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| Brand: www.PilotLights.net
Category: Office Product
Buy New: $19.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 911
Color: black anodized aluminum
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: W004-PEN
Model: W004-PEN
UPC: 837654078013
EAN: 0837654078013
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | See where you write at night! Ideal for anyone who needs illumination when writing - pilots, flight crews, doctors, nurses, police, military... | | • | Aircraft aluminum housing with push button on/off LED lighting and rotating top cap for pen retraction. | | • | Uses one common AAA cell for up to 20 hours of illumination | | • | Gift box packaged with an extra black ink cartridge and extra AAA cell | | • | Comes equipped with a red-color tip for aviation users seeking to preserve their night vision while using the Pen. |
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Product Description
Finally, a high-quality writing instrument that illuminates where you write. The Pilot's Pen, originally sold to the aviation industry, is the world's first LED pen that illuminates where you write and uses a single, common AAA cell. The pen comes gift packaged with two batteries and 2 ink cartridges (one in blue ink, one in black ink). The Pen's powerful LEDs are rated at 100,000 hours of life and a battery will provide at least 20 hours of illumination. The pen's body is made from black anodized aluminum for durability and has a series of ridges built-in for better control when writing. Operation is easy - press the top button to turn illumination on or off and rotate the top cap to retract or extend the pen's ink cartridge tip. Included in the gift box is a spare red transparent tip for use by pilots and aviation users seeking to preserve their night vision while using the Pen. It's safe to carry in shirt pockets and easy to use anywhere or anytime - day or night. Makes a great gift.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Write Brite November 12, 2008
I originally purchased one of these pens to keep in my car. This pen has come in handy so many times since I bought it. The light is even and makes writing at night easy on both white and yellow paper tablets. It is now part of the supplies I keep in my briefcase all the time. It is extremely useful when in presentations when the lights are turned out.
Great lighted pen November 10, 2008
I agree with the other 5 star reviews; I would only add:
I keep this next to my bed attached to a pad of paper to write down things that come to my mind after I've gone to bed that I want to remember.
It is a little bighter than I would like but not a major issue. Maybe I will try to disconnect one of the LED's.
I had a few dollar lighted pen before. It did not last long and the button batteries cost a fortune.
 Not without issues but... September 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a pen this one is a little bit heavy feeling in my hand. I'm not sure for the reason for this, possibly it's the battery. I have other pens with lights in them and they don't have nearly as much "heft" in proportion to the size. This is not a flimsy thing, so far it's survived being dropped from about 3 - 5 feet onto a hardwood floor a few times, it's also been knocking around loose in my purse, and I don't see any signs of damage or cracking.
The light is bright, but not so bright as to be harsh.
I'm not sure if perhaps I just got a bad battery or if it's the brand of battery they include with the pen, but it went through the first battery alarmingly fast. After I got the pen I used it several times over the course of a few days and was very pleased. I turned it off and it sat on a counter for about three days before I had an occasion to use it again. When I went to turn on the light, it didn't come on.
I really like that it comes with a battery and an extra ink refill. But if the battery it comes with konks out on you quickly, it's only marginally helpful. I'm happy to let this slide though, because the battery it uses is a standard AAA. (I despise those button watch batteries for reasons I've never been able to articulate.) So it's easily replaced since I keep AAAs around the house as a rule. I've since replaced it with new battery and it doesn't seem to be draining the juice any faster then any other LED device.
I suppose there other light up pens for less out there but this one is really quite sturdy and well made. If you're a pilot, go camping a lot, or any sort of activity where you're out in the dark and in need of light and a pen; this is a good choice.
The Best Light-Up Pen of Over a Dozen I've Purchased! August 18, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Okay, I'm gushing on this product. No I am in no way connected with the sales of this. You can check on my bio if you wish. I review products I am downright enthusiastic about. This pen is one I am downright nuts over. Why? I am a mobile executive-writer-idea person. The app for me is not connected to flying but writing various dimly lit environments. I coach many similarly minded people. This piece of equipment is worth crowing about.
1. It just plain works. In a day of under-performing when something comes along that meets a high felt need it is worth getting on the soap box and crowing. This one has me extending my credibility over.
2. It is bright but not blindingly bright. I use it in lots of environments that are dimly lit - it is 'Just right' as Golidlocks stated so well.
3. It feels great - writes well.
4. It comes with two refills (which is plenty of ink to last me for a while about enough ink - I'm probably in good shape with this thing unless I decide to write my next book by hand and entirely in dim lighting!)
5. It is sustainable. There are plenty of cool-looking pens out there under the 'fancy schmancy' heading. The catch however is the battery must be replaced sooner than later. All of those batteries I've been into are relatively costly and difficult to find. Over a couple of years of usage the previously 'Cool' pen becomes a pain in the tail. Before buying another light up pen / your next light up pen, ponder your inevitable trek to the mall to a 'Batteries R Us' kind of kiosk. Do you really want the pain and hassle of that rigamarole? It's not for me. I would rather write, get ideas than feed the pen's hunger for obscure batteries.
This pen takes AAA batteries you already have in abundance in your office or home!
If you are an idea person like me who gets thoughts at various times and places and must capture them whenever and however those ideas fly your way - this pen is the best one on the market. I use a laptop continually, but ideas are like manna - they come as provision for my concept jigsaw puzzle. I can't fire up my laptop when I'm watching a film, concert, listening to someone chat on a plane on a dimly lit flight. Such a pen is invaluable.
I have a couple of them. I've given a few away a couple. If it were slightly less in price I would show care to others by giving this away regularly I suspect.
 Bright Light July 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this product for my father as he flies, which I think it will work out perfectly for him. I didn't like how you had to twist to get the pen to extend, and that the button only turns on the light. If there were a 3.5 star rating, this would get it. Seems a bit pricey for basically a pen with the light on the end, but I couldn't make one on short order.
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