I got many of the best pens out there but at work I use mostly BIC pens....they are reliable.

I can remember when the tan nib used to be all metal and the cap didn't have a hole in the end. This was the first pen I ever used after learning how to print with that oversized pencil.

That's funny. I'm left handed and the 1.6mm is my favorite pen for work. I'm a 1st Grade teacher and love the color options and price point. Very smooth and makes my handwriting look so much better.

1.6 is my favorite, i am left hand but no problem to use it. Best regards from Brazil, Mário.

I love Bic! Cheap, fun to use and they always work. The Atlantis line is really great!

BIC pens are amazing. I'm sure everyone has tried one at some point in their lives.

Bic pens are like Ak-47s, -reliable -easy to produce -simple -cheap to produce -etc

I love the 1.6mm blue ones. I used to be a Steadler 430M fan. But recently their ink seems to have changed. It's more of a pale blue, and doesn't have that 'tac' feal to it. The Bic Cristal 1.6mm in blue has a nice ink consistancy, and never fails to write. The ink doesn't last as long as a thinner line, as you'd expect. But it's a fair price to pay. My work pen lasts around a year, and that's more than enough for me.

I personally didn't really like the 1.6 (I found it too thick and the ink too uneven), I feel like the classic 1.0 is the best. The Bic Crystal is my hands down favorite pen.

In Brazil is sold the Bic 1.2 too. I Love Your vídeos.

I have the strong feeling that the bic medium has a not at all intense writing. The flow of the ink is good, but the color is like it is very faded. I wish it's writing was a lot more powerful.

thanks a bundle for this informative video. I do allot of note taking, and I use Schneider ballpoint pens. They look nice. But I was just writing with a bic pen and noticed that my handwriting was much better, and the feel of the pen was also way smoother. I then tested the difference to a Schneider ballpoint pen, and there are worlds between them. The bic pen I used is apparently the bic crystal 1mm "extra smooth" variant, which I wouldn't have known if not for this video.

I like bic pens becuase they are simple and cheap but my favourite pen at the moment is the Zebra Z-grip Flight. It sounds complicated and fancy but they are actually super cheap I think they are around the same price as the BIC Round Stic

Have you seen the BAUX Pens yet? They are holders for the ink from Bic Pens.. aluminum bodies and can get titanium, aluminum or brass grips..and can get custom text on it as well.. I just ordered one and can’t wait to get it.. can’t seem to find any video reviews on it yet but seems right up your alley!

My homie from India said the BIC bold 1.6 ten pack sells for $14 vs $1.50 in the US!

I love your videos.

Great video. I also have the Bic Cristal UP pens. Have looked at those? They have a solid white body and in unique colors

I remember fine-ball Bic crystals from the 1960s having a yellow (orange?), barrel with colour co-ordinated caps and end caps according to the colour of the ink, to distinguish them from the regular size with clear barrels.

I miss those crystal bic pens...i can't find those anymore these days ... the one's they keep selling is the round stick one

Wikipedia says there're 6 tip sizes available, that's amazing. I just love bic pens so much because they are both reliable and smooth, and I think the "Medium" 1.0mm is the most widely sold size.

Bic Xtra Comfort has a nib size that is somewhere in between the Xtra Bold and the Extra Smooth. It’s perfect imo. I use the Xtra Comfort refills in the Cristal bodies for the perfect everyday pen.

i fallen love with this pennn😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

J'utilise beaucoup ces stylos BIC dans mon travail et ce sont vraiment les meilleurs. Salutations de Guyane française

Do they still make the needle ones in this?! If so, where can I find them? :)

Hi Sal..my handwriting is very bad but I find your videos solacing :)

Early Cristals of the '50's and '60's were the most satisfying

I believe the 1.2mm you were referring to is the BIC Cristal Soft, it's a broader, smoother nib, still classified as a Medium.

Where can I buy thee ultra fine cristal ink pens?

Are those the original pens or the ones you buy in the stores now? Apparently Bic used to make the Cristal original pens that had the word original on the package and wrote a lot better than the ones they make now which don't write as well and the ink colors are much too light according to myself and several reviewers. You can buy old originals online but they've been discontinued. Some of them had orange barrels.

You are good at Maths and now reviewing BIC pen too. Wow!

is it available in India especially in chennai.

Its amazing that these are STILL the BEST true ballpoint pens you can buy!! Great for all writing needs and perfect for drawing! You can get sooo many diff darkness and textures with one of these!

In Europe. the original clear body ones have médium written on them in French. Shocked to discover yours don't because they were made in Mexico

Can I use 1.6 mm for circle filling?

the extra fine gives a better shave, and the 1.6mm is good for that designer stubble look

Recently the 1.0 is the worst of all the BICs when once was the best. I bought plenty cristal 1.0 and their tip and ink is not that crispy black but a gray that fades away the moment you tilt your pen.

i always lose it before i finish the ink

Is it 1.6 mm bic pen in chennai avlbl

hey do you know if there are pens that accept BIC ink holders? I love using BIC pens but i have grown an interest in fashionable pens or pens that are multi-use

Hey, nice video. Any update on the jetstream prime pens comparison video. Thanks 👍

Can anyone say where I might find the classic BIC stick style pen with the 0.7 mm needlepoint tip as advertised in this video, the Xtra Precise? When I access the Amazon link in the description, it takes me to the page, but it is "currently unavailable". I do find the needlepoint version only with the BIC Atlantis pen. I'm interested in the classic BIC style.

Can the bic Cristal ink cartridge be removed? I wonder if I can use the ink in the BigIDesign Ti Arto

I really don't like the 1.6s and really do like the extra fine needle tips. I don't know why those were so short-lived. I stocked up on them but they are pretty dry now.

How does the extra bold compare to the pilot super grip g 1.6 xb?

I think the coolest ones are the Mexican orange pens

The hexagonal shape of the barrel digs into your fingers. The pen is visually interresting & the clear plastic let's you see the ink level which is always good. It is a nice pen, but the no.1 in the world title seems too good for this pen I think.

I like the bic gelocity pens

The BIC Fine .3mm is nice.

Address to buy in India

Are you sure there are just 3 sizes? because when snooping around on U.S. Amazon I've found 5 propertied ball sizes backed up by the boxes the pens come in themselves, which I presume (rightly or wrongly) to be official from Bic (those sizes being in millimeters: 0.7, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, and 1.6). I guess this could just be marketing and stretching the manufacturer's definition what constitutes a certain size, but I don't know, and Bic doesn't really help either because they don't give any official Cristal line to check.

There's also a BIC Crystal 1.2mm

Hey man, so amazed there is a video on this. Where i am from in South Africa these pens are so common and i found in school they were the best for me to write. I now stay in the Philippines and they are almost impossible to come by . I got my friend to send me pens from SA to PH and hell i dont know if it is just being on the PC for years and my job, but i cant write , i am very "shakey" and i just cant write clearly, its terrible. Nevertheless i am trying to make notes of stuff i do and that but for goodness sake i really cant write , its horrendous. However , i am not beginning to believe that the pens i have tried here in the Philippines and these particular pens i was sent from South Africa , although Bic, seem to be different or "funny" I dont know if i am "write" but i would like to know from you or the community here, if you have an issue when writing and pressing the pen on the paper at a certain angle, so in other words at a 45 degree lets say, for me it seems to be very scratchy and almost no ink comes out, its like u need to really raise the pen to it is almost vertical or perpendicular to the paper.... I just dont seem to recall this i when i was in school and its driving me mad i dont know if this is mass production crap or if there is a difference in the pens ball size or smoothness when writing? The type of Bic pen i do recall was the lidless type with the clicker and the hook for your shirt , i seem to remember those used to slide nicely on the paper and they just wrote well at an angle, im sure at an angle ... I also recall getting the lid type pens Bic also where u could take the ink out the pen and u had that small back cap also. Those had less of a bally/slidey feel but they wrote nicely...i dont recall scratching or battling to write... unless i used to write very different those days, i dont know. Thanks for reading

Or any on line seller

The bic ink does last for a while surprisingly. :)

Is BIC 1.6mm recommended for exams and essays ?

Can anyone tell me why the Cristal Model’s nib is and has apparently always been that sickly tan/bronze color? Some models now have other color plastics for the nib, but honestly, why that weird semi gross color? Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?

bic is THE best. especially for left handers!

The caps are magnetic. I can hold the cap about an inch away from the pen and the magnetic pull will pull it back onto the pen. It is amazing :-)

Do these pens are good for normal writing?

The 1.6mm are $2 a piece on my country. 😞

I didn't know that people spelled bic like 'bik' because I spell it like 'B I C'

bic cristal medium does not wright dark....its writes lighter than other biro

Bic, good pens if you are in a controlled environment, but honestly, they are not worth it in the wintertime if you are outside.

That’s not even close to a needle tip - that’s the same as an inkjoy ballpoint.

Yeah that's is a 1.6mm, 1.2mm, 1.0mm, 0.8mm and 0.7mm. Between the 0.8 and 0.7 there is no difference, they should make a 0.5 or 0.3 to make a real difference instead the 0.7

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Glock of pens

Exactly these pen are copied in here in pakistan as piano crystal the 1 mm is like copied fromntwenty years and now ghe copied xtra precise with piano crystal gel......i saw this video and shocked to see how piano is copying

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a leftie, nice.

The 1.2mm is the Cristal SOFT model

$400 million