PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769) is ₹400 dearer.
PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
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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Rhodia
Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
₹1,899
90 GSM Clairefontaine paper is the entire reason to buy this over any other A5 notebook, and it is the specification neither this nor its main rival prints on the cover: at 90 GSM fountain and gel ink do not bleed through, so both sides of every page are usable.
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 Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal is for
Buy it if: Anyone writing with a fountain pen or wet gel ink who wants to use both sides of the page.
Avoid it if: Anyone who only writes in ballpoint -- the paper premium buys nothing then.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 15 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | PILOT G2 Premium Refillable Rolling Ball Gel Pens 12-Pack | Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,499 | ₹1,899 |
| Drying time | Roughly 2 to 3 seconds. A left-handed writer dragging a hand across the line will smudge it | Coated smooth paper means fountain ink dries slower on it than on absorbent paper -- around 10 seconds |
| Weight | 12 g each | 330 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, so it opens flat |
| Fountain pen behaviour | not published | No bleed-through, no feathering, minimal ghosting. This is the specification that separates it from most notebooks at this price |
| Ink | Gel, which flows more freely and looks darker than ballpoint | not published |
| Pages | not published | 96 sheets, 192 pages |
| Paper weight | not published | 90 GSM Clairefontaine |
| 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 |
| Ruling | not published | 5 mm dot grid |
| Skipping | Gel pens skip on glossy or recycled paper more than ballpoints do | not published |
| Tip | 0.7 mm | not published |
| Why 90 GSM matters | not published | Below about 80 GSM, wet ink soaks through and the reverse of every page becomes unusable. Above it, both sides work |
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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