6

# 2 (lol), but only if I can provide my own type of pencil. Runner up gg1k.

Props for #2 being a #2, but of these I usually go for 6. My personal favorite though is Pentel twist erase.

Though all the kuru toga enthusiasts here have convinced me to give them a try.

I also buy 5s in bulk, those shitty bic pencils are the "little brother" option when my D&D players forget their own writing instruments.

3. it rotates the graphite as you write so your lines are always sharp. it's an absolute game changer and now i can never go back to a standard mechanical pencil

Two. 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, I hate having to carry refills all the time, I hate buying an expensive pencil and worrying about losing it (as opposed to just buying a dozen regular pencils for backup)...

Just hand over the regular pencil and a decent sharpener.

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

Gimme one of these bad boys and utility razor.

This.

#8 all the way.

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

2

5. ole reliable

You missed an option.

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.

https://www.zebrapen.com/products/delguard-mechanical-pencil?variant=40738814951630

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

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

Someone do this, but with vibrators.

3. By a country mile

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

#2

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

3. A good engineering pencil can be used for anything.

#2

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.

2

2

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.

2. Ticonderoga is the Cadillac of pencils.

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

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

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

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 2.