Well, I should know better after the back-to-back responses from @Sentinel-14 & @MatBlack, yet here’s one group’s ideas of the best writing instruments of 2021 to buy/use (just included archivedotorg’s cache of the article, in case ya didn’t have a subscription to nyt, since they only allow a few free articles).

Of course, ymmv, and ya may have different criteria about what makes a great pen… For instance, they don’t recommend the Pilot G2 ‘cuz of how the cartridge performs. They do say, in its own section, why you should trust their pov, though, so there’s that. I often like writing instruments which use the Parker-compatible International G2 ink refills for the variety, yet they don’t even have the Jotter as one of their best, as it’s merely a good one.

Whatcha think of their assessments?