Pen Review: Stabilo Exam Grade Ballpoint Pen

Stabilo Exam Grade BP Black

Stabilo has built itself a niche by making and marketing pens specifically for kids. The Stabilo Exam Grade Pen takes that concept a step further by aiming for one particular kids’ activity – taking standardized school tests.

At its most basic, the Exam Grade is an ordinary ballpoint stick pen.

But Stabilo created this pen to be used for filling in those little dots on computer-graded exams. Because of that, the ink is designed to flow more evenly than in typical ballpoints, leaving no gaps or skips that might affect the way a scanner reads the test.

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5 Pens that Should be in Every Survival Kit

5 Pens in Survival Kit

Since I live in Florida, every year about this time, I have to start thinking about what I’m going to do if a hurricane suddenly turns its unwanted attentions my direction.

Part of the preparations include packing some bags in case there is an evacuation. And this year, mulling over the list of necessary items, I got to wondering, what pens would be the best ones to go in a survival kit.

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Artline Softline 1700 0.7 Gel Rollerball Pen Review

Having recently found myself needing to take copious notes to put together a newsletter, I figured it would be a good opportunity to review the Artline softline 1700.

 

I don’t know about you but my writing often lapses into scribble the further down the page I get when taking notes.  Having never acquired the skill of shorthand the faster my dictator speaks the more illegible my handwriting gets.  I also notice a tendency to tighten my grasp on the pen.  Writing with the Artline Softline 1700 this became less apparent, my guess is it was due to the soft rubberized grip.

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