PARKERVector Fountain Pen | Black with Chrome Trim | Medium Nib | Blue Ink | Hangtab

Perfectly adequate for a standard fountain pen - nice writer.

Love these pens. Had 3 in past. Broke one barrel by over tightening, otherwise imagine they will just last & last. Very light weight, feel well balanced when writing. Nice sized nib, not too fine or broad,& looks much more impressive than biro script.Great price for a Parker pen, this one was on special offer. Nice bright colours to choose from. Arrived quickly.

For the price this is a decent pen. A little light to be ideal but its flow is good as is the nib, all of which makes for a fine, mobile pen for general purposes.

What can I say about this Parker?For starters, it writes brilliantly (medium nib).Secondly, it's quite a robust little thing, unless you step on it.Above all: it's a proper fountain pen, that does the job as well as anything above £500.You DO NOT have to spend silly money on a good fountain pen. That is total and utter poppycock.All these articles about "What is a good beginner fountain pen?"... total rubbish... there is no such thing as a beginner fountain pen.(Calligraphy pens are a different matter. But they're for art... not everyday writing.)Don't get me wrong, there are good and bad pens. But the Parker is GOOD.I have written thousands of pages with one of these pens and it has NEVER let me down.I have also written with expensive pens (can't reveal which, as this review is not about them) and they were absolutely no better.Some advice: if you don't want to spend the extortionate prices Parker charge for refills, do what I've been doing for about 20 years - refill your used cartridge from an ink bottle with a medical syringe. Easy and cheap.

Perfect, I’ve bought a couple now. As a left-hander, it’s always difficult to find a good fountain pen but this one is perfect. Lovely and smooth, and good value for money.

Really nice fountain pen with blue ink. Feels like a good weight and comfortable to write with and writes really nice. Reasonable price.

The pen is excellent

These Parker Vector pens are available in a good number of high street shops and stationary suppliers. They're essentially an entry range model, the cheapest fountain pen I believe offered by Parker sharing similar market space with Parker's own Jotter, Sheaffer VFM and Lamy Safari among others.At this sort of price range, one cannot expect luxuries. The barrel and body of the pen is constructed of a fairly cheap feeling glossy plastic with a thin metal tail for posting the cap upon. The barrel is large enough to accept large Parker compatible cartridges; I would suggest a converter may be a struggle. The pen is small, even when posted, and remarkably thin. I found the finger grip section a little small and it's all too easy for the sharp surface of the plastic body to dig into your fingers.Parker clearly spent almost all the RnD money on the nib. Though it's a steel construction, it writes surprisingly smoothly with no scratching on paper both cheap and expensive. I would argue the medium nib is a touch on the thicker side compared to my other pens but only by a hairs breadth. Ink flow with Quink cartridges is reasonable, only high speed frenetic writing causes any interruptions in the flow.As a relatively disposable item, it's decent value for money and certainly writes better than any number of biros or rollerballs available at this sort of price range. However it feels cheap and extremely light. One could argue slightly more money spent on a low end Lamy or Cross up to the £30 mark would get an infinitely better fountain pen justifying the expense over normal biros.