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What do you refuse to get generic versions of?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Ballpoint pens. Bic, Papermate, and Zebra are pretty much all I would consider buying.

Edit: there are lots of other brands that I forgot to consider. I'm mainly talking about inexpensive plastic tubes, but included Zebra (a metal tube) which I'm a fan of.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] barrage4u 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Jlafs 3 points 1 year ago

You should try some Uniball Jetstreams

[โ€“] Repelle 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've had the same stainless steel Parker jotter for over 20 years. I love it.

[โ€“] NightAuthor 1 points 1 year ago

Had a generic refill in one of my zebras and holy crap was that crap. I could not reliably get it to write off a cold start. And it was fresh, just constantly getting stuck.

[โ€“] Jubei_K_08 1 points 1 year ago

The Pilot 30000 unchanged for millenia because it's the perfect writing utensil. Well, unchanged other than them adding blue and red ink versions.