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HomeArt SuppliesPaper Mate PhD MULTI 3-in-1 Retractable Ballpoint Pen/Pencil, Medium Point, Black/Red Ink (69072) |
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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Great writing instrument! Jan 02, 2008
By Faith
"havfaith"
I think this is such a wonderful pen/pencil combo. I have given many of them as gifts. Great gift for a teacher. When I can only find it with the black ink, pencil and stylus, I just remove the stylus and place a red refill in its place. I can't say enough about this writing instrument.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Great product idea that needs some refinements Aug 07, 2009
By clg
Like Eric, I've owned several of these - both pen/pencil/stylus and black pen/red pen/pencil. I love not having to switch between writing tools, and I can clip it onto my ID lanyard at work so I always have it with me. BUT....
I live in a very humid climate, and the grip doesn't hold up. It stretches out and starts to melt after awhile, leaving black sticky goo on my hand. I've also had the tops of the barrels crack, so the clip portion comes loose. On the one I use at work now, I'm able to screw the metal piece above the clip back in to tighten things up, but it always comes loose again.
Love the concept but am looking for a similar product that is a little more durable.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Great Pens - Flexible & Easy to Use Jun 02, 2008
By A. Kelling
Great product - very flexible and easy to use. Pen tips are good quality and don't run. Pencil lead is thin (that's good); not thick. Nice rubber grip. Eraser under the pen cap. Very sturdy.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
My solution to the red ink refill problem Jul 28, 2011
By BigD
I love my PhD Multi, I've had it for a year now. I often have need to use both black and red ink, so this has been a life saver compared to constantly swapping two individual pens. I prefer large bodied pens for comfort, and this fits the bill. The shell feels like it's made with some lighter weight plastic, but it doesn't feel flimsy to me.
I too ran into the problem of being unable to find ink refill replacements as others have noted. Recently I checked out the Multi pen at one of the "chain" local supply stores to see the refill info printed on the back of the cardboard. Believe it or not, Papermate doesn't even list a refill # for the red ink anymore(only for the black, eraser, and lead). They used to in the past. Thank goodness I saved the original carboard backing from when I first purchased it. But even with that part #, it's nowhere to be found. I have no idea why Papermate would do something like this. Of the extremely few I found via googl'ing, the cost was too high when you threw in shipping.
However, I found a better solution. Buy a box (contains one dozen) of the Papermate "Profile" red ballpoint stick pens. They sell a retractable version too, and that may work, but I stuck with the straight stick since that's the type the Multi uses for the red. My local OfficeDepot has them. You can also find them on Amazon. These are about 6 inches long (like a typical stick pen). Papermate also sells a Profile "Mini" which is a stubby pen, so don't confuse the two. The Mini's are too short in length and won't work as a refill on the Multi.
A box set me back about $10.50 plus tax. When Papermate still sold the (now unavailable) multi refill it would cost anywhere from a few to several dollars after you add shipping, and that would give you only 2 sticks. At least with the box I have a dozen. These pens write in a "bold" point, which is a tiny bit wider than a medium point. But personally I found it to be just fine.
Unscrew the Profile stick body, and take out the ink insert. Unscrew your Multi and take out the empty insert. Line both up exactly side by side starting from the ball point head. Basically you're going to cut down the longer Profile insert so it winds up to be exactly the same length as the Multi insert. I used an exacto knife. Make sure it's a straight cut. You can use a scissors or something else, but make sure to get it exact because if you eyeball it and are off by an eighth of an inch the ball point head may retract out a bit too far, or not far enough. Fortunately, I had about an eighth of an inch to spare in cutting the Profile insert before I actually would have cut into the red ink itself.
After cutting, rub the sharp snipped off edges a little bit on a countertop to round them off just a tiny bit. I found if I didn't do this, the insert was giving me trouble sliding back into the springs on the Multi. After rounding it off, push it back into the Multi, and that's it.
You should also be able to do the above for the black ink inserts, although I haven't tried it. The only thing you don't get with the Profile refill substitution is that the ball point head itself isn't colored red like they were with the original Multi insert. Guess you can't have everything!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
OK 3-in-1, not great build quality Jan 27, 2009
By Eric Loveland
I've owned 6 of these (my mom has buys me one every year for Christmas). I finally asked her to stop because the build quality is just not up to par.
Then pen always works well for a while and it's nice that you can replace the stylus with an alternate pen color (I don't use the stylus much with my Treo). Both pen and pencil write well as does the stylus. It is also very easy to change the pen and the lead in the pencil.
However, the build quality of these pens is not great. I don't think I've had one last me the entire year. I've resorted to keeping the broken ones so I can use the spare parts to fix the new ones as they break. The first thing that happens is the cap over the eraser no longer stays on. The rubber grip loosens over time and the pencil eventually starts jamming.
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