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Ashwin Nanjappa 🐘

Trying a retractable fountain pen was one of the best decisions ever. ✒️

Since I mostly use pens to jot short notes or annotate, uncapping and capping a regular fountain pen is just too much effort. Clicking on a retractable is so low effort that I transitioned over almost completely from gel pens at home.

@codeyarns Which one? I always suspected them for the risk of leaks.

@nitin Just the humble Majohn/MoonMan A1 and A2 pens. A1 (metal) is better if you want the typical heft of a fountain pen. A2 (plastic) is as light as a gel pen.

My fountain pens remain at home, I never carry them on my person. No leaks in such usage (of any of the many fountain pens I have for that matter).

@nitin been using the Moonman A1 with no leaks for over two years. I know initially some people got leaky nib units when it first came out, but that’s a defect, not something to expect to happen. For better manufacturing and a better nib, there’s the Pilot Capless, similarly I haven’t had any issues with leaking the entire time I’ve used it.