The Ultimate Pen Showdown - Ballpoint Hybrids

  Introduction The Ilmily Nuance is a recent gel pen from Pilot with a permanent (waterproof) gel ink. I was initially skeptical of this release, because I've found that most permanent gel inks tend to skip or fail in some way, and I've had many outright failures with other Pilot gel inks (my Juice-Ups just outright broke or stopped working), and I haven't been a fan of the Acro hybrid ballpoint refills either. This one however, deserves a standalone review. Do not confuse this with the older Ilmily pens, which were basically the same as the Acro series ballpoints. The Ilmily Nuance comes in 7 colours, which are all slightly off-black (black-blue, black brown, etc.) or true black. Writing Results Another reviewer compared this refill to the Pilot Juice because the refill is the same size and looks similar, however I don't think this is the case. This refill has performed differently for me than other Pilot gel pens, so I suspect the formula is different. I've found