What makes a white board pen? Is it the glide across the smooth porcelain white? The manner by which it conforms to the natural movement of the hand upon a vertical surface? Perhaps a consideration to the aesthetics, and how it makes one appear in front of an audience?
I will not pretend that these pens are anything beyond what I would expect, but being a bit of a whiteboard pen connoisseur, I cannot help but comment on what these pens have added to my whiteboard pen experience, in going above the standard dribble of an expo marker.
The features on this pen are remarkable. One cannot help but notice the attention to functionality that is so clearly a core of Quartet's company dogma. The shape of the lid is but one fine example. It is elegant, tapered, and pleasing to rest one's eyes upon with a 2 tone texture, sacrificing only the useless and mundane ability of other markers to stack upon one another for raw beauty. Functionality is not lost! The dramatic sweep of the upper opening serves to prevent the pen from sneaking off on an unhampered roll when the cap is attached, averting great personal inconvenience to the user. When taken off and attached to the butt of the pen, a regal look is achieved, with a bishop-like flair about the pen's clear assertion of its superiority to others in the vicinity.
A loud, but ungaudy proclamation of the pen's patented, three chambered technology further emphasizes to those around you, that you emanate a seriousness in the symbols that are to be inscribed forth from this pen. One can only fantasize the mechanism by which this technology improves the writing quality of the pen, but transparent windows prominently display the inner workings of the technology, and in a functionality minded tour-de-force, Quartet has identified for the user an ink level gauge on these windows.
Placing ones hand in the appropriate writing position, the pen is surprisingly light and airy, considering the advanced technology inside. The girth of the trunk is ideal for balance between finesse and stability for vertical surface writing; it bridges the chasm spanning the brain and the whiteboard. With the EnduraGlide pen, thoughts from the bowels of intellect come gushing forth, manifested in the brilliance of a presentation or lecture.
A remarkable aspect of this pen, surely a result of the patented three chamber technology, is the sustained high quality writing line, regardless of angle, or pressure. Like a skater's lines on ice, there is just as much elegance in the lines contoured to the whiteboard as in the pen itself. The pen lasts a long while, and are highly resistant to being left open for reasonable periods of time.
In summary: I like these pens. Especially for the price.
| Manufacturer | ACCO Brands |
|---|---|
| Brand | Quartet |
| Item Weight | 7.4 ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 1.75 x 6.5 x 7.25 inches |
| Item model number | 5001-20M |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Color | Assorted - Classic Plus |
| Shape | L Shaped |
| Material Type | Plastic |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Size | 12 Count (Pack of 1) |
| Point Type | Chisel |
| Line Size | 1.0-1.9mm |
| Ink Color | Assorted |
| Tip Type | chisel |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 5001-20M |
