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I love the body of the Pilot Precise V5 RT (retractable rollerball) pens.
My question: has anyone found another manufacturer's refill cartridges that fit in that pen, or if anyone's had luck refilling an existing cartridge with different ink (fountain pen ink, etc.)?

Edit 1: Apologies if I was unclear. I love the body of the pen but I'd like different ink colors (and possibly different ink consistencies) outside of what Pilot offers. My question: Are their any other manufacturer's refills that fit the Pilot Precise V5 RT body?

Gunslinger711
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  • Hi Gunslinger711, we can't give manufacturer recommendations, so only your second question might be answered. – Joachim Jul 20 '19 at 14:31
  • For me the essence of the first question is more of a "do any other pens refills fit in this pen body?" – Gunslinger711 Jul 20 '19 at 15:06
  • Thanks for the clarification. I updated the answer. Pilot offers nine ink colors and two point sizes for that pen. The different point sizes will have slightly different feels. If you want to stick with a rollerball, any manufacturer's refill will have ink with a consistency that isn't too different, due to the mechanics of how a rollerball works. However, if someone makes a different tip, particularly a much broader one, the writing feel is likely to be different. To get a different ink consistency or a radically different writing feel, you will need a different type of refill. (cont'd) – fixer1234 Jul 29 '19 at 23:17
  • Some (much more expensive), refillable pens do offer different types of refills for the same pen. Their refills will sometimes fit other pens. The problem is that their refills tend to be much more expensive than the entire other-brand pen. If your objective is to get another type of refill into the V5 pen body, you can expand the possibilities by not worrying about an exact physical match, but modifying the refill to fit. As long as the refill will physically fit in the pen (or can be cut down to fit), you can make "adapters" so they work properly with the pen. – fixer1234 Jul 29 '19 at 23:17
  • @fixer1234 This is exactly what I was looking for, do you have any references/web links of people attempting to modify a refill to fit a pilot pen? Or a link to someone who's made an adapter? (maybe 3D printed?) – Gunslinger711 Jul 31 '19 at 12:45
  • That would be unique for each combination of refill and pen body. 2. It would take an investment of thought, time, and effort. It would be a labor of love to make that investment for a $1 refill and $2 pen (or an engineer who just had to do it as a challenge because it's possible). There are probably people who have gone that far (I'm an engineer and it's the kind of thing I might do), but I haven't seen anyone post an example. :-)
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