The 5 Best Parker Rollerball Pens

• Medium point black Quink refill
• High gloss color lacquers and precious metal accents
• Capped rollerball
• Assembled by hand and individually checked

3.) The Parker Premier Rollerball

The Parker Premier is one of the most premium of the Parker Pen lines. It not only looks prestigious and iconic, it also has the weight and precision balance that are the hallmarks of a pen made to be an heirloom.

Each Parker Premier is a hand crafted item meant to make an impression in the corporate boardroom with the etched banding, high gloss finish and tapered barrel.

The Premier is a fancy pen that make no excuses for being a luxury item. It's the kind of pen you expect to see pulled out of an impeccably tailored suit.

Here's the rundown on the Premier Rollerball:

• Cap screws on
• Iconic Parker arrow clip
• Medium point black ink refill
• Comes in a premium Parker gift box
• Price starts around $315

2.) The Parker Urban Rollerball

The Parker Urban is a massively popular pen design; it features a slight undulating curve, widening at the section (the place you grip your pen for writing). This makes it a bit more ergonomic and comfortable than most of the other Parker pens.

I like the Urban because of this design feature: it's a user-focused pen rather than a mere status symbol. And yet, it doesn't go overboard with its unique style. A lot of ergonomic pens can go a bit too far with ergonomics and suffer for it. They're eyesores. 

The Urban blends functional design sense with formal taste.

Here's the rundown:

• Iconic Parker arrow clip
• Medium point black ink refill
• Postable cap
• Price starts around $30

1.) The Parker Jotter Gel Pen 

It won't take a big search to find the greatest rollerball pen from Parker since the Parker Jotter is the most recognizable, affordable Parker pen available.

The Parker Jotter is a durable, bullet shaped, all-metal construction pen. With a slimmer barrel size, this Parker rollerball is the most portable of our list.

What's so great about the Jotter?

First off, the click on this pen is ridiculously satisfying. Next, this thing is a tank that will survive the deepest bowels of your purse or the bottom of a book bag. Lastly, it is a fine point rollerball that just won't quit.

The Jotter is actually known for being Parker's go-to ballpoint. However, I prefer it as a gel ink rollerball and so does the staff at Dayspring Pens.

The brief on the Parker Jotter Rollerball:

• Click-action rollerball, compatible with the Parker ballpoint refill
• Comes with a fine point black ink refill
• All metal construction with finishes in black, red, and blue available
• Price at a glorious $20

That's it for the list of best Parker rollerball pens, but stick around for some more helpful info on related topics...

What makes a rollerball pen worth it?

Of the three most popular writing styles, the rollerball is a middle-ground between fountain pens and ballpoints.

A ballpoint has oil-based ink and a small ball at the tip that spins when pressure is applied to release the ink. The ballpoint's strength is its convenience since the ink won't dry out. Its weakness is that the oil-based ink has a tendency to skip and require added pressure which means hand cramps.

A fountain pen has a nib and feed that bring liquid ink from a reservoir in the fountain pen down to the point. The strength of the fountain pen is the experience and liquid smooth writing it provides. Its weakness is the labor involved in using and maintaining it.

Now, settling in right in the sweet spot between the ballpoint and the fountain pen is the rollerball pen. It has the same ball mechanism as the ballpoint with the liquid ink of the fountain pen.

You get the convenience of the ballpoint with easy writing like the fountain pen. It is a one stop shop if you are trying to explore the world of pens.

Why choose a Parker pen?

Now that we have glossed over rollerballs as a pen style, why should you choose to use a Parker product?

Because of three things: The design, the reliability of the brand, and the Quink.

We will talk more about the design as we break down the top 4 rollerballs. For now I am going to talk about the brand and the Quink.

Parker Pen Brand 

Parker Pens is a classic, storied business that has been responsible for innovations in fine pens in the turn of the 20th century.

Two of their products (the Jotter and the Parker 51) have been manufactured since the 1940s because the pens just really are that good.

When you buy a name brand like Parker, there is the reliability of a business that has worked out the kinks in their products.

What's more, there's the relief of a two year warranty against any mechanical issues in the pen.

Quink

When Quink (quick ink) was first developed in 1931, Parker wanted to solve the issues with fountain pen ink clogging up the fountain pen.

Because of this problem in the history of the fountain pen, we reap the sweet benefits of its solution.

Quink provides a steady, smooth flow, resisted water (less bleeding through the page), is non-corrosive, and dries fast.

This ultimately means when you write with a Parker rollerball, you don't have to think about it. No worries. No stress.

Ink Refills for the Parker Rollerball

One of the great things about buying a name brand pen from Parker is that you get the body of a reliable, luxury crafted pen, but have the freedom to mix and match inks.

If you find you want to experiment with other types of rollerball ink in your Parker pen body, here is an incredible in-depth list of refills that are compatible with Parker pens from the Well Appointed Desks.

Conclusion

There you have it for my list of the best Parker rollerball pens. I hope this has helped you with your shopping.

If you are looking for a selection of Parker rollerball pens, check out what we have at Dayspring Pens site.

We are a certified brand seller and are happy to offer a free line of personalized engraving and free domestic shipping to every customer.

If you're looking for a Parker pen in a different writing style, be sure to check out our other list of Parker Fountain Pens.

But now it's your turn: What is your favorite Parker rollerball? Let us know what it is and why you love it in the comments below!