It seems that just lately I’ve seen a fair few pens with hexagonal shaped barrels land on my desk. The most recent being a Stabilo pointVisco so here goes with a review.
The Stabilo pointVisco Gel Rollerball is a little different as the shaping is confined to the bottom half of the pen. The fruity two tone tangerine orange barrel has a comfy rubber grip section with 3 hexagonal type shaped panels outlined in white just below it. One section is partly covered by the pocket clip, with the branding & product details stamped in black on either side.
As I start to write I notice the ink oozing from the fine 0.5 tip is smooth & quick drying. Not sure what I make of the claim that it’s formulated so that you can write faster, just how fast is fast? I had visions of a row of people sitting in a line overlooked by a mad professor type standing with a stopwatch.
The pointVisco is available in 10 striking colours, all have orange barrels with the grip section, pocket clip & end caps denoting the shade of the ink. The cap posted well but on a negative note I didn’t find the clip suited to my thick writing pad.
That said the Stabilo pointVisco has clearly impressed having won the iF product design award. iF has been hosting design awards since 1953, dishing out gongs to some 35,000 products & Stabilo have had a fair amount of success.
I found the orange pointVisco easy to write with, the colour was bright & lively & the ink didn’t smudge thanks to its quick drying properties.
