don't know if it's the design or the manufacturing process for modern ball points but they all seem to lack the basic consistent flow that ballpoints of the past had. I tried a few other gel pens but may of these are slow-drying. So far Tru Red 0.5 mm seems to give me a fast-drying non-smearing non-globbing line.
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Posted by: Anonymous
Verified Purchase:Yes
Love these! Smooth writing. Dries quickly. I pick these for notes and ask others to return them!! I have the color pens as well and love those.
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Posted by: N.S.
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Great feel and ink was nice and soft
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Posted by: BEVERLY V.
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I may just exchange for a o.7 for a little thicker writing line.
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Posted by: SARAH A.
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amazing product no smudge !
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Posted by: Kathleen
Verified Purchase:Yes
Isn't instantly dry ink.
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Posted by: JESSICA B.
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These pens are great! Most of my pens stop working after a few days. I am still using the first pen I pulled out of the package and it has been great! Recommend these to anyone who does a lot of writing!
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Posted by: ROBERT C.
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Great pen. Writes smooth.
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