Rite Tech Dual Color Multi Pen Vintage Set: Two Inks, One Barrel

Introduction

Dual-color multi pens are a quiet luxury in stationery: two inks, one barrel, and no digging through a pencil case mid-entry. The Rite Tech Dual Color Multi Pen Vintage Color Set leans into that idea with four slim multi pens in a 0.5 mm tip size, each carrying two different inks for a total of eight colors. In this review we look at how they perform, how the vintage palette holds up, and how they stack against two perennial stationery favorites: the Zebra Sarasa Vintage gel pens and the Uni-ball One gel pens.

What Is in the Set

The vintage set includes four multi pens with the following ink pairings:

• Navy and Persian red
• Milk tea and smoke blue
• Dark green and amber
• Clay and mauve

That is eight colors in total, all drawn from a muted, desaturated vintage range. The selection is genuinely thoughtful; these are not shades you see often from other brands, and the variety is impressive for such a small palette.

Design and Writing Experience

Each pen has a sleek, slim body with colored plastic representing the two inks inside, plus a sticker labeling the two color names. The clip is plastic, printed with the brand name and tip size in colors matching the top of the barrel. The push tabs sit on opposite sides of the upper barrel and are color coded, which makes switching between the two inks quick and intuitive without adding bulk.

The metal conical tip is gentle on the page and never felt scratchy during testing. The gel ink is water-based and quick drying, and for the most part the pens write smoothly without dragging. The slim, lightweight bodies suit writers who prefer a lighter pen, though that will always come down to personal preference.

One caveat worth flagging: after roughly sixteen months of occasional, even use, the navy and clay inks in the set appeared noticeably dried up compared to the other six, which still looked nearly full. Those two colors write much drier, tend to drag and skip, and do not behave like the rest. The other inks still write juicy and smooth, so whatever changed seems specific to those two formulations, possibly the blue dye. It may not affect a new set, but it is worth keeping in mind for long-term ownership.

How They Compare on Paper

To get a sense of where these colors sit, it helps to line them up against similar shades from better-known lines. Rough matches:

• Persian red sits near Zebra Sarasa Cassis Black
• Navy sits near Zebra Sarasa Blue Black
• Milk tea sits near Zebra Sarasa Brown Gray
• Smoke blue sits near Zebra Sarasa Blue Gray
• Dark green sits near Zebra Sarasa Green Black
• Amber sits near Zebra Sarasa Camel Yellow
• Clay and mauve have no direct Sarasa match, but come close to the Uni-ball One Sheep Cloud and Blackberry Sorbet from limited edition sets

On paper, the Rite Tech ink has a slightly more watery consistency. Where it pools, the application looks a touch diluted compared to the Zebra Sarasa and Uni-ball One pens, and the colors read slightly less vibrant and less evenly muted. If you want a traditional, even gel ink application where every stroke looks consistent, the Zebra Sarasa pens handle it better.

Color by color, the Zebra shades tend to run slightly deeper: Blue Black is a touch deeper than navy, Brown Gray is a hair darker than milk tea, and Green Black is just slightly deeper than dark green. Smoke blue is the interesting outlier, leaning toward a deeper turquoise rather than the blue gray of the Zebra pen. Amber leans browner, while Camel Yellow is brighter and more golden. Clay is noticeably more turquoise-leaning than Sheep Cloud, and mauve is a grayish purple that sits close to, but slightly more muted than, Blackberry Sorbet.

Pleasingly, none of the Rite Tech colors are carbon copies of the more famous lines. There is real value in a slightly different take on the vintage palette.

Which Set Should You Buy?

If you are simply after the best vintage color gel pens, the Zebra Sarasa Vintage line remains the safer recommendation. The ink applies more evenly, the colors look stronger on the page, and there is no drying concern in this testing window.

That said, the Rite Tech set earns its place for a specific use case. Having two favorite colors in one pen is genuinely convenient: a pairing like dark green and amber, often used together in journal entries, means carrying a single pen instead of two. The eight-color spread is well chosen, the bodies are pleasant to use, and the color-coded tabs make two-ink writing almost effortless.

Conclusion

The Rite Tech Dual Color Multi Pen Vintage Color Set is a charming, well-curated set that mostly writes smoothly, with two convenient inks per pen and a vintage palette you will not find everywhere. Its weaknesses are a slightly watery ink formulation and the drying issue observed with the navy and clay inks over time. For pure writing performance and color vibrancy, the Zebra Sarasa Vintage pens are the stronger buy; for compact, two-color journaling convenience, the Rite Tech set is a genuinely fun alternative.