Giveaway: Zebra Sarasa Push Clip Gel Ink Pen - 0.3 mm - 10 Color Set

On my last Top 5 Pens List, the Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.3mm was the surprising new number one pen. I am still enjoying it immensely, so I figured why not give out a 10-Pack of these goodies from JetPens to kick off the "rebirth" of The Pen Addict. I like to keep my giveaways as simple as possible, but I do have a few changes in the giveaway rules listed below, so please take a fresh look at them.

The major change is that I will have to limit giveaway entries to US residents only. This really stinks because the readership of The Pen Addict is truly worldwide. I have shipped many packages overseas - from Argentina to Australia - and I hate that I have to restrict it. I give credit to Brian at Office Supply Geek for doing all the legwork on this issue, which you can read more about right here. I couldn't have said it better myself.

With that unfortunate update out of the way, here are the rules.

1. Leave one comment on this post anytime between now, and Thursday night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.  You are limited to one entry. This contest is limited to US residents only.

2. Please follow @jetpens on Twitter and "Like" JetPens on Facebook. This is not mandatory, but I sure would appreciate your support!

3. For this contest, I will pick one winner at random from the comments section of this post.  The comments will be numbered in the order they are received, i.e. the first comment is #1, the second #2, and so on.  The Random Integer Generator at random.org will be used to pick the number of the winner.

4. The contest winner will be posted on Friday, May 20th.  The winner will have one week to email me at the address posted in the right sidebar.

Thanks and good luck!

Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.3 mm Blue Green Review

Current favorite pen model? Yes. Current favorite color? No chance.

One of the things that attracted me to the Sarasa Clip 0.3mm aside from the great performance was the wide range of ink colors that are available. I have tried many, and have several left to review, but this blue green color ranks up there with some of the worst. Admittedly, one of the issues is that such a light color does not work that well on my Doane Paper Writing Pad. A plain white background would have probably worked better in this case. Even so, the end result is a color that actually causes eye strain for me, and that's not a good thing. Time for this one to hit my kids pen box.

It has been a while since I jotted some lyrics down for review, but when I saw They Might Be the 50 Best They Might Be Giants Songs on UGO.com back in January, I knew I had to do my #1 TMBG song "We Want A Rock" (#13 on the list). I have other favorites like "I Palindrome I", "Ana Ng", and "Minimum Wage", but Rock always gets me going. Enjoy the song:

Review: Zebra Sarasa Clip 0.3mm Blue

I have long been a fan of the 0.4mm Zebra Sarasa Clip, so I was pretty excited to get the 0.3mm version in and test it out.  I used a black gel ink model for a week straight at work and really enjoyed it.  I have to say it even writes better than the Uni-Ball Signo DX 0.28mm, which can get a bit scratchy and dry.  That didn't happen at all with this pen.

When writing with a tip size as small as this 0.3mm model, you really just need one thing to work well for it to be a great pen - line consistency.  By that I mean sharp, clean, and skip free lines - things I have harped on for years.  Even though it is a micro tipped pen, you don't want to have to micro manage writing with it, such as having to scribble with it a bit to get it flowing.  From the time I took this pen out of the package, it has worked flawlessly, and I am completely happy with it.

I have never really cared for the blue Zebra gel ink though - I've always felt it is too dark, but not really a blue black shade either.  So, I will mostly use the black, and so far I have also ordered orange and the very cool viridian green.  I need to grab at least a red, and probably a purple too, so I'll surely write those up sometime in the future.

Click here for the XL review.

Products used:
Zebra Sarasa Push Clip Gel Ink Pen - 0.3 mm - Blue from JetPens
Large Writing Pad from Doane Paper

(Sorry about the photo quality on this one.  My wife got a new camera for Christmas and I apparently need to learn how to use it.)