SKILCRAFT Aviator Multi function Medium 7520 01 564 9906 Reviews Summary

Construction and Design

Pros:

• "Surprisingly heavy for it's size, the sturdy metal black anodized barrel is designed not to be non-reflective and has a sturdy pocket clip."
• "Full metal, quality made, and dependable writing ink cartridges that don't gap out as you write."
• "The barrel is a tough, brass case with a tactical, matte/flat black finish."
• "The body is made of rugged metal painted in a matte black and has held up to years of abuse."
• "All-brass, no plastic crap."
• "Really well-made, sturdy aircraft aluminum."
• "The body material is of excellent quality, and lends to the balance and feel in your hand, as one writes."

Cons:

• "Paint did scrape off pretty easily. It's a brass color under."
• "The coating rubs off after tossing it around a bit and extended use, it reveals the brass material underneath."
• "The black paint/coating has rubbed off and been scratched in certain places."
• "The black paint on the black model rubs off easily revealing metal beneath."
• "The paint is easily scratched. Very easy to scratch and after that the metal color appears underneath the paint which does not look good."
• "The finish rubs off if you're a figitter and spin and tap the pin a lot."
• "The only reason I did not give it a 5 is due to the black finish is scratched easily by other metal objects."

Functionality and Mechanism

Pros:

• "This pen allows me to do the three most often performed tasks with one tool."
• "For the price, it’s amazingly constructed and has a very satisfying action when switching between inks."
• "You can also continuously spin the top in one direction to cycle between the pens and pencil."
• "Swapping functions is very easy and all functions write smoothly."
• "The changing mechanism, is firm and similar to Cross' design - No push buttons, here."
• "Pen rotates through the desired writing color simply by rotating the barrel."
• "A simple twist of the barrel causes the pen or pencil tips to securely slide into place and can be done with one hand while on the phone."

Cons:

• "It does have a bit of a rattle when you shake it because of how the mechanism is made."
• "The problem for me and the reason I gave only 3 stars was that the black ink cartridge unexpectedly leaked out the back end and gummed up the spin mechanism."
• "The mechanical mechanism fouls out and cannot be saved, (my fault always not the pens)."
• "One thing that still nags at me is the inability to change the pencil lead cartridge for a pen ink cartridge."
• "The rotating part of the pen keeps getting jammed."
• "I've had 3 of these, though, that after a short time the pencil won't feed."
• "The twisting mechanism isn't very confident-inducing however, and there's no way to know which color/pen is extended without looking closely at the nib."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "I’ve owned a few pens like this of many different companies and this is the cheapest."
• "They are expensive. They are worth it."
• "By purchasing Skilcraft products you contribute to providing employment opportunities for people who are blind."
• "It is pricey, so check around, but I think it's well worth the cost."
• "Great pen for the money. Ink lasts surprisingly long and it comes with replacements ink fills."
• "This pen is a great value, cost less than 4 gallons of 100LL."
• "For the price, an all metal multi-pen with D1 refills can't be beat."

Cons:

• "I really liked it, but $25 is a bit much for what ended up being a disposable pen."
• "My only complaint is the product isn’t very durable as I believed it would be."
• "The refills are a bit expensive but its worth it."
• "If your pron to losing pens you may not want to order this pen because it's not a cheap pen."
• "Refill packs are about half the cost of the whole pen. Not worth the money."
• "Finally the cost of this pen is rather high compared to its utility."
• "I expect a pen that cost over $25.00 to last longer than a year."