Fracture Aurora 88

[elvishsiang]

I bid one Aurora 88 FP from ebay last week, the price was good, USD195.

I just received it, oOps, fracture one, just below the ink-window.

Aurora should improve the plastic quality, because such situation did happen in many Aurora 88.

Really....really bad mood.......

 

[hari317]

Sorry to see this. unfortunately a common problem, Aurora will fix the pen for a fee. 75Eur they charged me.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/225575-sad-day-for-my-aurora/

[elvishsiang]

Thank you hari317.

The seller has refunded me.

Some of my friends have the same experience.

Aurora really needs to improve the quality. :bonk:

[newtimer]

Wow, that's basically the same place mine broke. Pity that they didn't make that area stronger. If you aren't against cartridge fillers, perhaps you can try the Talentum, which should be a bit sturdier without the ink window.

[freakman]

Got a broken Goldoni and a broken Jubilaeum. Both cracked from the ink window. They really should do something to improve that part

[freakman]

Got a broken Goldoni and a broken Jubilaeum. Both cracked from the ink window. They really should do something to improve that part

[eric47]

Aurora isn't alone with ink-window-as-threaded-fitting issues. Visconti's double-reservoirs can snap there two. Threading can introduce mechanical weakness if you're not careful. Stipula (with the Tibaldi Modello 60) and Omas for instance both had liners that could snap at the threads -- in both of those cases the problem was fixed.

 

As for Aurora improving the part, they may have already. Aurora repairs pens inhouse -- they don't make spare parts available. So if presumably they would have noticed the trend.

 

Freakman, the Goldoni and Jubilaeum are older production pens. I can't tell about Elvis' 88, if for instance it had long tines.