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We keep PILOT FriXion Ball Erasable Rollerball Pen - Medium on our pens & writing shelf alongside 49 others, and rank it on rating, review volume and live price rather than on the brand. The manufacturer puts it this way: Smooth thermo-sensitive gel ink rollerball. Use the intergrated eraser stud to cleanly erase you mistakes without damaging the paper, then write again instantly. Pilot's unique ink formula allows you to change your mind or fix mistakes in an instant. Offering neat, effortless correction every time. That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. On Amazon it sits at 4.6 out of 5 across 5,957 ratings. How that compares with the rest of the shelf is below.
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We track 50 rated pens & writing products, and the middle of that pack scores 4.6 out of 5. This one is on 4.6. Bottom quarter of the shelf. Not a red flag by itself, but similar money buys a better-rated option here, so the case for this one has to come from somewhere else.
5,957 people rated it, where the shelf median is 8,067. Enough reviews to trust the direction, not enough to close the question.
The shelf runs from £1.58 to £12.99 and the midpoint is about £4.99. On price, this one is in the top third. Paying above the middle of the shelf needs a reason the star rating does not supply, because on ratings alone the extra money is not buying an advantage here.
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Worked out from the 50 pens & writing products we track, not from the brand's own claims. How we rank →
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
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