Rotring 600 - 8 Years Later from the Perspective of an Engineering Graduate - Review

A review of the Rotring 600 after 8 years of use, from the perspective of a mechanical engineering student.

Music:
Lee - Dreaming
Lee - Butterfly Effect

[azylee]

Answers to FAQ:
1. Black paper: Rhodia Touch Maya - Amazon UK
2. Lead: Pilot Eno-G 4B
3. White lead: Prym 0.9mm (in Staedtler 925) - Amazon UK
4. E-notes: Samsung Tab S7+ with Samsung Notes

[SMILE-flph]

My dad wrote his 12th grade exam with a hero pen.
35 years later he gave this pen to me to write my exams 😊😊

[EricrrFailWizard]

I lost my Rotring 600 for several months to find that I had dropped it in the gravel just under my car. Basically I was running it over twice a day for months. Looked dinged up but still works perfectly after that.

[lachlanlau]

HOW IS YOUR HANDWRITING SO GOOOD ITS CRAZY

I'm in my first year of Mechanical Engineering and that maths scares me..

[semkoot]

Fellow Engineering Graduate here. My 800 looks very similar. Little less scuffed up but it's roughly 7 years old now and it's for sure a pencil that will outlast me

[Matt-ddzr]

At 1:30 in the video I went “Wait a second, I somehow remember this vibe and handwriting” and that’s when I looked at your username. I used to be a huge fan of your fountain pen videos! So glad to see another upload from you after all these years!

[Ben-rqre]

As someone who’s been a professional mechanical engineer for over a decade, I can barely even hold a pencil any more.

[jahediqbalasif]

A review on Samsung Tab and note taking please. Your handwriting on digital note taking is also amazing

[simc]

Nice to see you back. Your handwriting is as wonderful as ever. Thanks for sharing your work.

[lll]

Finally! Please make more videos man! Got my first architect grind because of you.

[Jeevesk]

Junior in high school here! Your video and a friend who had a Rotring 500 got me to get a Rotring pencil, but I got the 600 3 in 1. It finally arrived today, and I have to say it feels amazing to write with!

[ata_]

This must be some sort of engineering rabbithole lol. I got a Rotring 600 as a gift to myself when I got into engineering. I was scared of dropping it and bending the nib so I got an 800 the following year. I actually liked using pens more for exams and solving math problems so I ended up getting a Rotring 800 ballpoint too. When I experimented with high quality refills, I went further down the rabbit hole and got into fountain pens and I have been using a LAMY 2000 since. I also have an iPad for doing homework assignments and sometimes taking lecture notes. Something about using pen and paper feels better for studying though.

[chupapimunano]

this is one of those videos i never thought of looking up but came to me and is really helpful to your daily life. sometimes the algorithm blesses me i guess

[chrishummel]

Perk of working as a medical device engineer is that every time I have dropped mine, I have been able to repair the hypotube on the end! Scopes and uv adhesives are all around

[Melllon]

2:55 doing the technical drawing of an object you like is one of the most "How did you know I do engineering" thing I've ever seen. <3

[danielkim]

If you’re worried about the tip, a bic ballpoint pen’s cap can work as a cover - it’ll be a bit ugly and with time wear off some of the black coating at the end of the grip, but it was worth it for me.

[nomiset]

is there a font available for your handwriting

[harrychoke]

Your handwriting is amazing - particularly your 'G'. It deserves to be on paper.

[hakonrunner]

I missed your videos so much I watched the old ones. Many times. Ended up with basically your whole collection, too (but I think that the Pelikan Pura is awesome - not sure why but it became my favourite). I switched to digital note-taking as well a while back, but still make time for analogue handwriting. Glad you're back.

[tylerp]

You can buy replacement tips for the rotring 600. My sister dropped mine and bent the lead sleeve on mine and she bought me a new tip for like $15 bucks on jet pens.