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Most rollerball kits come with a Schmidt 888 refill. A pilot G2 refill can often be subbed in directly, or in some cases with a small amount of simple modification. Why you'd choose a G2 over an 888 or 5888, I don't know ;)

Monteverde and a few other brands also make Parker style refills that use gel ink similar to a G2. As far as I know, any kit that uses a Parker style ballpoint refill can have one of these dropped in as a direct replacement.

Worth mentioning is the Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 refills, which are I guess technically a ballpoint, but honestly I find them superior to gel. Also Parker style.
 
BHuij said:
Most rollerball kits come with a Schmidt 888 refill. A pilot G2 refill can often be subbed in directly, or in some cases with a small amount of simple modification. Why you'd choose a G2 over an 888 or 5888, I don't know ;)

Monteverde and a few other brands also make Parker style refills that use gel ink similar to a G2. As far as I know, any kit that uses a Parker style ballpoint refill can have one of these dropped in as a direct replacement.

Worth mentioning is the Schmidt Easy Flow 9000 refills, which are I guess technically a ballpoint, but honestly I find them superior to gel. Also Parker style.
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Nothing shabby about G2 Refills. Wide variety of tip sizes, colors, and available locally. As well they write pretty darn good.

Dave
 
I'm mostly joking. I do strongly prefer a 5888 to a G2, but I'm more than happy to let people write with whatever floats their boat :D
 
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Gels are usually associated with any pen that accept a Parker-style ballpoint refill. Montverde and Parker make good gel refills. The are more wet than your typical RB and do run-out more quickly, but I like them.
 
Daniel2025 said:
Nothing shabby about G2 Refills. Wide variety of tip sizes, colors, and available locally. As well they write pretty darn good.

Dave
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I am not sure that the G2s and 5888s are gels. Not sure if the OP want using gel and rollerball refill interchangably. Perhaps, I have been mis-identifying them? BTW, I was only buying 5888 for the longest time; I have exclusilvely used G2 for years now.
 
TonyL said:
I am not sure that the G2s and 5888s are gels. Not sure if the OP want using gel and rollerball refill interchangably. Perhaps, I have been mis-identifying them? BTW, I was only buying 5888 for the longest time; I have exclusilvely used G2 for years now.
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G2 is gel. 5888 is rollerball. I only brought up 5888 because in the past I have taken rollerball kits that come with an 888 and managed to swap in a G2 refill, sometimes directly and sometimes after modification.
 
BHuij said:
G2 is gel. 5888 is rollerball. I only brought up 5888 because in the past I have taken rollerball kits that come with an 888 and managed to swap in a G2 refill, sometimes directly and sometimes after modification.
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You are 100% correct; I just looked at the packaging. Thank you for clarifying!
 
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