The 44 Best Pens for 2024: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

We draw on years of testing to crown the best beginner fountain pen, best gel pen, best pen for note-taking, and more. Each recommendation includes links to related guides so that you can evaluate the competition for yourself.

JetPens Beginner Fountain Pen Sampler

JetPens Brown Gel Pen Sampler

Uni-ball Signo UM-151 Gel Pen - 0.38 mm - Light Blue

The 44 Best Pens for 2024: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

Cross Bailey Selectip Rollerball Pen, Blue Lacquer with Polished Chrome Appointment : Video Games

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Pilot Hi-Tec C pens are special pens that are currently very popular in Japan. Though they have been around for more than a decade, they still rank as one of the top-selling gel pens in Japan as well as the rest of Asia. They are highly sought after in the US, but are very difficult to find in stores. The fine tipped point of Pilot Hi-Tec C pens allow you to write with incredible precision. Moreover the ink is chemically formulated so that it will not bleed after it dries.

Pilot Hi-Tec-C Gel Pen - 0.3 mm - Black