Sharpie S Gel pens!! Non smear no bleed will work on almost anything Or Write in the rain pens with write in the rain notepads Or Milwaukee INKZALL job site marker will literally write on bloody gloves

Pilot G2 or sharpie

i buy the cheap BIC pens bc i lose mine all the time. but a good durable one might be the sharpie brand, everybody loves those

People buy work pens? Mine come from the nurses desk when they're left all willy nilly without a home.

Whatever I end up stealing from the nurses station

Zebra 701

G2 pilot bold

Zebra.

Archival grade ink. Never smears.

I've used them in the Navy, and am still using them as a firefighter now.

If I’m buying it, whatever’s cheapest and won’t tear through a glove if I write on it, bonus points if it drys fast. I like the 1mm Papermate ball points. Or the Sharpie pens. Bic Glide are good too.

Tbh though whatever I can “lateral transfer” from a desk at base or the nurse’s station works just as well lol. You lose way to many to be dropping big bucks on nice ass pens lol

I just bought a box of skillcraft government pens. Very reliable. Also they're made by blind people so you can feel better about it

Cheapest ones available.

Bic Clic Stick. Like $5 for a 10 pack at Dollar General.

Don't have to worry about losing a cap, will write on damn near everything and never smear. I usually carry two, one on each side in my thigh pockets.

I have a Fischer space pen that I bought as a gift to myself. It's even engraved so that the person who steals it from me KNOWS who's it is.

Uniball Signo 207 307 hands down

I will tell you what I tell every single driver I’ve ever had. “If you don’t have a pen, then we don’t have a pen.” 😜

Whatever I get for free from hotels and buying insurance. As long as it’s a click I’m happy.

Zebra 701

Left handers vote for the Pilot G-2, 24/7/365…

Pilot g2 Limited

Sharpie S-gel metal barrel. Chef's kiss.

They do smear on "oily" or similar surfaces, such as gloves. I don't write on gloves, but if I have to write on something that I don't want to smear I just use a Zebra sharpie (also metal barrel).

All of these good suggestions and I'm over here with my $9.98 60-pack BIC from Amazon.

Fisher Space pens for me. Have been using the same 2 for nearing on 2 years now without issue. Will write in the wet, upside down, sideways, etc. Rite in the Rain sources their pens from Fisher as well.

Sharpie pen fine tip felt tip. They're black. I'm left-handed, so I know about smearage. They write on just about anything without bleeding.

I printed some Glock slide action pens that use a pilot G2 core. They big and hard for me to lose and I

My pen favs in order Bic Intensity clic gel pens 0.7 Pentel energelX 0.5 (X important) Uni jet stream standard ballpoint 0.5 in the white body

Edit: I'm a lefty and these do not smear on me

Staedtler Lumocolor fine (318) is my favorite glove pen - I went to a Block art supplies and glove-tested too many pens

https://www.staedtler.com/us/en/products/markers/universal-pens/lumocolor-permanent-pen-318-permanent-universal-pen-f-m318/

Parker Jotter or whatever I lift from the ED.

I’ve always used g2 in bold (1mm). The only way you’re going to get a pen that is more durable is to just buy something metal that can take the refill ink cartridge of your choice. I’ve been using a metal bolt action that’s brass and just put the g2 cartridge in. If you’re prone to leaving pens behind tho just buy use whatever is cheap.

Whatever is on sale at the drug store

I lose them constantly so I try not to get attached

S gel, rite in the rain, and g2 if I have nothing else

Pilot or Sharpie pens, but I also keep a mini sharpie with my Leatherman on my belt. Highly recommend. Better for writing on gloves and tape and such

Whatever the nurse left unattended on the counter

Are there no free Gift pens from Hospitals, Medical suppliers or other companys in your area? I have never written with a pen I bought myself. But it could also be a thing from Germany.

tactile turn bolt short brass

My favorites are OPPs.

Pilot g2

I second pilot G2's

I use BIC Glide Bold pens. About 50 cents each. They’re good and reliable and I find it writes better and smoother because it’s got a 1.6mm ball compared to the standard 0.7mm ball. The pocket clip is also great and retains it well.

I prefer them over more expensive pens like the Pilot G2 because it doesn’t smear. I’ve found I like ballpoint much more than gel because I’ve had a lot of issues with gel pens refusing to write.

I’ve had a lot of people tell me it’s a good pen or that it writes really well. It’s also at a price point where if someone asks to borrow a pen, I just hand it to them and tell them to keep it which makes people pretty happy. I lose pens all the time and IDGAF. I buy a new box every year or so.

Bic BU3's aren't too expensive but I like the little bit thicker, triangular grip on them. Unfortunately I do seem to break a lot of them bumping into things and wish I could get some nice metal pens that aren't too expensive.

the free pens you get from car dealerships and hotels and stuff. I've been rocking one from some company called Dirks or Dunst or smth for YEARS now, I finally retired it bc it had more than earned its keep and I had become too attached to it. That mfer and I have been through some stuff together.

I use uniball jetstreams. People keep fucking stealing them, so I always have several packs at home.

Uniball Jetstream!

Whichever one my partner has

I just use whatever I steal from the nurses or admin

Bags of cheapo ball point pens from Target, so I can throw them out when they get contaminated/give ‘em to my coworkers/lose them and it’s no big deal.

Tru Red, can get them in black or blue, it’s just a brand name. Has been writing fine in the cold in Canada 

My partners

The pens provided by my operation. They're free and easily replaced

whatever the hell i find in the front cab

I just use a click/push-button Sharpie extra-fine marker. They've never smeared for me, and they seem to write on anything

I buy Skilcraft aviator pens.

Classic zebra pen

Whatever I find laying around the station

I’m so curious about what you’re doing with this pen. I precept a lot of people. And I have proctored NREMT exams and seen the tape on thighs with OPQRST and SAMPLE written on them. Like what’s the pen for? What are you doing with it? How does it help the patient?

You are keeping your pens too long after a couple of shifts or a nasty patient straight to the trash. Bic click pens

Pilot G2 hasn’t failed me in my 6 years of service. That said the sharpie pens are fairly decent too. Any felt-tip marker will write on gloves too, sharpies are great for writing on skin as well.

Found a full box of dept pens in a old command trailer a few years ago. Still working my way through that lol

Pilot G2, comes in any color you want. I like hot pink

Zabra F-701. Not cute but I've had more of those run out of ink and get lost in an act of self defense than that pen give up on me.

I'll probably get roasted for this but when I worked ground I had a lamy 2000 and an olight glow pen. For flight I just carry the glow pen

Pilot G2 for pens. I carry two, one for me and one to lose or borrow.

I also carry a fine point sharpie. That's what I use to write on gloves or anything like mixed drug bags. Works well enough.

Ultra Fine Tip Sharpie Marker is perfect for writing on gloves

whatever people leave around and I pick up along the way

“Industrial” sharpies don’t smear.

Pilot G2 all day. I like the Sharpie S gel, but find that they frequently came apart in my pocket.

Pentel Mini R.S.V.P. Ballpoint Pen, Medium line. We got ours on Amazon, comes in a few colours and fits on a key ring so it lives with our badges. Ink works on everything and we haven't had any problems with them.

https://a.co/d/7FLSegt

Side note for my dry erase marker and sharpie I drilled a hole in the plastic on the cap between the functional part of the cap and the side peice of plastic that you can use to prevent it from falling all the way down your pocket and put them on the same key ring so there are less things to loose

I worked per diem for a transport company and they were big on advertising so they always had pens with the company name on them and encouraged us to give them out, as well as small note pads with their logo on it. The NH nurses loved us lol. Around this time of year we’d give out a desktop sized yearly calendar. I didn’t mind doing it bc it meant I never had to wait for the paperwork or be treated bad. Not that I would’ve took any BS lol but I digress. I never needed to buy a pen bc the pens they had worked great.

I do not "buy pens"

I am a professional. A practice placement educator. I take stationary from my students. If I'm alone on a car, I will call for backup - not to convey the patient, but to take stationary from their student. It's called education

Teal sharpie mostly

Twisbi Exo for paperwork

A pen from u brand, just a ball point. Nothing special honestly but I like how it feels in the hand and that it's metal. I've also had it for like...7 months now so I'm kinda attached to it honestly. Having it for 7 months is more or less why I like it. I've never had one this long, it's like a bond has grown between us. I dream about this pen on occasion, how we hold back the tides of angry nurses and patients alike by scribbling away notes on our Lil scratch pad, Igor. I love this pen, I'd FUCK this pen.

Fischer space bulletin pen. Raw brass for a little anti microbial action,they’re well sealed so won’t leak in the washer on the uniform and I have an ID badge holder that holds my pen and some extra info cards so it doesn’t get lost and won’t go through the wash anyway

If you're not using a Pilot G-2 (my preference is 0.7) you should probably evaluate your life.

I’ve used, at one point or another, all of the pens listed here. A lot of solid choices.

My favorite has become the Rite in the Rain pen. It’s similar to a Fisher Space Pen but the ink somehow just works better especially on gloves and ekg paper. And the pen itself is really durable and solid without looking tactical. Available in several different color options too!

I also got in the habit of always carrying a sharpie and a cheap “loaner” pen I could lend without worrying about my more expensive pen.

Whatever I can acquire from a conference. Back when JEMS was a big conference, I walked away one year with something on the order of 30 pens from ZOLL alone, and about 6 overall.

I just accept that I am going to lose pens, and carry at least 2 on my person, and a few more in the little bag I bring on the truck with me.

I'm not terribly particular about them, other than needing retractable as opposed to capped.

Pilot G2

Pilot G2 or bust. My favorite pen ever for anything

I usually have a funeral home pen. We're all dark on the inside

Zebra was my go to. Not sure how they are now

And im fussy about my writing utensils.

Whatever these are called

Sharpie S Gel pens.... but with the metal barrel. I'll never use one of the plastic ones again. In fact, I buy the four-packs of the plastic ones to use as refills (plus one as a throw down pen).

What ever I steal from nurses lol

For a long time it was a Fisher Space Pen, but lately I’ve been into the Rite in the Rain ones since they’re cheaper but seem to work as well. I have a couple of the click top ones, and also a few of the bullet style pocket ones, both made of metal and made of plastic. The plastic ones are probably the best bang for the buck. All of mine are hunter orange both for easy spotting if I drop them and because it’s easier to tell if someone grabs mine.

In my experience you tend to use whatever you steal from registration :(

Sharpie. Yup, just a regular sharpie

Do what I did, tactically acquire them from nurses stations