So, Has Anyone's Twsbi Not Broken?

[jdnib]

Well after reading this, I think I'll acquire a TWSBI Eco and this will be the only chance TWSBI has to convince me that the majority of their pens are not CRACKSBI pens that will detonate like ceramic bombs. If my Eco breaks in less than 5 years then no more TWSBIs ever, I'd be better off buying old fashioned vintage pens from the charities shops for better cause.

 

What can I say...packaging and replacements aren't that important to me at this moment.

[Flounder]

Well after reading this, I think I'll acquire a TWSBI Eco and this will be the only chance TWSBI has to convince me that the majority of their pens are not CRACKSBI pens that will detonate like ceramic bombs. If my Eco breaks in less than 5 years then no more TWSBIs ever, I'd be better off buying old fashioned vintage pens from the charities shops for better cause.

 

What can I say...packaging and replacements aren't that important to me at this moment.

 

Somewhat OT but the concept of a glazed ceramic pen intriges me no end!

[FOUR X FOUR]

You can't beat these for the price. They can be completely taken apart for cleaning. If they had gold nibs I'd pay 300 dollars for any one of them.

None of these have ever broken. They're about a year old

[cpulocksmith]

Mine broke on the weekend. I don't think I treat it overly rough. I usually keep it I'm my camera bag with my note pad. but I pulled it out the other day to jot something down and noticed that the cap was wobbly... At closer inspection the cap of my Vac 700 had cracked about 180 degrees around the band.

Edited July 9, 2015 by cpulocksmith

[JonSzanto]

Since my 540 is still running like a champ, I took up an offer on a Mini that was for sale after only a couple weeks of use. I anticipate a long life for it, and am enjoying using it.

[Buster99]

I have three Twsbi's in regular use, a 540, a 580AL and a VAC700.

No problems whatsoever! Nib switches on two of them went just fine.

All of the pens write just fine, do not dry out during use or storage (1-2 weeks) and accept pretty much all of my inks (Pelikan, MB, Parker)

 

I greatly enjoy each one and cannot see any fault

 

Best regards,

Marc

[scmense]

580al here with no problems at all. Just ordered the Eco and look forward to using it.

[JonSzanto]

I've had my Mini for over a week. It, and my 4-yr-old 540, have not broken.

[Sasha Royale]

Mine still writes great, but I can't claim that mine has not broken. I was writing just before July 4th.

The cap rolled onto the floor. I swiveled the chair to retrieve it, and stepped on it. The cap ring, with threads inside, separated. It re-attached with Super Glue, and seem to be holding. However, fumes have fogged the inside of cap.

 

I still have a second TWSBI Diamond 540 spare, and an ECO on the way.

[Jamerelbe]

Mine still writes great, but I can't claim that mine has not broken. I was writing just before July 4th.

The cap rolled onto the floor. I swiveled the chair to retrieve it, and stepped on it. The cap ring, with threads inside, separated. It re-attached with Super Glue, and seem to be holding. However, fumes have fogged the inside of cap.

 

I still have a second TWSBI Diamond 540 spare, and an ECO on the way.

Try contacting TWSBI, if you're concerned that the pen cap won't hold. I gave a 580 to a friend, 2 years ago (a birthday gift), and 12 months later his toddler trashed the cap. Phillip Wang was very helpful in arranging a replacement.

[dooooooor]

Updates:

My Vac 700 cap broke at the metal ring, but I forced it back and it seems stable.

My 580 cap seems to have a crack in the plastic, but it's still functional.

 

Scared me, but they're still okay.

[TheBimbler]

Further to my post of 2 June 2015. I was visiting my sister to whom I had given a TWSBI Mini as a birthday present a couple of years ago. I mentioned the problems I had with them and she said "Oh mine broke a few months ago. When I went to take it out my bag it was broken"

[EBUCKTHORN]

I had recently posted the following (in quotes below) on another TWSBI topic but I'm moving it here. My current TWSBI record: three pens, one cracked and replaced cap and one loose clip and replaced cap. Otherwise no problems at all. "My fine nib TWSBI ECO arrived a few days ago and when I first held it I thought it to be longer than I prefer. I almost returned it but am very glad I didn't. Risking the $29, I filled it with Waterman Audacious Red. What a sweet writing pen it is! I'll be glad to accommodate the extra 7/8" (posted, as compared with my favorite TWSBI: the Mini)."

[Freddy]

Ooo....Ooo....

 

Have TWSBI first generation Diamond 530..five years old..540..580..and

Vac 700..no problemo..whatsoever..............................................................

 

Toody is listening to Yes I'm Ready..Terri Desario..next track..Just Remember

I Love You..Firefall....Louder..Francis Muldoon.....................................................

 

Fred

bacon beans and limousines

~ Will Rogers

listening to Satin Doll..Duke Ellington

 

Update....Still no problemo with any includin' the Eco that

I've been carryin' and usin'..................

 

Fred

rebalance your fortunes....divide your fortune....

~ Jacob Fugger

[cers]

I've had a TWSBI 580 for going on a year now with no issues. It is clipped to my pants pocket or on my Midori's pen loop, with no pextra amount attention i wouldn't show toward a Lamy safari.

 

-CERS

[sannidh]

Feel that a sort of fitment/engineering improvement is necessary. Took my 580 out recently for a review. Feel that some of the improvements could be a better piston-knob/end cap/thread and a metallic connector (for all models), so that it does not chip (or dents) off with a steel wrench.

[JonSzanto]

Feel that a sort of fitment/engineering improvement is necessary. Took my 580 out recently for a review. Feel that some of the improvements could be a better piston-knob/end cap/thread and a metallic connector (for all models), so that it does not chip (or dents) off with a steel wrench.

 

Say what? I've still got my original 540, and I've only removed the piston once during the 4-5 years I've had it. You'd have to be a ham-fisted gorilla to cause problems using the wrench to loosen and tighten the piston nut. I don't see what the problem is.

[EBUCKTHORN]

If the plastic wrench that accompanies the ECO will be standard on all models then the metal-marring-plastic problem is eliminated.

[Flounder]

Among the manuals the PCA recently made available to the public, I noticed that Parker actually lists a torque wrench among repair tools needed. I kind of thought this overly cautious, until I read this "chipping" debate!

[sannidh]

 

Say what? I've still got my original 540, and I've only removed the piston once during the 4-5 years I've had it. You'd have to be a ham-fisted gorilla to cause problems using the wrench to loosen and tighten the piston nut. I don't see what the problem is.

 

For me I have removed the piston twice that too for lubricating the piston-head (frequent ink swapper, water takes away some lubrication while cleaning). Agree that chipping off the thing requires some force/misplacement.

 

And, while I am like extra-careful with all my pens, I prefer inclusion of a metal piston connector/nut instead, like a Pilot CH92. The 580 plastic is fragile with the thin plastic connector, the wrench does make dents/marks on it easily. (else the plastic wrench thing they have done like Eco as shared by EBUCKTHORN)

 

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag127/soniknitr/TWSBI_nut_zps3nvbzyta.jpg

 

Pilot CH92 Parts (Pic Credits : Hari)

 

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