PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover is ₹1,000 dearer.
PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover
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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Moleskine
Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover
₹2,499
Around 70 GSM is the number behind Moleskine's most persistent complaint, and it is a specification rather than a defect: at that weight fountain and wet gel ink bleed through, so the reverse of a written page is generally unusable.
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 Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover is for
Buy it if: Ballpoint and pencil writers who want the build quality and the extras.
Avoid it if: Fountain pen users -- buy the 90 GSM Rhodia instead, which also costs less.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack | Moleskine Classic Leather Executive Notebook Hard Cover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,499 | ₹2,499 |
| Weight | 12 g each | 400 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Archival | Not archival ink -- it fades with prolonged UV exposure | not published |
| Binding | not published | Sewn, opens flat |
| Comparison | not published | The Rhodia in this department is 90 GSM and does not bleed, at a lower price |
| Drying time | Roughly 2 to 3 seconds. A left-handed writer dragging a hand across the line will smudge it | not published |
| Extras | not published | Elastic closure, ribbon marker, rear pocket |
| Fountain pen behaviour | not published | Bleeds and ghosts. The reverse of a page written on with fountain pen is generally unusable. This is the most common complaint about Moleskine and it is a paper weight issue, not a defect |
| Ink | Gel, which flows more freely and looks darker than ballpoint | not published |
| Pages | not published | 240 |
| Paper weight | not published | Around 70 GSM |
| 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 |
| Tip | 0.7 mm | not published |
| What it is good at | not published | Ballpoint and pencil, where 70 GSM is entirely sufficient |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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