Cheap sticky-note holder/ highlighter

When it arrive, the highlighter was disappointingly DRY- some colour, but pretty dry. I easily remedied that by topping up with my broken highlighter ink and water.

The rectangular shape of the highlighter is sharp and not comfortable.

The design, has a slide on cover that protects the stick notes.

Because it's in a crevice, the mechanism for removing one piece of sticky note is fiddly. 

2/3 of the sticky note is covered with adhesive. 

Verdict: Not bad, I'd buy again. 

BIC Crystal Easy Glide M

I bought this on sale at the local supermarket.  I tend to only write with black ink, but they didn't sell any completely black ink packs. I ended up being glad I got a multi-colored pack.

I am very impressed - nice to write with.
Definitely smoother than Papermate kilometrico style pen.
Smoother than BIC economy fine point pen.

Sometimes it is slow to start.

Easy to tamper with / pull apart, if you like hacking pens. The cartridge barrel fits into a BIC multipen, but not the nib. The cartridge barrel fits into Daiso multi-pen, but it is too large for the plunger.

Had some air bubbles, but they miraculously just move forward and disappear! 

Verdict: Cheapest!

Jetstream 5 in 1 Multi-pen

I paid AU$17 for this, and later saw it on sale at Singapore Changi airport on sale, buy 2 for $8 each or something. I compare it to the much cheaper Daiso pens I got for AU$1.40 each.

It is heavier and sturdier than a Daiso pen.  

It is more comfortable to hold than a Daiso pen. 

It has darker ink than a Daiso pen. 

Comparing all these pens side by side, it doesn't look worth it's price to buy fancy pens. 

When I carry it around (after all, it's purpose is to be portable), I find that I'm terrified of losing it!

Artline Flow 1.0

Artline flow 1.0 arrived in the mail today. 

I bought a pack because I tried out the Artline flow multi-pen and was very impressed. 

I wanted to get the ballpoint pen as ink cartridge refills for my multi-pen. In a way, this review will be a comparison of the pens. 

10 ballpoint pens came in a package. The package itself was cut open at the bottom, but there were no missing pens. There is a plastic frame in the packaging that keeps the pens nice and neat. 

Each pen has a ball protecting the nib that needs to be removed, before the first use.

Then pens write with smooth, bright colours. Lovely to write with. Bit of globbing. 

I have noticed the older multi-pen tips look a bit messy with ink globules, but this doesn't affect the way it writes. 

Each ballpoint pen ink cartridge is opaque, so you cannot tell the ink reservoir size. The ballpoint pen cartridge body is double the size of the multipen cartridge. 

The ballpoint pen cartridges only fit into BIC multi-pen with some modification (dilating the end), but they do not fit into the Artline flow multipen! :( It might be able to be sanded thinner to attempt to fit the multi-pen.

Each ballpoint pen AU$0.60.  Each multi-pen cost AU$1.45, making each cartridge cost AU$0.36.  The multi-pen includes green ink! 

Beware the similar looking multi-pen that doesn't perform as well, the Artline Clix 4: 

Cheap glue dots

-This is the reusable stuff that they stick new credit cards onto the welcome letter with. 
-It is kinda what I wanted, but pretty lumpy.

NBC Glue Tape

-Lays a blue dotted colour, so you can see where you have applied it.
-It applies neat and smart
-It doesn't tear when removed, and remains weakly sticky.

Daiso red glue tape runner

-Very nice to apply: smart and quick
-Glue is laid down in a lovely neat rectangle shape
-Does not tear paper, and is repositionable. Like a post-it, it remains weakly sticky for a long time. 

I'm not really sure what to do with it.  Make post-it notes? Eg tracing paper post its? But I can buy 30 pieces of tracing paper post-its for $2.80.  Not suer if it's worth the price of a glue tape and tracing paper (A3 = 16 pieces)