Anyone here use a mechanical pencil for daily school writing?

[Nocturnal]

What lead do you use? I'm looking for 4b 0.5mm which is pretty dark but I hear it's rather soft. I just ordered about ten packs of these and about five packs of the 3b. Anyone familiar with this type of lead and how dark/easy to break is it?

 

[screw3d]

I use a 0.7mm Pilot Shaker.. not sure if it is available here in the states or if it is marketed in a different name. I love pilot's leads too. Dark and smooth except that it smudges sometimes.

 

[Hubris]

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: Hubris

Exactly what is this for?

 

[Darien]

HB 0.5mm -- it's decent. 0.7mm is thicker (and harder) to break, but I don't break 0.5mm pieces of lead (often. it happens, but VERY rarely)

 

[Stealth1024]

Yes I go through about 2 of those cheap BIC 0.7mm mechanical pencils/week. I destroy the erasors fiddling with them and of course erasing. Electrical and Computer Engineering will do that to you I suppose... lol. Darn diff eq.

 

[Stealth1024]

Yes in fact i take a pencil everwhere just to have something to click... wierd.

 

[Darien]

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Yes I go through about 2 of those cheap BIC 0.7mm mechanical pencils/week. I destroy the erasors fiddling with them and of course erasing. Electrical and Computer Engineering will do that to you I suppose... lol. Darn diff eq.

Haha. With all the stuff in Physics, I've learned quickly that it's much better to buy an eraser instead of relying on the one on top of a pencil. Very quickly.



SIgh...DEs. My PDE/Fourier analysis/Complex analysis final is soon

 

[schdaddy]

I write everything in ink & if a mistake is made simply put a line through it.

 

[jacob0401]

Originally posted by: Darien

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Yes I go through about 2 of those cheap BIC 0.7mm mechanical pencils/week. I destroy the erasors fiddling with them and of course erasing. Electrical and Computer Engineering will do that to you I suppose... lol. Darn diff eq.

Haha. With all the stuff in Physics, I've learned quickly that it's much better to buy an eraser instead of relying on the one on top of a pencil. Very quickly.



SIgh...DEs. My PDE/Fourier analysis/Complex analysis final is soon

Yeah, I always buy big erasers, Staedtler white or Japanese white ones. No pink erasers...they suck...

 

[Stealth1024]

"SIgh...DEs. My PDE/Fourier analysis/Complex analysis final is soon "

Good luck! Are you allowed to use a supercomputer? lol.

 

[Stealth1024]

Originally posted by: Stealth1024
Yes I go through about 2 of those cheap BIC 0.7mm mechanical pencils/week. I destroy the erasors fiddling with them and of course erasing. Electrical and Computer Engineering will do that to you I suppose... lol. Darn diff eq.

Some may have misunderstood here, I mostly destroy the erasor with my fingers picking it out and stuffing back into the pencil... lol