Paper Mate Clear Point 3pk #2 Mechanical Pencils with Eraser & Refill 0.5mm Green/Blue/Purple: School Supplies, Plastic

What’s going on with this pencil? The lead is SO easy to break, I just brought it and it’s extremely disappointment. It’s worse than the one I had(actually much worse) I think the video explains all, it’s extremely vagil

I’m nearly 40 and these have been my favorite mechanical pencils for as long as I can remember. Great quality, well made and I’ve yet to ever have an issue with one.

These broke almost immediately. Wish I had the packaging so I could return them.

I loved these pencils in my school days, but won't be buying them again. We bought a pack one week ago and within that week 2 out of the 3 have broken.

Pencils continually break off lead or the lead will go back up into the pencil. They are terrible and frustrating and I would return them if I hadn’t tossed the package.

Came broken. I’m so disappointed.

I used to love these pecils I thought they were the best but now they make them so cheap they broke the first time I used them ALL 3! They also feel less sturdy and charge even more. I had to throw all three away as nothing I did would get them to work more then once before clicking for more lead. I don't know if I got a defective pack or what but this NEVER happend before and I have been buying these since 2006. NEVER buying again I might as well burn 8$ infront of my eyes.

I have been using these pencils for years. They are my favorite. I love 0.5 lead. However, these don’t “grasp” lead very well

These pencils work great for writing in my lesson planner. My daughter also likes them as they don't break easy when she writes hard.

it’s missing the lead pack it brought

These are my teenagers must have pencils for school each year! I like the fact that they last long and aren’t super expensive!

i’ve had this for over a year and this is the only kind of mechanical pencil i’ll use lol

good deal will buy again

When I first bought these they seemed okay, but then in the middle of a math test the pencil stopped working. Thankfully I had a different brand pencil. The pencils continue to randomly work or not work. The tip breaks often, and sometimes spins while I write. One of my classmates bought the same pencils and he has the same complaints.

I have been buying these particular pencils for probably half a decade now, they lasted a long time until some of the plastic parts wore off or broke off and they started to get the the point of needing to be replaced. I'm not saying that they were perfect- the cap needed a better mechanism to stay on, the rubber at the end has worn off on me before. All I'm saying is that nothing else worked better at this price point. However, at some point in the past year Paper Mate decided to redesign these. And I'm not opposed to that, but within just a few strokes of using these new pencils the lead breaks. No matter if you use light pressure or hold it at the right angle. if you do something wrong the lead breaks. I noticed that these pencils were slightly different than the ones that I had bought before. You can see in the photos how they change the cap and the logo on the pencil but it is almost identical. I did manage to figure out the problem... the lead wiggles just a little bit at the end of the pencil, it's very hard to see, but it is just enough that the lead will break if it catches on something, like when you try to write with it. there is play in the metal tip so that when you are writing with it the friction on the paper creates enough leverage to break the lead. In the redesign, Paper mate forgot to actually make these pencils work like pencils. they're frustrating to work with and are a complete waste of your money. Do not buy them! TL;DR: Pencil lead has too much play at the end of the tip so that the lead breaks VERY easily when you use it. It didn't do this before they redesigned it. Do NOT waste your money on them.

Description says 0.7 and picture says 0.5! Now I’m stuck with cheap 0.5 led that breaks ever word I try to write.

I have bought these mechanical pencils on numerous occasions, for some reason they break when I attempt to load more lead. The mechanism to push the lead out stops working, the button you click doesn’t work anymore and it doesn’t push the lead out. I’m uncertain as to why, I put one piece of lead in at a time, and it just stops working- which is really frustrating. I have 3 pencils that are fairly new that I am unable to use now. I really like the comfort of these pencils, and the length of the eraser- obviously just not if I can’t use it.

Got them for my granddaughter, she liked them , she erases a lot.

I love a good pencil, but this is not it. The button for dispensing the led being in the middle means it sometimes gets clicked accidentally while writing, and then the led snaps off or the metal piece at the tip retracts and the led snaps off. Happens too much and makes writing a pain, especially if rushing through a timed test.

I love these mechanical pencils. They're thicker which allows the lead not to break with bumps. I find they don't get jammed either.