The best ink cartridge

[Nikhil]

WHo makes the bst ink cartridge. I have a feeling this won't be easy

[HenryLouis]

What's the difference?

Edited June 21, 2009 by HenryLouis

[Possum Hill]

WHo makes the bst ink cartridge. I have a feeling this won't be easy

Best cartridge design or best ink in the cartridge?

[JHeels]

I voted for Parker, because they hold more ink (I think) than any other cartridge I've used up to this point.

[J English Smith]

Current cartridge inks I like:

 

• Lamy Violet
• Mont Blanc British Racing Green and Burgundy
• Parker Red
• Waterman Violet

 

Other than these, I am using bottled inks...

[Possum Hill]

What's the difference?

HENRYLOUIS is a funny name rofl

Reported.

[pen2paper]

dawned on me that I've been refilling my Lamy carts for a Long time.. they are hanging in there.

the originals, 4 black, sat unused for 2 years.. when I see my early reports, that Lamy black was a nice saturated ink,

(stands out from the other reports in bp/rb).

The Lamy blue bottled ink I refill from is also a nice saturated everyday blue.

Surprised at my answer, I wouldn't have jumped to say Lamy.. good basic ink, solid cartridges.

[HenryLouis]

dawned on me that I've been refilling my Lamy carts for a Long time.. they are hanging in there.

the originals, 4 black, sat unused for 2 years.. when I see my early reports, that Lamy black was a nice saturated ink,

(stands out from the other reports in bp/rb).

The Lamy blue bottled ink I refill from is also a nice saturated everyday blue.

Surprised at my answer, I wouldn't have jumped to say Lamy.. good basic ink, solid cartridges.

 

Lamy blue is saturated? A member says it looks like ballpoint ink.

[errantmarginalia]

Pilot/Namiki for me. Nice capacity, and the wide mouth ensures good flow. I'm not a huge fan of the actual ink, but they're also easy to fill with an eye-dropper.

David

[pen2paper]

quote 'HenryLouis' Lamy blue is saturated? A member says it looks like ballpoint ink.

 

p2p

it's not Noodlers Bulletproof, not like a few PR's, not Aurora Black, but in comparison to Skrip, yes it's quite saturated.

Waterman has good colors, I like Waterman carts.. so it surprised me when I realized that I was overlooking the stellar daily use of Lamy blue.

[HenryLouis]

quote 'HenryLouis' Lamy blue is saturated? A member says it looks like ballpoint ink.

 

p2p

it's not Noodlers Bulletproof, not like a few PR's, not Aurora Black, but in comparison to Skrip, yes it's quite saturated.

Waterman has good colors, I like Waterman carts.. so it surprised me when I realized that I was overlooking the stellar daily use of Lamy blue.

 

Lamy blue or Waterman Florida blue?

[Jimmy James]

I quite like the Diamine cartridges. Both PR and Diamine offer a huge variety. I have to admit that one reason I'm so fond of the Diamine ones involves the way they throw in a box of cartridges with an ink order directly from them. It's an excellent if seemingly random sampling of their inks.

 

ETA: The best cartridge design was the dual ended Parker/Long International Levenger design. The Parker end is terribly hard to pierce, but it's still nice to have that variety.

Edited June 22, 2009 by Jimmy James

[RLTodd]

Are we talking,

 

(1) best design,

 

(2) best manufacturing quality,

 

(3) best ink in the cartridge,

 

(4) or all the attributes?

 

BTW, I understand that in one or more cases (Cross comes to mind) the ink in the cartridge may not be the same ink sold by the manufacture in bottles.

 

 

[Pippin60]

I chose waterman, but could have just as easily chosen Montblanc. One is a long std international cartridge the other the short, so the purpose of this poll eludes me. Lamy and Pilot are proprietary so if you plan to use a cartridge in those pens that have a captive audience.

[jar]

WHo makes the bst ink cartridge. I have a feeling this won't be easy

 

I doubt that there is an answer to that.

 

My personal preference in International Cartridges is Private Reserve and J. Herbin. I would like to find a few more Montblanc BRG cartridges.

 

But I also use Sheaffer cartridges and even some Parker ones.

[PAKMAN]

I voted Waterman but I really like the Sheaffer Carts.

[solitaire]

Who said Namiki-Pilot?

I agree.

For the same reasons

Large capacity and large flow

 

Solitaire

 

[Trogg48]

 

Platinum cartridges are particularly sturdy, do not need any particular alignment after refilling, and have a steel ball to improve flow.

 

 

[solitaire]

Yes, Platinum carts too!

But they are hard to find in Europe.

I need them for the Nakaya. I bought a cart adapter (to Internationals) for this reason.

I can't find Sailor carts either

 

Solitaire

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Somebody forgot to list the classic Sheaffer cartridge. Elegantly simple: just a hermetically sealed plastic vial, that can be pierced from either end. In fact, if I remember right, the World Book Encyclopedia cutaway diagram of a fountain pen shows a Sheaffer cartridge model.

 

That would be my favorite, to the extent I like cartridges at all. Which I don't.