Is there any cheap Chinese alternative to Parker converters ?

[aurore]

I believe there has to be, but I have not find any particular yet...

[inkstainedruth]

I don't know.  Parker cartridges and converters are proprietary, though, so likely not.  

If you don't like the price of cartridges, you might look into getting converters instead, and use bottled ink.  It's more cost effective in the long run.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[A Smug Dill]

8 hours ago, aurore said:

I believe there has to be,

 

Why, though?

 

Anyway, the Moonman 80 mini is compatible with Parker proprietary-format ink cartridges, so it goes to reason that the converter with which the pen comes supplied must be compatible with Parker pens. You probably won't like using that squeeze converter, though. And I'm not aware that those converters are offered for sale separately, let alone cheaply, in spite of their ticking the box on being ”Chinese”.

[Amelorate]

According to a video I watched once and don't remember the exact name of (maybe Inquiring Minds' video on the parker 45?), PenBBS converters fit inside most Parker pens. Lamy converters may also work, based on how Lamy converters are said to work in some PenBBS pens.

[A Smug Dill]

1 hour ago, Amelorate said:

PenBBS converters fit inside most Parker pens.

 

PenBBS c/c-filled models typically use, and come with, 3.4mm-bore converters. My impression (only!) is that Parker's proprietary format is 3.2mm-bore.

[aurore]

5 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I don't know.  Parker cartridges and converters are proprietary, though, so likely not.  

If you don't like the price of cartridges, you might look into getting converters instead, and use bottled ink.  It's more cost effective in the long run.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Well, I am asking rather out of a curiosity, personally I do not use converters at all, never. I just refill cartridges. 

[aurore]

5 hours ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Why, though?

 

Anyway, the Moonman 80 mini is compatible with Parker proprietary-format ink cartridges, so it goes to reason that the converter with which the pen comes supplied must be compatible with Parker pens. You probably won't like using that squeeze converter, though. And I'm not aware that those converters are offered for sale separately, let alone cheaply, in spite of their ticking the box on being ”Chinese”.

 

Here is the reason. A local seller offers these brandless converters claiming they fit Parker / Aurora. 

[aurore]

4 hours ago, Amelorate said:

According to a video I watched once and don't remember the exact name of (maybe Inquiring Minds' video on the parker 45?), PenBBS converters fit inside most Parker pens. Lamy converters may also work, based on how Lamy converters are said to work in some PenBBS pens.

Thank you very much.

[Number99]

16 hours ago, aurore said:

I believe there has to be, but I have not find any particular yet...

Try Google with 派克钢笔吸墨器  .  

 

You will see many Parker compatible ink converters on Chinese e-commerce sites such as Taobao.

The inexpensive ones are listed at about 15-30 Chinese yuan each, but if I were to purchase them from Japan, I would have to pay much more than the purchase price, including shipping and forwarding service fees.

The quality is also unknown, and if I were to buy only one converter, it would be better to buy a genuine one locally.

 

Some time ago I bought a set of two from a local seller who purchased a large quantity of Parker-compatible screw-type ink converters from China for the equivalent of 2USD, but the quality was not good...

They fell apart during the first cleaning process ( I was able to reassemble them and use them…).

 

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6 hours ago, Amelorate said:

According to a video I watched once and don't remember the exact name of (maybe Inquiring Minds' video on the parker 45?), PenBBS converters fit inside most Parker pens. Lamy converters may also work, based on how Lamy converters are said to work in some PenBBS pens.

There have been recent reports of this about it, and it continues to be explained about Lamy ink cartridges.

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 2023 by Number99

[Penguincollector]

My Moonman 80s came with a piston converter that fits Parkers. My Parker squeeze converters  and cartridges fit the Moonman 80s.

[aurore]

9 hours ago, Number99 said:

Try Google with 派克钢笔吸墨器  .  

 

You will see many Parker compatible ink converters on Chinese e-commerce sites such as Taobao.

The inexpensive ones are listed at about 15-30 Chinese yuan each, but if I were to purchase them from Japan, I would have to pay much more than the purchase price, including shipping and forwarding service fees.

The quality is also unknown, and if I were to buy only one converter, it would be better to buy a genuine one locally.

 

Some time ago I bought a set of two from a local seller who purchased a large quantity of Parker-compatible screw-type ink converters from China for the equivalent of 2USD, but the quality was not good...

They fell apart during the first cleaning process ( I was able to reassemble them and use them…).

 

If the search does not work, please change various settings.

 

Postscript.

派克钢笔吸墨器

This Chinese search term was not helpful in searching for products within the website.

 

There have been recent reports of this about it, and it continues to be explained about Lamy ink cartridges.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the magnificent input!

[aurore]

16 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

My Moonman 80s came with a piston converter that fits Parkers. My Parker squeeze converters  and cartridges fit the Moonman 80s.

Thank you a lot!

[inkstainedruth]

10 hours ago, aurore said:

Well, I am asking rather out of a curiosity, personally I do not use converters at all, never. I just refill cartridges. 

I did that, early on, but found it to be a major PITA in the long run.

But I might have to do that with some cartridges of Edelstein Amethyst, left over from the first Pelikan Hub I went to, because they seem partly dried out at this point (or, at least the one that I stuck in a cheapie Reform pen I found at an estate sale, seems to be; of course part of the flow issue may also be the nib on the Reform... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[aurore]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

I did that, early on, but found it to be a major PITA in the long run.

But I might have to do that with some cartridges of Edelstein Amethyst, left over from the first Pelikan Hub I went to, because they seem partly dried out at this point (or, at least the one that I stuck in a cheapie Reform pen I found at an estate sale, seems to be; of course part of the flow issue may also be the nib on the Reform... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Well, yes, but a (refilled) cartridge still holds 2x as much ink as a converter and considering I usually use EF-M nibs it lasts quite a while...

[inkstainedruth]

True (I wasn't sure I'd like the F nib on my first Vector, after I couldn't find another Reflex (the rubberized grip on the first two disintegrated on me) -- until I found out how much further a cartridge went.

But the advantage to using a converter is that they're easier to clean than a cartridge, and also, IMO, easier to fill.  And I like changing up pens and inks, so the smaller capacity of a converter is okay with me -- I have enough pens that have higher capacity fill systems (piston fillers, 51 Vacs, etc.) as well, for when I DO want to be using some pen for longer period of time without refilling it.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Penguincollector]

11 hours ago, aurore said:

Thank you a lot!

 Anytime!