Jinhao X750 vs TWSBI ECO Black

I find vac fillers interesting and fun and am really glad there are affordable versions on the market. For under $10, I think the Jinhao X750 is fantastic. It feels and looks classy, it’s smooth as butter, and I genuinely think it might be the best value for money of any fountain pen I’ve tried.

It uses cartridges, but doesn’t come with a converter. The TWSBI Eco is a great pen that may be more than you are thinking of spending ($30) but is a really nice pen that could be a buy it once and done. It is only bottle fill, and that adds about $10 for ink, but the pen is great and hold a lot of ink. Depending on your use this can be a factor

Weight wise it’s comparable with her current Jinhao x750. It’s a great fountain pen and I would recommend the medium on this one only because Japanese nibs are ground finer for finer lines than most other nibs.

I really really enjoy writing with this pen. I got a Pilot Metropolitan last year so when I initially picked this one up, I was a little put off by how light it felt in comparison. but after a few weeks of using it I'm super happy with the weight difference - this one really glides across the page (in a Clairefontaine notebook) and it's really nice to be able to switch between a lighter pen and a weightier one. it is also of course very cool & useful to see how much ink is left in the pen

I have rejected Dryden and AmazonBasics pens for being too difficult to hold, especially for longer writing sessions, because they are both too slim and too slippery. I just got the Jinhao x750 this week, and I think I might like the grip, but something about it encourages me to use more tension in my grip. I need a pen that I can hold without too much tension in my hand/wrist.

Now writing with this pen is where I have my problems. I compared it to the Lamy Safari and Metropolitan Pilot which are both cheaper than the TWSBI ECO and both write several orders of magnitude smoother than the TWSBI ECO. This pen is incredibly scratchy and this was directly comparing to the other 2 pens with 2 different inks. Carbon Ink Black and Waterman Serenity Blue

Typical Jinhao pen. This one has a nice nib, this is not always the case. The build quality is good and with a replacement nib they are quite the value.

UPDATE March 2019: After over a year of using this pen, I'm my review from 4 to 5 stars. Ink flow is very smooth, and even the slight feedback this extra-fine nib had while writing/sketching is pretty much smoothed out as well. This plastic body is built like a tank; threw it around in all my bags along with keys and phones and everything and there's not a single scratch on it. The massive ink reservoir is also really, really handy for travel and on the go, as I hardly ever have to refill, and the clear body makes it incredibly easy to see when the ink is getting low