I love retractable fountain pens. So when I found that Platinum had one I had to give it a try, and I’m glad I did. Overall experience is this is a pretty decent pen, it feels good in hand, and it writes very well. I also got this pen for about half the price of the Pilot Capless. I’m hoping this pen does well as an every day carry. Right now I’ve been using my Lamy Safari for that, but having a retractable that’s both high quality and relatively inexpensive I think might bump my Safari out of that position. The ink also seems to be pretty solid. it’s a good looking blue/black. Though I did read that the ink is on the acidic side.
Unfortunately, my use case with the Curidas is 1 to 2 paragraphs most days with an EF nib that barely sips ink. While I use it enough for it to not clog, mines remains filled for long enough and uses little enough to really notice the evaporation issues. If I bought this pen again, I would definitely go for the medium or broad nib so I could cycle the ink quicker.
I find even the medium I have tends to sip ink. Maybe it has to do with the Japanese pens writing thinner in general.