Top Ten Mechanical Pencils As Voted By Viewers 2024

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[Scooped_Orange]

correction about the kurutoga mechanism 🤓:
the advance (or w-speed or double speed) engine is featured in the- kurutoga pipe slide, kt advance, kt advance upgrade

the dive, KS, alpha gel switch, (new) metal, all have the kurutoga KS mechanism, in which the rotating piece is towards the butt of the pencil, to reduce tip wobble.

i believe all other kurutogas have the basic rotating mechanism (including the roulette)

[passamaniii]

Ive just watched your 2023 review, just awesome! Keep going dude.

[TheThirdeYe]

Great video! I had a lot of fun voting, and representing the Graph Gear 1000 and Graph 1000 For Pro :) Two of the best pencils out there, IMO.

[rodneywk]

Let's just recognize.. there is a healthy pool of mechanical pencils to "draw" from. :) I appreciate you putting this poll up and was excited to participate. Glad to see us coming together to celebrate our shared interest!!

[greekveteran]

My no1 for writing is Pentel Kerry 0.5mm and for sketching the Pentel Graphgear 500 0.5mm. My most used pencils ever.

[kennycube]

I own 5 pencils and they were all on the list. Had them all a few years and all going strong. Rotring 600, 2 x Staedtler 925 (1full metal&1plastic), Graphgear 1000 and the base Uni Kuru Toga. After watching this I'm going to buy another😁

[Truth]

Rotring 600 is my #1 favorite
I like the weight of it and makes writing comfortable.

[MUXLegend-ygxt]

This video triggered my Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Instead of buying only 1 mechanical pencil, I ended up buying 3 pencils which happens to be on the list and I don't even use mechanical pencils.

[xcalamities]

What mechanical pencil would you recommend for writing?

[anguswhite]

so glad the Rotring 600 did so well: this is a lovely mp, not my favourite but it’s still a good pencil - glad Uni kuru-toga did so well too, this was my first mp and still my favourite!:)

[akhilsurjith]

Just found your channel and love the content!

[houghwhite]

Honestly nothing beats sharp p20x for me. Balance between cost and solid build quality

[JD]

I've been itching to get a rotring 600, but their so expensive.

[John_Smith__]

First great to see the viewers selection. More interesting to know everyone collective "mindset". And yup ..I knew it ... nothing beats the Rotring 600 (except the 800 :) ) ... it is simply the feeling of super quality and outstanding "Feel". It is strange every time I pick another pencil I think to myself ... how does this compare to the 600? And every single time ... the 600 "feel" wins ...
It is what it is.

[donnaldjohnson]

As a true American, I want to state my opinion without actually voting: My favorite is the Pentel Quicker Clicker, in .5 mm. Lately, I have been using Alvin's Draftmatic in 0.9 mm lately for work notes though (and would like to say how disappointed I am that they messed with the color and knurling of that fine pencil).

[ZyloSol]

Jetpens also have the Dive and the new kuru toga metal variant.

[nevermusic]

I like the rotring 800. The problem with the 600 is the tip can get bended and stop working. It’s also nice to retract it so. Its more comfortable in the pocket. It’d be nice if it was closer to $30.

[stin]

New here, sorry being salty, but aren't half of your 2023 list more expensive than the KT Dive?

[Kaiwizz]

I really liked this video and hope you'll continue this trend of contrasting your list with viewers list.

To me, it feels like the price of the pencil played the biggest role for the ordering. And then we also have the "superstar" pencil Rotring 600 which breaks this bias, making it the true "best value" mechanical pencil.

I have one question for people who participated in the voting as I missed it. Did you get to choose only one pencil out of the options or was it like you had to make your own top 10 list? I think the later approach would be even more interesting to see.

[PSSub-ukly]

Wait… what was wrong with the Big Idea Design pencil??