Love look and cost and versatility

A wonderful pen that's affordable and writes smoothly! Well worth the price!

This is an update to an earlier post. My first one cracked and GPC was great. Responded quickly and replaced. I use GPC for all my pen, paper and ink purchases when possible.
This Preppy is a great starter pen and the violet color is very pretty.

This pen is not expensive and writes very well.

Love the pen simple to use and writes great

Perfect fun pen

Dependable starter fountain pen if you don't want to spend the money. Easy to use and maintain. I plan to convert it to an eyedropper pen. I bought the violet pen specifically to use as an everyday use everywhere pen. I carry it around in my bookbag in a small pen case with a Platinum Prefounte, and a mechanical pencil. No leaks so far.

I got this pen specifically to use with Baystate Concord Grape, eyedropper converted. With a little silicone grease on the threads and an O-ring, it's performing the job perfectly. The writing experience is smooth as expected. I would consider the Preppy in general one of the best pens for people who are looking at fountain pens for their economical aspect - a Preppy, a bottle of ink, some silicone grease, and an O-ring make for a low cost, long use pen. Of course, if one can manage to stick with one pen and ink. I do stick it into a Rickshaw pen sleeve (also available here), since it is eyedropper filled and only plastic - I would have to see it break and spill all that ink.

Love Preppys. Great writing yet inexpensive pen. Good proprietary ink colors and the converter opens the world. Lots of options (fountain pen, marker, highlighter). Nice colors.

For real, this is a GREAT pen, so much so, it kinda puts my other pens to shame. Its light, its fun, and its the perfect length. (I don't post my pens) Since it becomes an eye dropper so easily, I'm now bummed I own so many pens that have cartridges and converters only.

If there is one complaint about Preppy, that is it's made of very poor quality plastic. You drop it, you break it. You can break the cap by the slightest impact. That given, Preppy is a fantastic pen to use. The Fine nib never bleeds, it writes smoothly, ink flow is perfect. No leaking. You can keep it idle for months, and when you use it again, it flows like you filled ink just now. I convert my Preppies into eyedropper pens, and that's a real reservoir of ink! You can't beat a Preppy for the price. No Freaking Way! If you want a better Preppy, go for Prefounte. The additional price ($3-5) is worth it for a Prefounte.

I bought the pen to experiment with eyedropper filled pens. I always avoided the Preppy as I thought it was going to be a bad experience. How wrong I was. The Conversion was easy, and works great. The nib is a tiny bit scratchy, but it writes like a dream. The ink flow is just perfect, not too wet, nor too dry. I love the feed on this pen. It's very light weight and the body holds a HUGE amount of ink. I am using J Herbin's Poussiere De Lune ink. This pen has become my everyday carry. The conversion tutorial was great, so glad that I decided to experiment.

Excellent....much more value than expected. Great service!!!

I'm still relatively new to the fountain pen world and am trying out a few before diving completely in. I was happy with the smoothness and flow of this one. The cartridge was easy to install and the color is lovely. I plan to modify this pen with the o-ring soon and look forward to tinkering a bit.

I've always wanted to write with a fountain pen, and finally the day it arrived, I DID! It's a nice pen to begin with. It makes me want to write nicer. I otherwise just scribble. This pen is so affordable you can just buy another one when the ink runs out. Now, I need to order another pen that matches the refills I mistakenly ordered...my bad! But I am on my way to becoming a fountain pen collector/lover!

Great! I really like the way it works as it should, and used a syringe to refill the cartridge, as it's a great method. I don't know if I trust eye dropper yet.

I LOVE this pen! The cartridge was easy to install. It writes starts very reliably and writes very smoothly. It is now my EDC.

I added this Preppy to my flock because I did not have a purple that wasn't jacked up as a marker. The Preppy writes well, doesn't dry out and is fun. I prefer an M nib, but I have a few of those, too, and I like the color (even the cartridge).

I purchased one for myself, and ended up ordering a few more because I liked them so much. Surprisingly good writing experience, even comparing with my other far more expensive pens. This pen also got my wife started on fountain pens for the first time! I ordered the fine expecting a Japanese fine like you might find on pilot pens, but it was more like a western fine. I have also converted one to an eyedropper, which is working out great.

I use this pen every day for journallying and at work.

The preppy is a great pen for the price. Very smooth writing and fine line. I hope they offer the medium in the preppy. This pen can be made into eye dropper which I may try.

First let me tell you I have about 60 fountain pens and at least 25 bottles of inks...and I use them!One day a few years ago, I bought a Preppy upon seeing so many good reviews about it, and it stays in my purse always. The BLACK is a very good black but the PURPLE is probably my most favorite since it's a decent shade and I find myself using it more often. I have both the FINE .03 and Extra-Fine .02. The EF is too fine for me because it is hairline fine. The GREEN is too pale and so is the RED, as red inks go. I have refilled an empty Preppy with the empty cartridge that I used a Goblet syringe and put a unique into it.Yes, that's how much I like the easy convenience of the Preppy!

I ordered this after trying out a friend's more expensive pen, to see if I wanted to switch to fountain pens full-time. Because I wanted something I could carry around in my bag, I chose not to get an eyedropper conversion, which I regret. I love the nib, but the plastic body seems too flimsy to spend another $7.50 on. But it did answer my question of whether I liked fountain pens quite inexpensively!Would I recommend this product to a friend? Yes, if you order it as an eyedropper conversion to use at home. Otherwise, choose another entry level pen.

I'm always a little concerned about buying fountain pens because I'm left handed. This pen, however, is amazing. It is surprisingly smooth. Other pens scratch for me but this one glides nicely. I'm very pleased with this pen. Thank you.

I used and broke the cap on my daughter's last Platinum Preppy and so had to replace it. She loved it. Perfect pen for my 8 year old who likes to write but also tends to loose things :)

The pretty purple Preppy was an impulse buy during InksamplePalooza, with my every-day pens being Metropolitans and a Safari. For the price, it's a great little pen. I had problems with it not wanting to start writing on higher-quality papers, so I attacked it with some micromesh and now it writes pretty well. I didn't quite realize that this was a demonstrator, so now I get to giddily enjoy watching the ink move back and forth... back and forth... it's kind of mesmerizing...

I have a number of these pens which I use for sketching. I am amazed by them. I would not hesitate in getting one. I do not use a converter with the pen. I wash out the cartridge when it is empty and fill with fresh ink using a syringe.

I was unsure what size nib would be good for me, but it turns out this is a perfect size. I wasn't sure I'd like the look of the nib, but I really do. It has quickly become my favourite pen. Unfortunately, I don't know if I'm going to stick with it because it takes proprietary cartridges, and the ink colours aren't terribly exciting. But it's definitely a good pen to try out fountain pen writing.

I bought the Platinum Preppy Fine to use at work, where I frequently have to print small on very cheap copy paper. I got the eyedropper conversion so I wouldn't have to worry about running out of ink. I am quite pleased. It works as expected. The only thing I dislike is the slight scratchiness of the nib, but for the price I have no complaints.

This is not the best fountain pen you'll ever use. Not even close. But is a cheap way to test if you like the idea of them. Plus this is capable of being converter into an eyedropper, which is another reason I picked it up as it will be a cheap way to experiment and see if that is a system I like.