Nauticalia

This twist action ballpoint pen has a vivid blue light which, at the touch of a button, lights up sufficient paper in front of the nib to write in the dark. Great when normal lights are inconvenient: writing in a cabin when others are sleeping, making a note in a photographer's darkroom etc. The end can also be detached and used separately as a torch.

REVIEWED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, Good Gear Guide - Jonathon Futrell wrote "For penning postcards in the total darkness of a tent, or on the back seat of the car, a pen that illuminates itself.