With one exception, these are all very fine pointed gel pens -- so if that's not your thing or you are expecting more 'grocery store' type medium point pens, heads up. Otherwise an excellent selection, but more variety in line weight definitely would have been a plus. They should rename this Fine Black Gel Pen Sampler imho.

I received my set a few days ago, and I've been using all of them, changing pens each time I have to write. Overall, these are all great pens (admittedly most are great, some just good) and I find myself writing neater simply because of their fine lines!

In regards to specific pens, I find the Uniball Signo RT1 0.28mm to write smoother than the Zebra Sarasa 0.3mm, and the two Pilot FriXion pens (0.4mm and 0.5mm) have ink that is grey, rather than black.

If I had to pick favourites, both Pilot Hi-Tec-C (Maica 0.4mm and Grip 0.4mm) would be at the top; the two FriXion at the bottom (due to the ink.) As for the remaining pens... it's too tough to call!

for the most part, these were all decent gel pens~ however, i felt that a few of them fell short in terms of standard & quality. the 0.28 uniball signo was just too thin & skipped far more than it should have; the frixon erasable pens were very light, and frankly it really turned me off of them. i sincerely enjoyed the pentel energel 0.5, the uniball signo 0.38 and the pilot juice 0.38- which now have a permanent place in my collection. if anything, i'd honestly just get those three and forgo the rest of the pens.

I love these pens -- the variety! I haven't used all of them yet, but the selection works beautifully for people for whom pens and paper are a huge deal (wouldn't that be ALL jet pen customers?). Each nib writes beautifully on Campus, Leuchtturm1917 and Maruman notebook paper. All are a pleasure. Kudos on the selection.

Great pens.