I've been using the Lumos Duo tip pen for 7 months now and it has become my favorite sketching pen. I use Platinum Carbon Black with great results. I added Tom's Cork Grip a couple of months and it makes the pen much more comfortable in my hand. Highly recommended. Yes it is expensive but it a great pen and better for the environment.

Hiya. Love your videos but I've been using Lumos and just a few points to help. I bought spare ink reservoirs so I can keep loaded reservoirs of a few colours in a sealed container ( From Tom's studio). The easiest way to fill them is when they're attached to the nib assembly and that fills the nib too. If you put in a new nib you don't have to remove the while assembly, just the brass bit. A new nib will load from reservoir with no shaking at all, just go make a coffee and it'll be ready. There is a soft plastic cap supplied with the pen specifically to use when disassembling so you don't get ink on your fingers. Personally I think it's well worth the money.

@TobySketchLoose

2 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks!

I discovered I can refill my Pentel Pocket Brush Pen’s cartridge with fountain pen ink with a syringe. I used De Atramentis Document Urban Grey. I thought it might dry up or clog, but it’s been at least a year and with very little use and still flowing freely. I was surprised this experiment worked so well. Otherwise, I use fountain pens.

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info :)

Very helpful video thanks Toby.

Cool! The Lumos!!

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Thanks for this very in-depth review.

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

It's nice to have a refillable fineliner. I was wondering if such a thing existed. Thank you for showing this pen to us.

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@gunsmokeandghouls

29 күн бұрын

Copic SP are refillable.

Could you have two cotton ink reservoirs? One for soluble and one for permanent ink.

@TobySketchLoose

2 ай бұрын

Yes... but not really in the same pen at the same time. The one I has has two ends - so I can have two resevoirs. Eeach with a differnet tip though.

Thank you for doing this review as I have been pondering getting a Lumos… I was not convinced until you said they now have a permanent black. I’ll ask for one for my birthday.

@ellingtonthorpe

3 ай бұрын

You can use any ink you like, that’s kind of the point

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

Tom's Studio specifically advise against this - this could be for marketing reasons (e.g. they want you to buy their ink) or they could be telling the truth - so there is a potential risk there. I haven't tested it happy to hear from others who have.

@janscott9151

Ай бұрын

@@TobySketchLoose They sell SKETCHINK for use in their pens now (no idea if they did when this video came out) so that answers that question. 😉 And I've put deAtrementis document ink in mine and so far so good. If it all went wrong you can get replacemant reservoirs and nibs so that's sorted too. Had to be compatible with fountain pens I suspect is the criteria.

Very very nice. Too pricey for me at present. Thanks for the review. Certainly one to keep an eye out for. 👍 Weird how b4 the environmental movement, natural foods and refillable items were far less expensive than processed food and throw away items. Such is life.

I wish this thing is more common and affordable, not the disposable felt tip from dollar store

Does the nib stay wet and draw immediately after sitting for say a week or does it dry up/hard start?

@TobySketchLoose

27 күн бұрын

Stays wet

I think the brass piece is probably called a Collett

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I like it , don’t mind a bit of mess

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

:)

Hello Toby, how would you draw a zebra loose and with one line?

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

Hehe how wonderfully specific... I'll see what I can do!

Not for me I’m afraid, I want to sketch and not mess about with pens, far too busy for this, thanks for your review

@TobySketchLoose

Ай бұрын

🙏

Seems very messy to refill. I prefer a clean refilling process.

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

There may be a better way :D

Must have missed why you didn’t put carbon black in the pen the day it arrived

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

I emailed them asking if I could - they said that it might block the pen

😊 "Promosm"

@TobySketchLoose

Ай бұрын

🍀

3 minutes in and oh dear, not for me! What a fiddle faff 😂

@TobySketchLoose

3 ай бұрын

:D

First!