PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is ₹2,000 dearer.
PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
PILOT
PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack
₹1,499
Gel ink is darker and flows more freely than ballpoint, and the cost of that is drying time -- roughly two to three seconds, which is enough for a left-handed writer dragging their hand across the line to smudge every word.
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Brother
Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
₹3,499
Laminated TZe tape is why Brother labels survive on a freezer or outdoors where unlaminated ones rub off -- the printed layer is sandwiched between two films rather than sitting on the surface.
Full details →Who the PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack is for
Buy it if: Right-handed writers who want darker, smoother lines than a ballpoint gives.
Avoid it if: Left-handed writers, who will smudge, and anyone writing on glossy or recycled paper.
Who the Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is for
Buy it if: Anyone labelling things that get handled, wet or sunlit, where unlaminated tape fails.
Avoid it if: Anyone making a handful of labels -- the tape economics do not justify the machine.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack | Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,499 | ₹3,499 |
| Weight | 12 g each | 400 g without batteries |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Archival | Not archival ink -- it fades with prolonged UV exposure | not published |
| Drying time | Roughly 2 to 3 seconds. A left-handed writer dragging a hand across the line will smudge it | not published |
| Ink | Gel, which flows more freely and looks darker than ballpoint | not published |
| Keyboard | not published | QWERTY |
| Laminated construction | not published | The printed layer is sandwiched between two layers of film, so it survives water, abrasion and sunlight. Unlaminated tapes rub off |
| Margins | not published | Leaves about 25 mm of leader tape per print, which is waste on short labels |
| Power | not published | 6 AAA batteries or an optional adapter, not included |
| not published | Thermal transfer, 180 dpi | |
| Refill economics | A refill costs roughly a third of a new pen | not published |
| Refillable | Yes, G2 refills fit, so the barrel is not disposable | not published |
| Skipping | Gel pens skip on glossy or recycled paper more than ballpoints do | not published |
| Tape | not published | Brother TZe laminated, 3.5 to 12 mm widths |
| Tape cost | not published | Roughly Rs700 to 1000 per cassette, and a cassette holds 8 metres. Over a few years the tape costs more than the machine |
| Tip | 0.7 mm | not published |
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