Rollerball LeGrand Refills

[AJ50]

Disappointed with the refills for my Montblanc Le Grand Rollerball. Refill seems to skip as I’m writing. Is this a common issue with Montblanc LeGrand refills? I love the pen itself but just not happy with the skipping issue. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[CeruleanToAzure]

Yes, I have, my solution was to migrate to Legrand Fineliner refills, unfortunately they are available only in broad, but they are very good, the line thickness it's equivalent to a 0.6 Uni Pin Fine Line.

[CeruleanToAzure]

Some reference:

[CeruleanToAzure]

And here we have a brand new Montblanc medium rollerball refill (no old stock) skipping:

[AJ50]

11 hours ago, CeruleanToAzure said:

And here we have a brand new Montblanc medium rollerball refill (no old stock) skipping:

Perfect example of the issue I’m getting with my Rollerball. Thanks for the suggestion of a Fineliner refill. I’ve ever used one of those so worth a try. 

[NoType]

13 hours ago, CeruleanToAzure said:

And here we have a brand new Montblanc medium rollerball refill (no old stock) skipping:

CeruleanToAzure, thank you for this writing sample, which is, frankly speaking, shocking.  Up until now I thought skipping and hard starts were the bane of only stricken fountain pen nibs, and I’ve yet to experience a fountain pen that skips this frequently.

[CeruleanToAzure]

You are all welcome, this issue was quite surprising to me also.

[Dione]

7 hours ago, AJ50 said:

Perfect example of the issue I’m getting with my Rollerball. Thanks for the suggestion of a Fineliner refill. I’ve ever used one of those so worth a try. 

If I had a Montblanc RB refill writing that badly I would be straight back to Montblanc for a replacement

[A1979]

I had exactly the same experience. Since then, I only use Fineliner refills in my MBs.  

[Pen Nut]

Have a read of this thread, this is subject that seems to get raised often and maybe worth 'sticking' for those who have the dark skills to do so ?

 

I have been using the LR7 refills for sometime now and they have served me well.