I don't think you will lget a better pen for $11.00 (or maybe significantly more) Really, this pen looks nice and writes very nicely. Mine is translucent dark blue, and looks black at first. It's pretty attractive. I have had mine for several months and have refilled it many, many times (I write a lot). It is starting to look like my everyday pen. I notice it now has some bite marks! It feels good in my hand as well. I couldn't ask for more.

this is my first fountain pen so take me with a grain of salt! but i'm having a lot of issues with hard starts with this pen, even after cleaning it. otherwise, i love the look & how it writes, and it's a great price point.

Great entry level knock around pen! Fine point is smooth and precise. The colors of this model are beautifully rich and jewel like. I love that it has the slip and seal to prevent nib dry out even with sheening inks.

I like this model better than the Plasir. I just wish it included a converter instead of having to spend almost the cost of the pen to get one.

Fantastic working pen smooth and reliable.

Really comfortable fountain pen.

Perfect starter pen

It's been a great fountain pen, especially since I also ordered a converter so I could use the ink I already had.

This is a great pen, especially for one at this price point. I was looking for an inexpensive green pen with a medium nib to try out some new green inks, and this one fit the bill perfectly. I currently have in inked up with Noodler's Hunter and I love it. Its a smooth writer with a little bit of feedback as the nib graces the page.

New to fountain pens I was intrigued by the Platinum pens. I am not disappointed with this purchase. I also purchased an O rings and silicon paste along with the pen, expecting to use it without a cartridge. It is a bit thin, but it does not require a tighter grip to hold. A comfortable pen to use.

This is my second Prefounte; they are a nice fit between a Preppy and Plaisir. I'm currently using them as eyedropper pens filled with shimmering ink. After the holidays I'll keep them in my vehicles for everyday use. They don't dry out and there are no hard starts.

The overall feeling is similar, but slightly better than the Preppy. I like that it has a metal clip instead of a plastic one. It is currently my everyday pen to jot notes in a pocket notebook of things I want to remember when writing my journal entries.

I accidentally abandoned this lovely affordable writing instrument in a moving box for at least two years, just found it and I had to write a very positive review after the ink flowed as if I had never put it down. What's not to love about that kind of quotidien flexibilty? And to be honest, such a wonderfully high level forgiveness.

well i thought it wouldn't a good as it was for such a inexpensive pen boy was i surprised i used my own ink cartridge no hard start smooth i wanted to get a medium but got a fine by mistake will just have to buy another one very happy with it.

For the price, this is an excellent pen. The writing is smooth, pen feels nice in your hand and it caps securely. The color of the body is especially beautiful, a dark emerald green. For anyone just getting into fountain pens, this is a great choice. I highly recommend it.

I had difficulty with the ink converter. It didn't seem to want to take up the ink (took several tries), and then it would occasionally leak. Other than that, it is a lovely pen, excellent nib that just floats across the paper!

I was surprised by this pen. It is a very nice write. I ordered the convertor since it takes proprietary cartridges. I also ordered O rings and grease to convert to a dropper. I like the color as well.

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I've enjoyed my Prefounte for the month that I've had it. The Medium nib is smooth, I've had no issues with flow or burping while using a converter. The Slip and seal cap works great. I don't like eyedropper modding Platinum Preppys or Prefountes. I get a good bit of burping with the temperature changes. Converters work great though.

I bought this pen as a little experiment on Platinum, as I hadn't bought from them before. For the price, I wasn't expecting this pen to write the way it does! I have De Atramentis' Document Ink Cyan in this thing, and it writes buttery smooth! I'm actually putting my Kaweco away for the first time in months to write use this pen instead for a while! the color is slightly more green in person, but very pretty! I like that you can see the feed through the handle! Especially with the ink I have in it, it looks really cool! I cannot vouch for Platinum's Slip-N-Seal cap, as I've only had it for a week and use it every day. Great pen for the price!

This pen looks far more expensive than it actually is, and I'm very impressed with it. It's beautiful, and feels good in my hand.

The emerald green color is definitely reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz with a great translucency depth of green. The feel of the pen is very smooth and a great starter pen for the price. The fine nib is buttery smooth. The cap sealing is great and has yet to fail to start. It makes me wish I had picked one up earlier.

Inexpensive, a great, smooth write. This is my second one with this point (fine) as I'm not as fond of the medium point one that I also bought. Great service from Goulet as usual too!

I am a brand new fountain pen user... This was one of my first purchases and I love everything about the pen! I like that it's light weight and looks very nice even though it's just plastic. The fine nib I got writes like a dream, making it feel like a much more expensive pen! It's super easy to take apart to clean and I'm enjoying trying out new inks in it.

For this price, it's an amazing pen: sleek look, vibrant color, reliable writer. Platinum knows how to maximize the writing experience. My Prefounte writes better than some pens costing ten times as much!

This is a great pen (both .3 & .5). Required no fussing out of the box, and writes immediately, even after sitting for days on end (using the included cartridge ink, and Lamy Ruby in a converter). Understated, simple, yet classic design. Light. Posts securely. It easily raises the bar for what to expect for out of the box from assembly-line manufacture. Line variation? No, but that's expected. Possibly eyedropper-able.

I love my pen! I am left handed and it is smooth for me. I do not write overhanded tho.

Terrific. My wife took my first Platinum prefounte, so I bought this to replace that one. The pens are fantastic!

A little light as far a weight goes, yet feels very comfortable in the hand.

For $10 it's a nice pen. The weight is nice and I like the ink they included- the problem is the nib. I'm having a ton of flow issues, despite storing the pen correctly. I'm especially frustrated by this because the pen cap is supposed to have some special sealing mechanism that prevents drying out. When it works, it writes like a dream. I just wish I didn't have to spend 3-5 minutes shaking and scratching out ink before it'll work.

I love the Preppys in Fine and wanted to try the Medium nib in a sturdier body. The Prefounte I got had horrible flow issues out of the box. It stopped writing and had hard starts. I noticed the tip of the nib seems to be turned up and not touching the feed at the tip. Maybe this is why. This is going to end up tossed in a drawer. I should have just got another Preppy. The emerald green barrel looks really nice though.