The Pro models look stunning. These are one of my favorite pencil designs visually. I love your photography work too
Mind if I ask how much did you pay for them? I’m curious to find out what “lot cheaper than retail” stand for as these are pretty pricey on Mercari right now: roughly 5800-7500 JPY each
And what has been your experience like using them? I also checked out a bunch of reviews (lol) and many of them kept saying the barrel rattles which you can feel in the hand, which they find unpleasant. But some say it’s not the case at all, so idk what to believe. Do your copies have this issue? Perhaps anything else you noticed?
I’ve forgotten the exact prices in Japanese yen, but converted to TWD, I paid around $100 USD for all three pencils. Two of them were purchased in the same order, which made the deal even better. With the yen being even more favorable these days, I recently went down the rabbit hole again. The prices were simply too tempting.
Since product photography for MPs involves shooting from such a short distance, I’m honestly still figuring things out myself. Especially because my setup doesn’t have any natural light, I have to rely heavily on artificial lighting.
I still have a long way to go before I can properly catch up with drifand. Thanks for being so kind about my photos.
I’ve had a chance to handle a collector friend’s limited edition AIMVISION Pro, and honestly, it felt no different from the regular Pro version in actual use.
For me, the mission of collecting this particular industrial design and mechanism has already been accomplished. At the current market price, it would only cost a little more to get another Faber Castell alpha matic Executive, and I was lucky enough to win a second one.
That made me much happier.
I don’t think the AIMVISION Pro will develop much of a premium in collector value down the road. The reputation is simply too divided, and the current market price is already getting pretty unreasonable.
That said, I genuinely love the mechanical feel and operation of it. That part is hard to deny.
Fortunately, none of the pencils I have have that rattling feeling when writing. There is some play between the barrel and the inside lead container inside, though.
They’re really beautiful pencils, but I personally prefer lighter pencils like the PG5, so I’m not sure how often I’ll actually use them
If you end up not using them, feel free to send them my way!
In my experience all pencils have some play/gap between the lead container and the outer barrel. They may emit a slightly noise in use but imho it’s so minimal it’s not really worth talking about. That’s why I found the reviews interesting who say this is an issue, I started to wonder if it’s a lot worse on these models for some reason
Early Pentel executive types (S55, ML5, etc.) had 3 pads attached to the inside of the outer barrel to stop this rattling. Here is a photo of the inside of my EDC Scepter P3005.
Amazing. I’ve never noticed the stabilizer inside before.
I was doing a simple disassembly of a Pentel that is sitting on my desk, and I discovered that it has the same rubber ring inside. It forms a complete ring around the lead guide tube.
There is also a metal ring underneath that protrudes slightly farther than the rubber ring, but once everything is assembled, this position sits exactly at the boundary between the grip section and the barrel.
I couldn’t stop thinking about these, and eventually I realised I couldn’t resist the urge. So I bought all 3 colors XD I got them all from Mercari sellers who claimed they haven’t used them much or at all. That seems real as they’re all in great condition, the erasers are unused too. They were quite a bit cheaper than the full retail price. Sadly there are a few minor spots around the ring on the Titanium Gold model but it’s difficult to see, so I can accept that
I absolutely fell in love with these models when I first saw them in a random YouTube video lol. Purely visually speaking they’re stunning, the most beautiful pencils I’ve ever seen. Both the shapes and colors are awesome. And I think they chose their colors names very carefully to make them seem better. Hearing “Meteor Black”, or “Titanium Gold” does sound really good, it makes me feel better a little bit each time. Or I was just successfully manipulated by marketing lmao
I haven’t used them much just yet but so far I like them a lot. The grip seems good, the total weight doesn’t seem that heavy surprisingly, they have no rattling that I can notice, and the knock sounds satisfying. I can’t wait to finally get to them and use them more often
I like the balance and weight. I tend to lean towards heavier, pencils though. I like the grip a lot. The hardness indicator is fun to fiddle with in boring meetings
I have the Aimvision and the heavier Pro model, which is my favorite of the two.
You possibly can’t beat the Pentel QX, the TK-Matics, the Alpha-Matics, the Accus, the PMG 03, the Pilot H-100x and above because they were made by pencil gods.
But you can beat all the other ones. IMO, The Kayou+ Pro comes very close to “knocking” (hey, what the devil) everything out of the park.
- maybe? But I’m at my worst mostly on remote meetings with my audio muted.