ROTA — Mechanism

I have been watching the Rota for a while, as I am interested in more unique mechanisms. None fully spoke to me until I saw e-blue with polished hardware, so I ordered it. I will say that it took me a bit to figure out the one thumb actuation, even put just a touch of lube to get it working smoothly after just cycling it a bit to wear things in, and now I do enjoy it. Parker length, I feel the mech is so tall that it is just too long with a G2 tip. I would like to see an evolution to just pressing down like a click pen, or purely rotational yet shorter like the V1. And it would also be good to have a fluted body or another nice machined body like some other fabricators are doing, but I am happy to use this one until those iterations show themselves. Thanks for an interesting pen.

Its as described. Its on par with all the high end makers and sure this pen is pricey but the quality and innovation is in there. I would say that the action isn't for everyone but for those who do, will love it.

Let me first say, I love the look, the design and feel of this pen, but I have to admit, for the cost, the "plunger" mechanism, while looking cool is kind of wonky. I would think all you need to do is push it in and it will rotate into place and when done, push it again and it should spin out, like an old fashioned BIC pen, but that is not what happens, you actually have to rotate the button to engage and disengage. I think it could be better. First Machinewise product that I was not over the top 5 stars about.

These pens are *very* finicky about their refill size, it turns out. The width of the tip for the G2 pen wouldn't take about half of the compatible refills I tried, and several of the ones that *did* fit had a lot of tip wiggle. Parker one is better, but still some tip wiggle after trying 4 different refill types. The rotating mechanism is pretty nifty in theory but it fails half the time (either overshoots or gets stuck) on the pair of rotas I have. Genuinely don't understand the hype for these. :/

Awesome, ... the action could be a bit smoother , .. other than that , a great pen.