PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack)
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack is ₹200 dearer.
PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack)
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.
Full details →
Post-it
Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack)
₹1,299
Super Sticky is roughly twice the adhesive of the standard formulation, and the place it actually matters is vertical surfaces -- painted walls and monitor bezels, where ordinary notes fall off within a day.
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 Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads is for
Buy it if: Anyone using notes on walls, monitors or any vertical surface.
Avoid it if: Anyone who only sticks notes flat on a desk -- standard notes cost less and work fine.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack | Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,499 | ₹1,299 |
| Weight | 12 g each | 700 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Adhesive | not published | Super Sticky, about twice the holding power of standard Post-it adhesive |
| 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 |
| Humidity | not published | Adhesive performance drops in high humidity, which is a real limit in Indian monsoon |
| Ink | Gel, which flows more freely and looks darker than ballpoint | not published |
| Recyclable | not published | Yes, the paper is |
| 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 |
| Removal | not published | Peels from the side rather than the bottom to avoid curling |
| Sheets | not published | 90 per pad, 12 pads |
| Size | not published | 76 x 76 mm |
| Skipping | Gel pens skip on glossy or recycled paper more than ballpoints do | not published |
| Tip | 0.7 mm | not published |
| Where that matters | not published | Vertical surfaces, painted walls and monitors. Standard notes fall off these; Super Sticky mostly does not |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
Compare the PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack with something else →