I have your zebra F301 pens, all colors and I have also found that they after a bit, skip, but I also have placed a plain piece of paper (8x11) under my arm (from wrist to elbow) and only left the pen and my fingertips to write with and it stops skipping. I believe that it may have something to do with the human touch with the paper that makes your pens skip.

I love these pens for journaling and writing notes during talks. My only big complaint is that the ink is noticeably lighter than other black ballpoint pens I own. The Moleskine Pens are horrible in quality but the ink is much blacker than these Zebra ones. Hoping they'll come out with an improvement for the darkness of the ink (right now it's like a blue-ish grey) and release them as refills!

I started using the F-301 ballpoint in college years ago and never stopped. I'm left handed and this pen fits my hand better than any other pen. The ink is long lasting and very easy to read. I use this pen frequently to mark plastic freezer bags and the ink does not fade regardless of how long the bag is frozen. A quality product and worth the money!

I have and use all 3 colors. Excellent Pens. However, when I compare Them to the 2 Z-Mulsions (discontinued after a very short run) that I have, the Z-Mulsions win. Hands down. Still great writing pens, though. I really would like to see a SS and a Gold version offered.

Bought a 4pk on Saturday the 9th. Used the first pen on Monday morning, by Wednesday evening it was out of ink. Used for reports at work. Can write reports in back of a bouncing ambulance. Ink life not so much...

the only downside is that they have limited colors. honestly when are you guys going to give me this pen in more colors! the flight pen isn't even comparable to how well these write!

I like the way they feel and write, but that plastic part of the barrel is unreliable. I've had two of them break in the last couple weeks. One of them was almost out of ink, but the other was still mostly unused.

Great writing instrument when it works, for the last year it doesn't. Previous reviews indicate a skipping issue. And, it now continues to happen with new refills out of the package. I've been loyal customer for years, time to stop??

I am glad that after 2 years of sending emails about this, that Zebra finally made them. My wife found them before I did and she called me over to make sure I seen them and bought two packs.

I have had issues with the 301 pens. I use them for about 2 weeks and then they stop writing. I have sent 4 emails to there customer service, and never have gotten any response.