Pilot FriXion Rollerball Pen with Eraser and Rewriter Tip

My boyfriend swears by these pens and he bought me a pack to try out for myself. As a biro kind of girl I wasn't convinced I'd get along with them; even though I don't use them that regularly, they are very smooth writers and really do erase properly so they still get a thumbs up from me. Pilot is a very popular brand with a large range of writing products, so you'd expect good quality from them. Their Frixion Ball erasable pen is a newer invention, though it's not one that hasn't been tried before. I remember using pens with erasable fluid on the other end (and they were awful!) but this ... more

My son has recently "gone into pen" at school (very proud mummy!) and he was provided with the classic Berol handwriting pen - the red one with the blue tip (sound familiar?!) but he really couldn't get on with it at all and I can't understand how these have been recommended for a first pen for such a long time; they are quite uncomfortable to hold, the nib is scratchy and the ink does not flow smoothly across the paper - but I'm guessing that they are cheap. After weeks of struggling with it, I went searching for the perfect pen for him and I came across the Pilot Frixion Erasable Rollerball ... more

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 ... more

The Pen The Pen is brightly coloured and the same colour as the ink and has a silver tattoo design, with remove by friction written on it. On the end of the pen a silver rubber bit, which is what removes the ink by friction-generated heat. The lid matches the pen and has pilot and frixon ball written in silver. The pen comes in a variety of colours, eight in all. My Opinion I love doing puzzles and I am always on the lookout for a pen that would help me that. I saw this pen in WH Smiths one day and thought that’s a good idea but I wonder if it works. So I went to the till pen in hand and ... more

I bought one of these last september and many more after that.I was a bit sceptical since I had tried an erasable pen once in primary school and it was pretty messy. I think those new models are way better. They don't leave stains unless you write very hard. Just don't try to erase anything else with them or the eraser will get dirty.They come in different sizes and colours and you can buy refils in packs of three. Personally, I prefer thin ballpoints but a thick pen is easier to grasp. So I refill my 0.7 mm with 0.5 refills.Don't expect me to go into details about how marvellous it feels to ... more