4pcs LANBITOU 3059 Piston Fill Fountain Pens Transparent Pen Set of 4 (F Nib, Color 3)

These pens are not good for a first time pen owner, and are not good "gifts" to just give to someone without some work. But if you're willing to do a tiny bit of work, these are quite good. If not, they're unusable.The bad (both are fixable)The cap has no inner liner. Which is fine, the body has an O ring for the cap to securely seal against, but then they went ahead and made the clip mount a hole in the cap. With no sealant. So this thing dries out nearly instantly. Easily remedied if you have some silicon sealant, just put a dab on a Q tip and put a nice dollop down inside and smear it around until when you blow into the cap, no air escapes. Let it dry for a couple days and that problem is solved.The nibs are a little all over the place. 3/4 of them were super dry, one was good. All 4 are fairly smooth however. Again, easily fixed, just spring the nib a little bit (press down until it bends) and then straighten it out, and it'll open the tines up enough to write properly.Once you solve those two problems, however, this pen is genuinely quite good. The O ring design, with a sealed cap, results in a pen that can sit for two or three weeks and not dry out.The nib is interchangable with a lamy Z50 nib, so you can pop a lamy 1.1 stub, B, M, whatever you want. I think the feel of the nib is on par with lamy's F nib, the line is somewhere between EF and F (lam'y's finer nibs have pretty abysmal quality control)disassembly for cleaning is a dream. Just grip the chrome base firmly and it unscrews. I suggest greasing everything with some silicon grease when you first get them, since they're a little dry and stiff at first.The feed is clear, which is cool. Really showcases the ink.The design of the barrel has little slats inside the ink section that prevent the piston from extending all the way, preventing a complete ink fill, but the pen has a cavernous ink capacity anyways, so a good fill will result in a week of heavy use, easily. A month or more of light/medium use.The cap posts securely on a second O ring at the back of the pen, making it a little long, but just fine. Very usable unposted too.The grip section is a slightly less severe triangular grip similar to the lamy safari. If that's not your style, look around for the Wing sung 3008, a nearly identical sort of pen for the same price that doesn't need any work out of the box. Round grip section, same lamy Z50 nib.One very nice feature is that when you've drawn the piston all the way back, twist it a little more and it will click into a locked position. very nice feature that prevents the piston from turning.Plastic feels fine. It's obviously not acrylic resin like the nicer wing sung 698, but it's perfectly serviceable.Overall, this is a little TWSBI knockoff that has potential, but doesn't work out of the box without a tiny bit of tweaking. But if you're willing to put in a little work, these pens become great writers. And the price is insane. Still, the only thing this pen has that the wing sung 3008 does not is the knob clicks locked, whereas the 3008 is a free spinning knob (which i have not had any issues with) and otherwise, the 3008 costs the same and works properly with a properly sealed cap. So if you don't want to fuss and want a $2 piston filler, get that instead.

Very similar pen to the Wing Sung 3008. In fact many of the parts are interchangeable.Flow is definitely inconsistent on this one. The nib took some manhandling to get it to write well. Unmodified it's a dry writer.Here is my review of the Wing Sung 3008:https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3DFLWL8B9D9XQ/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B075GJQHS4 4pcs WINGSUNG 3008 Silver Fine Nib Piston Fill Fountain Pens Transparent Pen Set Of 4 They share alot of features.In short, NOT reccomended if you're new to using fountain pens. They are interesting pens. You're getting a lot for your money here, but you're still getting what you pay for. Don't expect a Pelikan or a TWSBI.

so much value. These are actually fine nib unlike any of the chinese made piston fill pens I have bought on amazon. They look like a TWSBI eco at first glance but much of the internals are different. I really like that you can fill it up much more than my TWSBI eco which only fills up 2/3rds.I dont use these daily but they write every time without fuss and the price was excellent. I am very happy with them

For the cost, these are by far the best fountain pens that I have purchased, fantastic value!

I was really looking forward to receiving the LANBITOU pens but I received the wrong pens. I received 4 WINGSUNG 3008 pens instead. Too much of a hassle to return pens so I will just keep them.

These pens look nice and have a pleasantly weighty feel, but the nibs are affixed poorly and tend to fall off during cleaning.

These Lanbitou Pens are great substitutes for the TWSBI ECO pens for collectors on a budget. They hold as much ink as the ECO, come in 4 colors, have a red triangle insignia on the cap top, and write very smooth. The only disadvantage of these pens over the ECO is that you can't take them apart. But for about 12 bucks on Amazon you can afford to buy another set!Pros:• A set of 4 for about 12 bucks• Four different colors for your colored inks• "F" fine is between 0.5 and 0.38• Interchangeable with the Lamy z50 nibCons:• Can't disassemble them for optimum cleaning• Can dry out even when capped if you don't seal the cap (see article)You may have to do a few hacks on these before you use them, although I haven't had to. For example, one user reported that even when capped they can dry out quickly. I've never had that problem since I use them daily. His suggestion is to put a dab of silicone in the cap covering the screw where air can leak in. Some have also reported variations in lines the the "F" size nib. I've never noticed any of these issues. I own two and bought 25 of them for friends as gifts. All are working just fine.For the price, you can't loose buying a set even if for only comparison purposes.