Congratulations! An excellent collection! I myself am a Pilot fan, lost count how many their pens are on my desk and in my drawers. Anyway, I have 3 78 G+ - blue fine, green medium and red broad (actually italic), couldn't stop buying them. My favorite is red broad, it gives such a feedback while writing... These are cheap "student" pens but of superb quality. On squeaking - when you use the pen a tiny bit of hand grease gets into the threads on the body. It lubricates the threads and eventually the pen stops squeaking. If you carefully wash the treads both on the body and on the cap with alcohol the pen becomes squeaky again.

Always look forward to seeing these comparisons! And, like you, love, love, love Pilot nibs!!

Great comparison - thanks Cathy! 😀

really interesting this kind of comparison . i love pilot "feeling"

Good morning 🌞. Happy Saturday.

Thanks for ur clear English!

Thank you! This video is very helpful as I just got my first fountain pen which is a 78G, not too sure if it’s a plus or not but pilot sold it with a pink body and a bottle of ink tgt last year so I’m excited to try it! Looks like a great beginner pen which I was told by others as well

I find that adding a small smear of silicon on all threads make unscrewing very nice and I believe it will even preserve the threads and reduce wear. This will certainly omit the squeaking sound. Give it a try.

Great information! I think that I need the weight of the Metropolitan and bought the entire animal collection and have purchased a couple or three in grey and orange online for $11.99 and given as gifts. I have considered ordering a Pilot 78G but guess I will stick with the Metropolitan pens since they’re heavier. I sure appreciate your adding in the medium and Italic nibs to show how they write. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I have taken the path of the Kaküno, much cheaper where I live and which supports the con70. It is a pity that we are not able to buy spare nibs like these without a fragile body.

I finally found some 78G+ on eBay and three are now on order - an EF, F and a Broad. It will be interesting to compare these with my three 78G which I also only bought quite recently.

Just watch this video on the pilot 78g,I've own a few Pilot's but was always a bit wary of this low priced school pen,but must say i was impressed enough to order one today with the bonus of a Con 50 converter.Thanks.

Wow, you have 6 Pilot 78 series. On the box, it says, 生産商:株式会社百楽 原産地:日本（合格品） means, manufacture:Pilot Corporation place of origin:Japan (product passed test) so, may be it's made in Japan, perhaps.

Is the writing experience the same using a Metropolitan and a 78G+? I ask because I'm thinking of getting the 78G+ with an EF nib and the Metropolitan with a F nib. Do you feel like they write differently or are the nibs the same?

Well why a collection of 78g. Is it that good pen?

I just received a PiLOT 78G+. Chinese manual says, "Country of Origin: Japan (Passd)."

where can I find the 78G? I would like to try one

How is the 78+ in regard to drying out?

On squeeze converter - it's not a CON-20, it's a Metropolitan converter. A CON-20 looks a bit different, it has a metal body with a big "window" where you press inner plastic sac.

Quick question here. Is this pen eyedroper convertible

Where to Buy these Gorgeous ones..?

On the box language - it's Chinese. As far as I know and my sources aren't that reliable the 78 G+ model made exclusively for China.

can the 78g+ be eyedroppered ? :)

I have a clear demonstratérn78g + with the B calligraphy nib. Excellent in every way. I use Watermans Inspired Blue ink.

Normally the Japanese has the part of kanji in writing that is based on Chinese. And is normally combined with Japanese hiragana but that writing seems only have the Chinese characters if I saw correctly...

can I use it as an eye dropper?

Yes, all the writing on the package is in Chinese. Must be for the Chinese market. Calling that one a broad is false labelling; it's a stub.

These fountain pens have poor quality nibs. Comfort of writing is none. Total waste of money. Somehow other brands are able to make EF nibs without issues, like Faber Castell for instance. Then I bought additional nibs form Wings, better ones, but too dry. Besides these pens are very narrow, uncomfortable to hold. You have to have small childish hands, or hold it further. Poor quality plastic. It will definitively crack if dropped on floor. Only what they do, they look nice.

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