Hello, My name is Mr Roger Miles Smiths.
Being a left hander, I think you would be interested in this.
Just after the millennium is where story begins. The first left handed pen I brought was "Yoropen", "Yoropen" had a triangular grip, metal barrel but the bend in the pen was bit of "Z" shape, but the problem was it did not help me as I still required to bend my wrist to see what I was writing, or turn the piece of paper at a 45 decrees. The reason behind this might be because the pen was designed for the Korean people which writes upright, instead of the left handers write more more relax. The price of the "Yoropen" was £20 +(if the memory is right), I felt that they are tying to benefit as I am a left hander.
The second left handed pen I purchased was "Schwan Stabilo", "Stabilo" pen is a bit chunky, the colour scheme is on the bright side of life, which is alright for children but me in my late 30s, it is a bit creepy, so the older generation will stay clear of it. In my experience of the "Stabilo" pen is that my work colleague laughed at me trying to use the pen, which made me feel to try to use the pen in the dark corner of the office's, NOT SUITABLE for people which will know that the colleague will take the Micky of them. Also I found that I still needed to bend my wrist to allow me see what I was writing (same as "Yoropen") and the ink repeatedly smudge when I moved my hand over what I just wrote, I had a pack of wet wipes on the desk to wipe of the ink of my hands. The bend in the pen is like banana or maybe a boomerang, I wonder if I throw out the window if it will come back, I will try this on another day. The price of "Stabilo" pen was £6.99 but you do get some refills with it, but is the real reason behind that because the ink run out quickly or is it because some of the refills are better than others.
Now we have done the background and talked about my previous left handed pens I have had, now to the comparison of the "Maped Visio" and the "Swan Neck Pen".
Lets start with "Maped Visio" pen, I purchased this pen about a year ago at the education show for £3.99 (with no refills like stabilo) which "Maped" employee did do a good sale pitch. I felt that the plastic is cheap tacky looking obviously for the Chinese market. I have noted that pen has a loop at the end of the pen, I original through it was a clip (so I can clip the pen in to my shirt pocket) until it did not clip on to my pocket, until a Chinese friend told me that Chinese people like to tie little toys from the pen, maybe western children also tie toy to the pen, their may be a market for pens with a loop to tie toys too, but what is the point for adults in the western world having a loop at the end of pen (maybe to instead to loop it around their neck).
On about necks, The "Swan Neck Pen" is last left handed pen I have brought, the colours are not that bright like the "stabilo", I found that their is no stupid loops for no use in the western world, their is a clip on the "Swan Neck" pen to allow you to put in your pocket. The "Swan Neck" pen colours are metal, pink and yellow, I found the yellow is a unisex colour, so it can be used but children to the older generation. The "Swan Neck" pen do not look childish like the "Stabilo or Maped Visio". The "Swan Neck" pen is more mature and elegant which will suit the older generation but still suitable for children at the small time, but the pen may not be that appealing to children like the "Stabilo or Maped Visio", I would say that the "Yoropen" is aged at the older generations. I was surprised to find out the value of this pen, it costed me £2.99 for two Yellow "Swan Neck" pen, so that worked out at about £1.50 a pen, miles better value.
Comparing ink refills in the "Maped Visio" and the "Swan Neck" pen.
Full length of refill(cm) Length of Ink(cm) thickness of refill (mm)
The "Maped Visio" refill: 10.1 cm approximately 8.4 cm approximately 3 mm approximately
The "Swan Neck" refill : 12.8 cm approximately 11.4 cm approximately 3mm approximately
The "Maped Visio" refill is smaller than the "Swan Neck" refill by 3 cm approximately, imagine how many extra meters of writing you will get with the "Swan Neck" pen
Being a left hander, I think you would be interested in this.
Just after the millennium is where story begins. The first left handed pen I brought was "Yoropen", "Yoropen" had a triangular grip, metal barrel but the bend in the pen was bit of "Z" shape, but the problem was it did not help me as I still required to bend my wrist to see what I was writing, or turn the piece of paper at a 45 decrees. The reason behind this might be because the pen was designed for the Korean people which writes upright, instead of the left handers write more more relax. The price of the "Yoropen" was £20 +(if the memory is right), I felt that they are tying to benefit as I am a left hander.
The second left handed pen I purchased was "Schwan Stabilo", "Stabilo" pen is a bit chunky, the colour scheme is on the bright side of life, which is alright for children but me in my late 30s, it is a bit creepy, so the older generation will stay clear of it. In my experience of the "Stabilo" pen is that my work colleague laughed at me trying to use the pen, which made me feel to try to use the pen in the dark corner of the office's, NOT SUITABLE for people which will know that the colleague will take the Micky of them. Also I found that I still needed to bend my wrist to allow me see what I was writing (same as "Yoropen") and the ink repeatedly smudge when I moved my hand over what I just wrote, I had a pack of wet wipes on the desk to wipe of the ink of my hands. The bend in the pen is like banana or maybe a boomerang, I wonder if I throw out the window if it will come back, I will try this on another day. The price of "Stabilo" pen was £6.99 but you do get some refills with it, but is the real reason behind that because the ink run out quickly or is it because some of the refills are better than others.
Now we have done the background and talked about my previous left handed pens I have had, now to the comparison of the "Maped Visio" and the "Swan Neck Pen".
Lets start with "Maped Visio" pen, I purchased this pen about a year ago at the education show for £3.99 (with no refills like stabilo) which "Maped" employee did do a good sale pitch. I felt that the plastic is cheap tacky looking obviously for the Chinese market. I have noted that pen has a loop at the end of the pen, I original through it was a clip (so I can clip the pen in to my shirt pocket) until it did not clip on to my pocket, until a Chinese friend told me that Chinese people like to tie little toys from the pen, maybe western children also tie toy to the pen, their may be a market for pens with a loop to tie toys too, but what is the point for adults in the western world having a loop at the end of pen (maybe to instead to loop it around their neck).
On about necks, The "Swan Neck Pen" is last left handed pen I have brought, the colours are not that bright like the "stabilo", I found that their is no stupid loops for no use in the western world, their is a clip on the "Swan Neck" pen to allow you to put in your pocket. The "Swan Neck" pen colours are metal, pink and yellow, I found the yellow is a unisex colour, so it can be used but children to the older generation. The "Swan Neck" pen do not look childish like the "Stabilo or Maped Visio". The "Swan Neck" pen is more mature and elegant which will suit the older generation but still suitable for children at the small time, but the pen may not be that appealing to children like the "Stabilo or Maped Visio", I would say that the "Yoropen" is aged at the older generations. I was surprised to find out the value of this pen, it costed me £2.99 for two Yellow "Swan Neck" pen, so that worked out at about £1.50 a pen, miles better value.Comparing ink refills in the "Maped Visio" and the "Swan Neck" pen.
Full length of refill(cm) Length of Ink(cm) thickness of refill (mm)
The "Maped Visio" refill: 10.1 cm approximately 8.4 cm approximately 3 mm approximately
The "Swan Neck" refill : 12.8 cm approximately 11.4 cm approximately 3mm approximately
The "Maped Visio" refill is smaller than the "Swan Neck" refill by 3 cm approximately, imagine how many extra meters of writing you will get with the "Swan Neck" pen
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