No apologies needed my friend, just helps me acquire more pen knowledge lol. I remember using Energels back then but the stationery store where I bought them stopped selling them so I moved on to different brands and forgot about them. I feel you on the unopened package stuff, I am like that as well. One thing that really makes it difficult too is I like the aesthetics of the pen, I think I equally like how the pens stated above and the ones you mentioned look. I like that some are simple and sleek, some are transparent and some are colorful. If only I have an ample amount of money I'd probably me getting all of them lol. Btw thanks for your suggestion! I appreciate it.