Pilot Providing Classroom Essentials

Back to school sales have already begun. Now is the time to shop for classroom essentials, tools, and electronics. Pilot had sent me a collection of their back to school essentials – pens and highlighters for an honest review. Pilot Pen celebrates the art of writing, encouraging self-expression and creation of your best ideas with fun, functional tools.

The Pilot Corporation of America was established in 1972 in the U.S. It’s parent company, Pilot Corporation, is the largest and oldest writing instrument manufacturer in Asia.

FriXion Family

FriXion allows you to write smooth and erases clean. It has a revolutionary ink that disappears with erasing friction. Now anyone can write and make the ‘oops’ disappear with these erasable pens and highlighters.

The FriXion Product line includes: FriXion Ball, FriXion Point, FriXion Clicker, and FriXion Light Highlighters.

The FriXion Clicker is a retractable pen and has the erasable FriXion gel ink. The eraser is at the top of the pen and the tip is retractable by pressing the side clip down. It is refillable and comes in 8 colors. They are not recommended for use on legal or official documents. The ink is thermo-sensitive. I thought the FriXion Clicker wrote smoothly and took little effort to remove my word.

The pack pictured above on the right has black, blue, and red gel ink. The suggested retail is $9.08

FriXion Light highlighters have a fluorescent ink that highlights and erases without causing damage. They are available in a chisel tip and in 8 colors.

Suggested price of $4.57 for a 3 pack. There are also Pink Ribbon FriXion Erasable highlighters available. 10% of gross proceeds go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Dr. Grip Family

Dr. Grip was introduced in 1995. It has a great design and lasting comfort to the handler. Dr. Grip Brights, which I was sent, is a retractable ball point pen and is refillable. It was great to write with this pen. It is a little thicker than other pens, but very comfortable to handle. The suggested retail is $9.77 each.

Dr. Grip has been commended for Ease-of-Use by the Arthitis Foundation and in a study by Georgia Tech, was proven to be twice as comfortable as traditional ball point pens.

The Dr. Grip product line includes: Dr. Grip Center of Gravity, Dr. Grip Full Black, Dr. Grip Pure White, Dr. Grip Limited, Dr. Grip Gel, Dr. Grip Mechanical Pencils and Dr. Grip Brights.

Acroball Family

This pen features its hybrid ink with the vibrant color of gel ink, but the ability to dry quickly. It also features the water-resistance of ball point ink. I was sent the Acroball Pure White, which has color accents on the barrel, like pictured below. Suggested retail of $4.60 per two pack and they are refillable. Acroball Pure White pens have a textured grip barrel that provides great control.

Products in the Acroball line are: Acroball Pure White, Acroball Colors, and Acroball Pro.

B2P Family

Bottle-2-Pen (B2P) is the world’s first line of pens made from 89% post-consumer recycled bottles. Approximately 2.5 million plastic bottle enter landfills every hour in the United States.

The barrel of the pen looks a bit like a plastic bottle and provides smooth writing. B2P pens are retractable and refillable. They have a fine gel ink and have a suggested retail of $6.99 for a three pack.

Products in the B2P line include: B2P Gel and Ballpoint.

G2 Family

This pen is comfortable and writes twice as long as other gel ink pens. G2 comes in 14 vibrant colors and 4 point sizes. G2 Fashion is available in 5 different barrel colors with black ink. A Breast Cancer Awareness G2 is also available.

Products in the G2 line are: G2 Classic, G2 Fashion, G2 Mini, G2 Mechanical Pencil and G2 Limited.

Precise Family

This pen has a liquid ink formula that keeps consistently flowing from the first word to the last. It has an ink feed system for smooth, skip-free writing and visible ink supply. It is the no. 1 selling rolling ball pen in America.

Products in the Precise line are: Precise V5/V7, Precise V5/V7 Retractable and Precise Group.