Good pens great price

Good pens good price !

I've used these pens before and have always been very happy with them. This batch is disappointing. When I try to write with them (and I have several pens open and in use), they don't immediately release any ink. It take a bit of pushing over the paper a couple of times before the ink starts flowing - moderately annoying - to say the least. I will not be buying this brand again. Don't know if it's an old batch - or a change in the manufacturing process, but they don't work very well.

Use these in a factory with lots of oil. The grip is great when you have oil on your hands and the ink doesn't smear.

Great pens that write well, but the barrels are not "clear" as far as color goes. They are smoke gray in color, although they are see-through. I needed crystal clear without any color to the plastic, like some of the other Zebra pens. So this is a big problem for my project that I ordered these for but otherwise they are terrific pens. And I was going to return them but I lost one after opening the package to be sure the exact color of the plastic barrel. Oh well, someone will use these even if I can't!

We use these for our everyday pens! This recent order has not been as good for example, Evertime you go to write something it doesn't seem to write like it should and its brand new! Please advise and the second problem is it goes from light to dark and thinner lines. Please advise.

I have been using Zebra's Z-Grip retractable pens for as long as I can remember -- well over a decade. I recently purchased a package billed as improved with ""smoother"" ink. I disagree. Rather than gliding along the page as it has in the past, the ink is much more splotchy, which causes the letters to blend together. My handwriting is not the best to begin with, but now it's often difficult for me to read what I've written. I wish there was a way to buy a package of the old pens with the clear tips, rather than the improved pens with the tinted tips.

Just bought a pack of Z-Grip ballpoint pens and find each pens tip is covered in a blob of some type of rubbery substance. If you push hard enough and long enough it will break through but collects ink on it and smears. If you pick it off it will work. No where on the packaging or on your web site does it address this issue. Now this maybe a common feature in today's pens but not everyone knows and if so, then your company should know the definition of ""ASSUME""

I am writing this review because I see it has a low rating and I'm worried it will be discontinued as I've found it's difficult to find in stores near me. Please, please don't stop making this pen. I've used it basically my whole life; at every school and job I've ever had. I even wrote my wedding vows with one of these pens.

We have been buying these for years, and do NOT like the new ink (and my group buys approx. 20 boxes at a time 4 times a year). New does not always mean ""improved,"" it just means different. The new ink does not write as smooth as the old ink, kind of scratchy and blobs compared to the old ink. The new pens do not last as long as many just quit.