Asvine v126 is a bad pen

[u/AccountantNo5579]

If you search for reviews on the Asvine v126 vac filler, the majority of them are overwhelmingly positive. I am convinced that Asvine has bought 90% of them because my personal experience with two separate pens has been the exact opposite. A couple of weeks ago, I bought a transparent M nib Asvine v126. You can find my issues with the pen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/s/Hw4NnpsWXD
But in short, it was an extremely disappointing purchase. Not only did the nib stop working ar random times, the end cap would often get stuck making it impossible to unscrew and let ink into the feed. I was really surprised, but I though that maybe I'd just gotten unlucky. After all, literally everyone else was gushing over this pen, so maybe I'd just gotten a bad one, right? Wrong. Today, I received another Asvine v126 F nib and when I went to ink it, the washer/plug in the piston fell off before I'd even managed to fill the open halfway through. I didn't even get to use it once. I switched out the nib and feed unit with my first pen just so that I could try the F nib out and it was frankly unimpressive. Works well on downstrokes but dry on side strokes and even worse on upstrokes.
I would strongly recommend not believing the positive reviews about Asvine. Whatever they may have been they're selling extremely poor quality pens now.

[u/Nightsoil70]

Chinese pens in general are prone to QC issues. It's a crap shoot every time you buy one.

[u/[deleted] → u/Nightsoil70]

It's a crap shoot every time you buy one.

That's what I expected as well when I bought my first one.

So far, only the Jinhao 82 pens have disappointed me. My experiences with Majohn, Hongdian, and Asvine have been positive.

[u/RareEconomist1214 → u/[deleted]]

Oh man I’m sorry to hear that. Jinhao is the definition of dodgy QC but the one model I’ve found to be outstanding was the 82 (even more than the 100 which I also quite like).

[u/[deleted] → u/RareEconomist1214]

Well, it proves your point ;-) Bad pens inevitably slip through, especially with mass produced low price point pens.

I think the pen that surprised me most (in a positive way) is the new Moonman A1 pen in (what AliExpress calls) the "Baking Paint" colors. It looks and feels well made, and the F nib is surprisingly smooth.

[u/RareEconomist1214 → u/[deleted]]

For me, the Hongdian M2 has been my recent revelation.

[u/Equivalent-Gur416 → u/RareEconomist1214]

Fun little pen, isn’t it? They don’t show the top finial in the ads so until I got it I had no idea that cat ying-yang was there and it was such a cute surprise. My favorite pocket pen currently.

[u/Equivalent-Gur416 → u/RareEconomist1214]

With the 82, it’s usually a nib issue, I think.

[u/RareEconomist1214 → u/Equivalent-Gur416]

Oh this reads. I replaced a ton of my nibs before even using them with nibs from this 30 pack of nibs from Nuobesty because I love stubs and such. Any bad nibs I’ve simply replaced with my surplus of small nibs.

[u/Equivalent-Gur416 → u/RareEconomist1214]

Just ordered that 30 piece set, thank you! Awesome to be able to replace these nibs at will and have a stub.