360 Grip Glide Retractable Ballpoint Pen
Minimum order: 250 × $2.09 = $522.50 + $40 one-time setup
360 Grip Glide: The Pen That Keeps Your Logo in Hand Longer
A pen only works as marketing if someone actually keeps it. The 360 Grip Glide is built to be the one they reach for again tomorrow.
Most giveaway pens die a quiet death in a junk drawer within a week. Buyers invest in hundreds of units for trade show giveaways only to watch recipients toss them after the ink skips twice. Cheap barrels and scratchy ballpoint tips do more damage to a brand than no pen at all.
The 360 Grip Glide solves that with a textured silicone grip and a retractable click action that feels sturdy in hand, not hollow. Its ballpoint ink system uses quick-drying gel ink that resists smudging across paper, forms, and signature lines alike. Logos wrap the entire barrel in full color thanks to 360-degree Infinity Print, so this custom imprinted promotional pen reads clearly from any angle on a desk or in a mug. Fast-drying ink and a leak-proof barrel seal mean it survives the trip from a conference bag to a new hire's desk drawer without a mess.
Technical Specifications
- Material: Plastic barrel with textured silicone grip
- Mechanism: Retractable (click extend)
- Tip Type: Ballpoint
- Ink Type: Quick-drying gel ink, smudge-resistant
- Ink Color: Black
- Dimensions: 5 45/64" L x 7/16" Dia. (approx. 5.7" L x 0.43" Dia.)
- Weight: 0.028 lbs
- Available Pen Colors: Black, Blue (PMS 661 C), Green (PMS 341 C), Red (PMS 7622 C)
- Decoration Method: 360-degree full-color direct digital imprint (Infinity Print)
- Imprint Area: 2.36" W x 1.33" H, full barrel wrap
The 360 Grip Glide ships with a minimum order of 250 units, making it a practical fit for trade show giveaways, client mailers, and new hire onboarding kits alike. Order your 360 Grip Glide today and put your logo in every hand that matters.
Explore our full range of Custom Retractable Pens for more options.
Anatomy of a Custom Pen
Choosing the right pen construction ensures your promotional giveaway looks professional, functions flawlessly, and stays in your customers' hands.
- The Essentials: A pen is built from core structural components—like the barrel (your main design real estate) and the ink style (ballpoint, gel, or rollerball), which dictates how smoothly it writes.
- The Accents: Secondary details like ergonomic grips, structural trim, and secure clips add both comfort for the writer and vibrant color-matching opportunities for your brand.
Dive into a pen's anatomy with our full guide: The Anatomy of a Custom Pen.
Artwork Resolution & File Formats
Because custom pens offer a compact printing canvas, standard web images (like JPG or PNG) can become blurry or jagged when scaled down.
- Required Formats: Please submit your corporate logo or text in a vector format, specifically .EPS or .SVG.
- Why it matters: Vector files use mathematical coordinates rather than pixels. This allows our printing equipment to scale your graphics down infinitely without losing a single pixel of crispness, ensuring fine lines.
That being said, feel free to send over whatever you have ready and our team will take it from there!
Exact Color Matching (PMS Colors)
When trying to align the Trim Color or accent pieces of a pen with your strict corporate identity, guessing the shade isn't an option.
- The System: We utilize the Pantone Matching System (PMS) to guarantee precision.
- How to use it: When submitting your design requirements, specify your brand's unique PMS color codes if you know them. This ensures the ink imprint on the barrel or the selected plastic trim matches your official company colors perfectly.
Don't fret if you don't have that information. We will do our best to match the colors!
Font Legibility & Minimum Sizes
The Clip Imprint (Clip Imp) area is an incredibly high-visibility spot for phone numbers or taglines, but it offers highly limited real estate.
- Font Choice: We recommend using clean, sans-serif fonts (like Helvetica, Arial, or Futura) for high-contrast legibility. Avoid intricate script or cursive fonts in this area.
- Minimum Size: Any text placed on the clip must be a minimum of 6 pt font to prevent the ink from filling in the loops of letters like e, o, or a. If you're squeezing a long URL onto the clip, consider using the main barrel instead to keep it readable at a glance.
- If you have any questions, feel free to contact us first.
