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Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • simple@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    1. My experience with mechanical pencils is that they’re often unreliable and a waste of time. I hate having to reload my pencil, I hate when it breaks if you accidentally make the tip longer than it should be, I hate when you accidentally put one more in the pencil and it gets clogged…

    Just hand over the regular pencil and a decent sharpener.

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    • P1k1e@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Bonus points for #2 being #2

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you feel they are unreliable, it may just be that you aren’t using good ones. I use 3 on a regular basis and never have issues with feeding or lead breaking; I also only have to refill it every few weeks.

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      • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’ve had the same mechanical pencil for ten years. It’s comfortable, reliable, easy to reload, but if I had to choose one for the rest of my life, I’d still go with the traditional wood/graphite pencil. It’s cheap, it’s everywhere, it’s durable, and not a great loss if you lose it.

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      • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Same, an actual good quality, properly made and assembled mechanical pencil will just keep going and going, and if you treat it well, you never need to replace it.

        Kind like a decent quality safety razor.

        All you gotta do is treat it right and replace the razors/graphite, saves money after probably a month or two of decent use.

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      • ornery_chemist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I got one because I was intrigued by its lead rotation, but I found that it really didn’t rotate the lead enough while I wrote. I kept having to rotate the barrel manually to keep a thin line like I do for every other mechanical pencil, and then would get annoyed every time the clip came around to brush my hand. I’ve been wondering if I’m doing something wrong, or if Japanese just uses more shorter strokes. Do you also like it when writing English?

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    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      On the topic of sharpeners, those battery powered pressure sharpeners are satisfying as fuck. They’re shit and invariably snap the nib, but they’re the sharpening equivalent of shoving a Q-tip in your ear and having a good rake about.

      Or if you’re all about the procrastination, spending a few minutes every lesson at the classroom sharpener like this one brings back the nostalgia:

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      • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The pull out drawer for shavings is top tier.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Plus a good ol Dixon Ticonderoga can write on stuff other than paper. About the only time I use a pencil is when doing carpentry and mechanical ones just snap.

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      • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        When I was doing roofing the pica dry mechanical pencils made things so much better. Sure a pencil works good on wood, but what about when I have to mark gray sheet metal? You need something that comes with different colors.

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    • BarticusR@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      “Decent sharpener” aka box cutters.

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    • UnityDevice@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Unreliable? I have two Staedtler Mars Micro pens I bought a good 20 years ago and they both work perfectly.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Back at my school in the 90’s you just bought a 10 pack of the cheap black Bic mechanical pencils for like $3 and you were set for the year if you didn’t lose too many. They never really broke and you didn’t have to refill them if you didn’t want to. They also never clogged and if you weren’t an idiot you didn’t try to use too much lead length to where it would break off.

      They were simple and easy and always sharp.

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    • Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It also always ends mid-word/stroke, and you start etching the paper with the metal end. Very annoying.

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  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Why do I feel like I’m participating in market research

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    • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Image

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      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Got em guys. I took down Mr. Bic

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    • Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If that were the case, I would imagine that they would have picked a website with a much larger user base.

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      • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Why

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  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Gimme one of these bad boys and utility razor. Image

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    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Reminds me of when I had to write a physics exam in university and it required a pencil for the Scantron cards. I basically never carried pencils so when my pencil tip broke I had to grab my utility knife out of my backpack and sharpen it to continue writing my exam.

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      • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That’s vietnam level shit going on there lmao.

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    • 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Got in trouble in school once for using one of those way back in the day. Dad was a construction supervisor so they were frequently lying around.

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  • hilliard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Image

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    • errer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This image perfectly stretches in the thread display. Incredibly satisfying.

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    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Except they have no eraser. What good is the black tip??

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      • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You use a click eraser or a normal block eraser.

        Only filthy casuals suffer one at the end of the pencil.

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      • affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        5B hardness

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    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Ja.

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  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Image

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  • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Image

    This.

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    • benderbeerman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m surprised nobody else has rotring… my favorite by a considerable amount. Second place goes to the Uni Kuro Toga. Both fantastic pencils, but the weight and feel of the rotring 600 just leaves everything else in the dust

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      • FarFarAway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The rotring is super smooth, but its so heavy. I wanted it to be my favorite, but I ended up reaching for the kuro toga far more. Doesnt help that the tip of the rotring bent and dented out on the first drop. I bent it back and it still works, as long as I don’t rotate it.

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    • Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yessss. Use a 500 daily

      Rotring 500 Mechanical Pencil

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      • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I’d like to discuss the flashlight. ?

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      • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Love to see it! Your eraser game needs some leveling though 😋, may I introduce you to this bad boy:

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      • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I have the same phone as you. I love that it’s red.

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    • aesopjah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      the correct answer

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    • reptar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s like an allergen for ADHD

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    • srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Full metall you say? Damnn.

      I didn’t know about this brand and now I have been pushed into extensive research of their whole lineup of mechanical pens.

      The 800 looks amazing but I’ve heard some people complaining about the nib being a bit wobbly, is that true in your experience?

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      • jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I don’t have a problem with the tip being wobbly, but it’s definitely a concern. I think its just a problem that you would get with any retractable tip pencil.

        IMO, even if it did wobble, it’s worth the inconvenience. I used to have a mechanical pencil with a non-retractable tip & one drop ruined it.

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      • guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        IIRC the 600 is pretty much the same pencil but with a non retractable tip. It might be better for you unless you carry it around.

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    • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Damn straight. Best pencil I’ve ever had. Well, the 0.5mm. I write too small for 0.7.

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      • rekabis@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        .5mm or .3mm for me, the only place I use a .7mm or a .9mm is with woodworking.

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    #8 all the way.

    If I had to do sketch design drafting with a pen or wooden pencil in college and not a 0.5 mechanical, I would have probably become a school shooter.

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    • Coyote_sly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah, #8 and it’s not even close for me.

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    • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’ve been using Zebra pens and pencils almost exclusively for the last 20 years. My only complaint with the pencil is its eraser. If you need to erase something small it’s fantastic, but I always keep a separate eraser handy.

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      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Honestly that’s a complaint I have about nearly every pencil, not just the zebra. They’re almost always hard and smudgy because the pencil has been sitting out either in a warehouse or on an office supply shelf for like 5 years.
        I’d rather bring my own hi-poly brick eraser, or even better, a hi-poly retractable eraser that is a lot easier to control and keep a fresh, smudge-free surface on.

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Agreed, I like both their mechanical pencils and pens, even if visually they are a bit too close.

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  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You missed an option.

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    • Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Blocky and stacky BOIS gang united

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  • WhyFlip@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    2

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    • OldChicoAle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Same. I press too hard to use mechanical pencils

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I just like being able to use a duller point sometimes when I’m drawing.

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  • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    1. ole reliable
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    • MagnyusG@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yeah, 2 if I need a traditional pencil, and 5 for everything else

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    • Reyali@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My fidgeting while I was in middle school led me to break every kind of mechanical pencil I used, except for 5. I forced myself to only use those in high school and college so I would always have a reliable pencil.

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  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    5 may not be pretty, but it’s had my back in some hard times.

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    • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I have a ton of these in the garage for woodworking. Screw the carpenters pencils, these are way better.

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    • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The issue is the plastic internal mechanisms will wear out eventually. The Pentels have a metal core which has never worn out from my usage. I always end up losing the pencils before they break. The same can’t be said for the BICs.

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  • HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    #2

    We’ve taken way too many things that don’t need to be plastic and made them plastic

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      made them plastic

      #1 is all metal. Retractable tip. Bought one after Adam Savage reviewed them.

      #2 is definitely the best long-term option, but it’s really nice not to have to constantly sharpen while you’re doing some intricate work.

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  • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    1. By a country mile
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  • Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Screw #8. Everyone here including OP missed out on the actual best Zebra mechanical pencil. The Zebra DelGuard.

    It has this crazy mechanism that resists lead breakage by dropping a shield down if you press too hard.

    www.zebrapen.com/…/delguard-mechanical-pencil?var…

    They even made limited edition Hello Kitty ones years ago I imported. Best 0.3mm mechanical pencil I’ve ever used. Image

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  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Number 2 is the only one that can write effectively on wood. I may not build a lot, but when I have tried to use a mechanical pencil for marking wood, it was a total fail.

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    1. A good engineering pencil can be used for anything.
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  • slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Am I a psychopath for preferring to use a pen, even if it means ai have to cross things out every now and then?

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  • PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    2

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  • callouscomic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    #2

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  • CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’ve never touched a mechanical pencil that didn’t suck. 7 is awful, I don’t understand what people like about it. The only choice on this is 3.

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  • simplejack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Someone do this, but with vibrators.

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  • dechnically@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    METAL KURU TOGA MY GOAT 👑 👑 👑 🐐 🐐 🐐 🔥🔥🔥

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you choose #2 you’ll eventually not be able to write anything ever again because you can’t just add more lead.

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  • kungfuratte@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    3 Kuru Toga

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    1. Ticonderoga is the Cadillac of pencils.
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  • hmmm@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    2

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  • LGTM@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My choice would’ve been 3 or 1 just by how they feel in my hand, but I got a new .3 Kuru Toga and god it’s too smooth for me not to choose 4

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  • bitwolf@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    3 Kuru Toga. Every time

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  • vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m a pen/pencil freak who’s spent an amazing amount of money on them, and I’d choose 2.

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  • mick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Nope. You’re getting some decent conversation out of this so those 30 minutes were definitely put to good use. And that’s a nice photo.

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