Baoer 801. Better Than A Parker Vector.

[bob_hayden]

sodul, I can't help you with finding 801 nibs, but if you look back through this thread you will see that essentially the same nib is used in pens sold under the Jinhao and other brands. You might track it down that way, though my experience with eBay is that sellers of Chinese nibs are pretty vague about what pens they fit. And whiie I hate to throw away most of a working pen, the 801 pens do cost way less than any non-Chinese replacement nibs. I suspect they have not sold in enough quantity to create a market for replacement nibs.

[sodul]

Hi Bob! Im new in fountainpennetwork.com, so sorry if I broke protocol or enter in your chat just like this... I got a couple of 801, and I agreed with everything , great (and cheap!) fountain pen, but.... How do you manage to take off the nib and feeder to clean it? Its not pressure fit, and trying to unscrew it doesnt work either...maybe pushing from inside the section? Please help me. How you did it?

Thanks!!

 

 

Pulling the nib out is *very* difficult compared to a Jinhao 159 for example. I use 1 inch cuts from road bike inner tubes as grips. but even that was not 'grippy' enough. So I actually put one of my grips in the other to get a lot more rubber thickness and eventually managed to pull the nib and feed out with brute force. Please note that the section barrel is fully round and does not have a flat, but since the section is beveled you can easily tell how to orient the nib when re-assembling. If you put it 'upside down' it will look a bit like a Parker-Eversharp 10.000.

 

If you do not have an old inner tube laying around ask your bicyclist friends or register with your local FreeCycle (or equivalent). Lot's of people throw their leaky inner tubes away so you should be able to find one easily. You want the road bike ones, with a small diameter, although any size can work. Remember to clean the white powder before using since it makes the rubber slippery.

 

 

Bob, I agree that what I'm currently doing is still very economical but I feel a little bad to waste an entire pen. For now I can consider this as a good $1.50 nib with lots of free spare parts including a pretty decent converter.

Edited February 1, 2018 by sodul

[oneill]

The only downside of Baoer pens is that any of your future purchases may turn out to be a disaster....these pens don't have any quality control whatsoever....particularly when it comes to nibs....Parker vector is a standard

pen...buy a medium one and you're good to go....the fine Parker nib is funny, it may turn out to be scratchy out of the box but once you smooth it out, Parker fine nibs are really a joy to use. But that certainty is definitely

lacking for Baoer.

Your looking for Quality Control on a $3 pen, good luck with that Trust Me, Oneill

[bob_hayden]

I've owned about a dozen each of Vectors and 801s and the quality control has been much better on the 801s. YMMV.

[oneill]

With my experience Baoer 801 is better one. The clip of my Parker vector is loose even though i seldom use it and it is slippery. My Baoer 801 looking premium and reasonable smooth nib but ink flow slightly lower than Parker. Overall Baoer is better pen if we not consider the brand value.

AS someone who has been editing Jinhao and Baoer both made by the same company for years whenever

there has been a problem because of bad delivery of ink in most cases I have recomended that the Convertor be

Replaced or Flushed out thoroughly and I mean Thoroughly because when the pen is being manufactured it goes

through a process where manufacturing OIL is used on the convertor which of course stays on the convertor,

consider this Jinhao is NOT going to go to the bother of flushing Convertors at the cost it sells them for,

why should they! I think if you know what the problem is flush it a couple of times to correct, you have a great Pen Trust me Oneill

pen at a more than Fair price

[bob_hayden]

I agree the 801 is the better pen but mine are pretty consistently marginal in flow. Some inks will not come out of them at all. I really think it is the pens, not oily converters. I do not have the same issues with most other pens, the converters have been washed many times, the pens used with different converters, etc. But I don't think it's a big deal -- one can just use free flowing inks in them.

[Karthi]

The baoer 388 does much better than the P Vector. No doubt.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Karthi

[Karthi]

The Baoer 388 fountain pen is inspired by the Parker 95 More than a Vector. I Like it a lot but prefer a fine than medium nib for daily writing. I feel bad for destroying the inner cap while taking it out.

 

Check if I'm correct in the Parka blogs website.

 

KARTHI.

Edited January 10, 2019 by Karthi