Pilot FriXion Rollerball Pen with Eraser and Rewriter Tip > Reviews (5)

What is it and where can I find it?

Frixion is made by Pilot, so a well known brand name. It is a rollerball pen similar to Berol Handwriting pens and so on. What special about this is that the ink is erasable and each pen has a small eraser on the tip of each pen. When my friend at uni came in with one of these I initially thought that it wouldn't work and would be similar to the old ink rubbers you used to get. They are available in a variety of colours but I have mainly seen them in black and red. You can buy them in twin packs in Tesco for £3 or I have seen them on their own in W H Smiths for £1.99.

What does it look like?

It is shaped just like an ordinary pen, so no worries about getting used to a new shape. Therefore, its great for kids at school. My pens are black in colour with a silver tribal design up the main barrel of the pen. The lid has a clip on it aswell as the Pilot logo and th Frixion logo. There is a small silver rubber at the end of the pen which fits in well with the pens design. The tip has a rubber grip bit which makes it easier to hold the pen and a thin tip which I would guess is around 0.7mm.

Does it work?

Writing with the pen is very easy, to begin with I found that the ink was infact more grey than black but since using it more the ink has got darker and provides a strong black line. It provides smooth writing and you can write from a number of angles easily and smoothly. To use the rubber, you need to wait for the ink to dry (2-3 seconds) and then rub the rubber end firmly over the writing you want to erase. I was sceptical about this but it really works! It leaves no rubber shavings and leaves absolutely no ink traces. It does not work on newspaper or flimsy paper. You can then rewrite over the space with the same pen.

Additional Information

The outer packaging states that you should not use the pen on legal documents or to sign your signature as it could be erased. This is a good bit of advice as I hadn't thought about that before.

Would I recommend it?

I would certainly recommend this pen as I think it is great value for money. It is a smooth writing and good quality pen and I now use it for all my writing. It provides much cleaner writing than a ballpoint and is great because you can erase any small mistakes, making your work look a lot neater and eradicating the need for correcting fluid. I think this is fab for kids at school, especially those who are making the move from pencil to pen as it allows them to produce much neater work. I would recommend this to absolutely anyone who regularly uses a pen (pretty much everyone really!) because it is easy to write with and produces good writing on the page which can be easily erased.