My mechanical pencil runs out of eraser long before the pencil dies

[enwar3]

With every mechanical pencil I've used, the eraser has always run out long before the pencil stopped working. Sometimes I can find eraser refills but a lotta times it's just too much of a hassle to find refills. The worst pencils are the ones I have right now, the cheap bics (4.50 for a pack of 12) that have weirdly shaped erasers that can't be refilled. They're the disposable camera of mechanical pencils....

So what do you do? I can't take not having erasers anymore =(

 

[Toonces]

buy a separate eraser?

 

[Nohr]

Quit making mistakes!

 

[Rubycon]

Stop making mistakes?

:laugh:

Sorry, could not resist. If you must erase a lot and lots of design/drafting tasks need this - purchase a retractable stick eraser or an electric one.

 

[villageidiot111]

Nothing can top the Pentel P205 when it comes to mechanical pencil quality on a budget.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Ding

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Quit making mistakes!

 

[aceO07]

Buy the mechanical pencils that have a long eraser that you can twist out. It's great. I think PaperMate has a model that does it.

 

[Jeff7]

Pink eraser caps.
(The colorful ones tend to erase poorly, or leave colored streaks on the paper.)

 

[chuckywang]

Cut off your hand.

 

[Kirby64]

Originally posted by: Nohr
Quit making mistakes!

 

[ShotgunSteven]

My PaperMate PhD Ultra has the twist-out eraser, and I believe you can buy refill erasers for it as well.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I carry along a separate eraser.

 

[BoomerD]

I have several Pentel "Twist-Erase" mechanical pencils that I use at school. Until recently, I was modifying the stick erasers to work as refills for the erasers, but much to my surprise, the school bookstore actually got in some of the replacements...

 

[Calculator83]

just take regular erasers and cut pieces out to fit, it doesn't have to fit perfectly , just well enough to not fall out. I definately want pick and recording of u screing if you go with the cut off your hand option

 

[BigJ]

Stand-alone eraser FTW.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: aceO07
Buy the mechanical pencils that have a long eraser that you can twist out. It's great. I think PaperMate has a model that does it.

The only ones i ever used when i was in school.

 

[Chronoshock]

I hate separate erasers when I use my mechanical pencil so I just have a ton of eraser refills and replace them as needed. Unfortunately the price on mechanical pencil stuff is through the roof, so be prepared to pay a few bucks for like 10 tiny eraser tips

 

[dennilfloss]

That's what happens when you rub one off too often, you run out of eraser.

 

[SludgeFactory]

I've used Pentel side-click pencils for years, in part because I've never had much of a problem finding their standard eraser refills in the little tubes at Walmart/Target/etc. I'm not interested in carrying and dealing with a separate eraser.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: toonces
buy a separate eraser?

Better yet, a mechanical eraser.

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: toonces
buy a separate eraser?

Better yet, a mechanical eraser.

Better yet, a pen.

 

[Eeezee]

Make fewer mistakes.

You could just buy one of those big pink erasers that some people use.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Buy one of those badass Staedler (sp?) erasers.

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Stand-alone eraser FTW.

lmao. only a computer geek would use "standalone" to describe an eraser.

i know this happens with my me and my roommate frequently. we're both mtn bikers and engineers, so we always apply really strange observations to things, like when we're cooking.