Ink Review #1440: Lamy Charged Green

Lamy Charged Green was a limited edition ink that debuted in 2016 to match the Charged Green Al-star. You can find this ink still for sale at a few retailers including Vanness Pens (I think they only have samples and cartridges left).

The color:

Charged Green is a bright stomach acid green, almost a yellow.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks a bit more green than in writing.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Low

Feathering: None

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: None

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was some feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Charged Green is closest to PenBBS 113. Click here to see the Lamy inks together, and click here to see the green inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M605 White Transparent with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had a dry flow.

Overall, this ink is way too bright and I’m not a big fan of the color. It might work as a highlighter ink, but for me it’s even too bright for that. Usually I like the Lamy limited edition inks, but this one is a hard pass for me.

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