My favorite feature of the Best mechanical pencil for students must be that it is retractable so that, if the fine .3 mm point is damaged, it will be due to human error or age-related clumsiness (no fault of the pencil). I found that I had to set a “hardness” selection, or the advance of lead did not work. I don’t just like this pencil… Furthermore, I find that I want to keep it on my person a lot. It’s also great for Bible writing… you can put your thoughts whenever God speaks through the supernatural Word. I can also put “thoughts” into tiny, between the lines, spaces in word-space or in margins. The lead does break easier because of the .3 mm… one just has to get used to that. A solution might be to get some 20H lead… but that would be “stupid”. HB is fine, but when I run out, I have a bunch of 2B lead to play with. Can’t wait.
I have tried out many a pencil for EDC carry, and Best mechanical pencil for students one blows the rest out of the water, for several reasons. The amount that the tip retracts is the most important part. Other pencils with tip retraction only remove the tiniest bit, and leave a good amount of still very fragile, thin metal at the end. This pencil retracts everything back, and what remains is far thicker than any other EDC pencil. The frame is strong as well, I carried one in my pocket every day for 2 years before it snapped in half. The little plastic ring above the finger grip portion is what broke, and is the weakest point on the pencil, but it held strong for a long time. Having this in .9 is fantastic, I find the thicker graphite best for EDC purposes, however to each their own. I have wasted too much money on other pencils, don’t be like me, just pick up a few of these, and you are set for life.
