Favorite brand/type of mechanical pencil?

@maezee (41988)
United States
July 26, 2009 11:33pm CST
This is probably a weird question. But I'm ALWAYS looking for mechanical pencils (usually .7 mm lead) that WORK well and write smoothly (without squeaking or being cheap), and I have SUCH a hard time finding them! Which ones would you suggest, and about how much are they?
3 responses
tessl87
@tessl87 (126)
• Singapore
27 Jul 09
I normally uses Pilot ones. Don't give me problem like squeaking.. But i uses 0.3 and 0.5.. 0.7 should be equally good i guess. Not sure how much they cost.. but less then 5 dollars.
Julianne Lalonde
@JulianneR (11)
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2 Sep 17
Pilot are great, but they don't last as long as some other brands to my experience!
Julianne Lalonde
@JulianneR (11)
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2 Sep 17
I just bought a faber castell one. I got the 0.5, but they had multiple sizes. It's plastic (unfortunately) but seems sturdy. it's automatic and came with B grade leads. less than 5 canadian dollars. I like it a lot so far. Otherwise you could try the pilot S serie - about 9$ (us) each. Also plastic, but is targeted for artists and should be great. In any case, you should be able to find a good one on jet pen. It's a specialised pen/pencil/etc online shop. They even sell the fancy kaweco metal body mechanical pencils! The best as far as I know (my friend swears by it) but also a good 45-55$ US.
cupid74
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
27 Jul 09
Hmmmm well the best way is to go for normal Lead pencil, the only problem in it might be Sharpening it often but clutch pencil/mechanical pencil is good but its quite delicate to handle. oops its my view Byeee