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Pros & Cons
Pros
The pentel 500 graphgear is a well-rounded quality mechanical pencil, which makes a great travel companion because of its high durability. The action-distance for dispensing lead is quite good. Although it’s smaller, it's heavier and the weight is dis... Read More
Cons
The tip of this pencil is very delicate. Filling up the pencil is also very annoying, as well as using the eraser. It had no sticker, no tip protector or no packaging at all other than the huge bubble envelope it was mailed in.
Amazon says this item isn't returnable. They jam and cannot be used. Getting refund from amazon.
Highlights
Quality
Very well made, no lead wiggle as long as the tip is screwed on tight, so writing is smooth.
Great design and feel as long as you don’t mind thicker lines.
This seems nicely made but it arrived damaged (bent tip) and amazon had it listed as "non-returnable" so i spent money on the i... Read More
Feels very sturdy & rests easy in the hand :) i loooove the way it writes with 0.
Price
This product appeared exactly as i thought it was great value for the money and the color was exactly as expected.
The price is a bit much for me too.
But an expensive pencil considering didn’t come with any back up lead or erasers
Packaging/appearance
It arrived empty, which is fine if you have lead
Competitiveness
5mm mechanical pencils to compare:- uni kuru toga roulette : haven't touched this one in months.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, good, quality, metal and mechanical. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1207.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 77.5% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 15,305 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 16 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It looks like it was taken out of a bulk package and thrown into amazon shipping bubble bag to ship
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Pencil is a little disbalanced due to metal on one end and plastic at the back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It arrived empty which is fine if you have lead
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This thing will be an heirloom
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If i dont lose it its gonna go to my kids
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This seems nicely made but it arrived damaged bent tip and amazon had it listed as 34nonreturnable34 so i spent money on the item it arrived damaged but they would not refund
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The fine line pencils are good for accuracy but not so good for visibility depending on the condition of the wood you are drawing on
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