DIY Planner - Substitute for Levenger "Walletini" (mini pen)? - Comments

I buy these at an art supply

Anonymous — Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:10:00 -0500

I buy these at an art supply store. I'm not sure if all art stores carry them, but they are a good source for excellent, and unusual, pens and pencils.

Pilot i-Tec-C Couleur Mini Gel Ink Pen @ jetpens.com

spiffyDIYgal — Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:49:16 -0500

I love the Pilot i-Tec-C Couleur Mini Gel Ink Pen. It's slim and is about 4.75" long. The barrel comes in a variety of colors and the ink refills are available in black, red and blue.

I picked mine up at a Japanese stationary store (either Maido or Kinokuniya in California) and have seen it at art supply stores.

http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/product/view?products_id=36...

Old mini pens from Levenger

MarySP — Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:44:19 -0500

I also have a mini pen that came from an older Levenger product. Do you know how to find refills that will fit???

Try the Marvy Uchide St.

Anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:39:39 -0400

Try the Marvy Uchide St. Tropez Petite. It comes in many colors and is available on-line through a few sources for about $5.00. About 4" and very slim, with a stylus for a PDA on the other end.

Walletini-Like Pens

PlanFan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:12:33 -0400

Franklin Covey is selling pens that match its FlipNote pads that are $3 apiece and they are about the same size as Levenger's Walletini pen.

very thin pen

Anonymous — Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:57:22 -0400

Day-timer.com sells a Zebra mini pen that fits into the fold of a man's wallet. It is very thin & only about 4" long.

EDC

mivok — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:21:00 -0400

I only happened upon it when looking for a bag to carry all my stuff in. Now I have lots more things I want to buy... and not all from levenger for once. I have no self control :(

Thanks for the link to the

Rollafool — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:14:34 -0400

Thanks for the link to the comparison chart, mivok! Looks like a useful place to go. I recently stumbled on the concept of EDC (Every Day Carry, for the uninitiated). There seems to be a lot of overlap with the DIYPlanner universe.

To make my Zebra Compact even more useful, I attached a small quick-release clip (not sure what they're called -- looks like a bigger version of those tiny necklace clasps) so that I can quickly and easily detach the metal barrel from the keyring when I need a full-length pen, like for extended writing sessions.

The only drawback is that the Compact's hole is v-e-r-y tiny, and you can't run a standard keyring through it. Nylon thread or a thin wire ring would work.

Pen refill compatibility

mivok — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:09:00 -0400

Here's a Pen refill compatibility thread on edcforums.com. It mentions putting a fisher space pen refill in the F-301 compact. It's not a rollerball refill, but they may mention other that will work, or at least be able to answer your questions. The only thing I have to try is a G-2 mini, the refills of which don't fit. They're both too wide, and too short.

I love the F-301 Compact as a small pen. It's too large for my main wallet, but works perfectly for the FC task list wallet. Sure, a gel pen would be better, but I find when I'm out and about, I just want to have 'a pen'. I keep a gel pen (G2 usually) with any of my notebooks, so if I need to write anything significant, I usually have a gel pen anyway. I've had a couple of the F-301 Compacts for a while now, and have only just spotted the hole for a keyring. I was about to ask how on earth you attached one to your keys before spotting it. Now to see about attaching one to my keys....

Looking for mini rollerball too

Rollafool — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:46:40 -0400

Just found this thread. Everyone beat me to suggesting the Zebra F301 Compact. I carry one on my keychain. The steel barrel is rugged and the refills always start. I've had trouble with mini-pen refills -- they need a lot of priming to get going after sitting in my pocket for a couple days. (Or at least the ones I've had did.)

Like you, I would prefer to have a pocket-size rollerball or gel instead of a ballpoint. Does anyone know of a site that lists dimensions, etc. of various refills so that we could see which ones might fit into the Zebra or Pilot barrels?

... appears to be only

Chet — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:27:25 -0400

... appears to be only available in Europe and Asia, according to Google.

Yup, saw the ballpoint and mechanical pencil at my neighbourhood Popular Bookstore. Also saw the Zebra mini, as well as a capped mini Pilot with a hole on the cap, which means it can be attached to a notebook via a ring mechanism.

Didn't get any of the above as they are ballpoints (well, except for the pencil). I'm a rollerball user, and if any of the above can take a rollerball or gel refill, I will surely get it.

Tiny skinny Space Pen

Studio717 — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:53:07 -0400

I have two very thin small Space Pens (click to write) that are great to tuck into a notebook.

Edited: After writing this, I went and dug them out of my reading bag and discovered I'd remembered them wrong... They are NOT click to write, but pull off the cap to write. Sorry for that misinformation.

I do have a tiny click to write, but it's an older one from Levenger that they used to send out with a couple of their accessories. Not sure they ever sold it by itself.

Otto Tasche mini fountain pen

ygor — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:14:35 -0400

Here. I have one and it is great.
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Birdie...

ygor — Wed, 23 May 2007 08:12:11 -0400

... appears to be only available in Europe and Asia, according to Google.

A few on eBay
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Thanks to everyone for all of the suggestions.

CathMac — Wed, 23 May 2007 07:57:42 -0400

I'll have to check them out the next time I'm at Office Max or Staples.
~Cath

Substitute for Levenger "Walletini" (mini pen)?

CathMac — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:38:34 -0400

Is there an affordable, readily available substitute for Levenger's "Walletini" mini pen? At Office Max or Staples for instance? If so, how hard would it be to find refills and how much would those cost?

Just to be clear, for my intended purpose it isn't enough that it be short, it needs to be really thin.
Thanks,
~Cath

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