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: