Product Review: A & W Nite Companion Pen
05/02/2010
Just in time for Grads and Dads, CVS presents the A & W Nite Companion Pen. If you like a solution in search of a problem, this pen’s for you, baby. Given to me by my fave grad/dad – babbycakes – I squealed with delight upon seeing the delicious looking chunky barreled pen encased in shoddy blister packaging.
As you can see the actual aesthetics of the pen are actually quite nice; the ink’s not bad either. It appears to be some of that new jack ballpoint ink. Despite earning high marks from law enforcement and midnight scribblers alike, I found myself underwhelmed by its lightness of being. I could barely see what I was writing and my handwriting looked not unlike seismic activity graphs as reported by Cal Tech.
Bottom Line
- Great looking.
- Great writing.
- Great for writing midnight speeding tickets.
- Not so great for writing midnight manifestos.
- under ten bucks.
- comes with three batteries and extra ink cartridge
- Lanyard for those who like that sort of auto semi-erotic choking hazard.
9 Comments
leave one →
Welcome back, Angelina/Snarky’s Machine.
“Lanyard for those who like that sort of auto semi-erotic choking hazard.”
I guess I didn’t need all of my mid morning coffee.
Hilarious. I won’t lie. I kind of want a pen like that. If it actually had a working light.
Yay! You’re back. The choking hazard line made me spit Dr. Pepper on my screen. Oh, I missed you.
I’m pretty amazed that a novelty pen turned out to actually be a decent writing instrument.
Oh holy hell, this may be just the thing, low light and all. My partner is the newly hired local/indie film reviewer for our local paper, and he might love to have a low-light pen to use at the movies. And with this gift, I get bonus points for the High Fidelity reference.
I have this pen and I love it. I don’t know how people can use it in poor lighting conditions. I haven’t found it to prove enough light. It’s like trying to write a school paper by car dome light.