Great video for mechanical pencil lovers. It's very good to see one about someone who has been using a specific mechanical pencil and his insights after years of use.
I used a rotring 600 for my entire engineering schooling. best pencil ive ever had. its on my desk now, mostly as a reminder of how far I have come. Its hands down the best pencil. 600 is better than 800 too imo because there is ZERO play in the tip. Dropped mine once during an exam, had to bend the tip back into normal position. ALLg ever since. I bought a new one after graduation to keep as a spare. still in the box in my desk. having one tool for life is just a mindset. of course you could use bic superlights or any other mechanical pencil. But having the same one day in day out. for years. Idk it just means something to me. one tool for life. always.
The Pentel GraphicGear 1000 just feels like better pencil that will last forever. Having a retractable tip means it's pretty much incapable of being broken.
Finest pencil ever made. By the way, the tip can be replaced. It isn't a fatal injury if your tip is damaged. The biggest issue I've had with my Rotrings is theft. People know what they are and if you aren't careful, they have a habit of walking away. I'm still hurting over the theft of my .9mm Rotring 600 two decades ago. I recently bit the bullet and ordered a (very very very) expensive replacement from eBay.
I used the Rotring Tikky 0.5 mechanical pencil throughout most of my schooling. It's much cheaper than the ones mentioned in the video and is entirely plastic, except for the tip, which is made of brass that's either galvanized or chrome-plated. Personally, I prefer holding plastic over metal. The plastic section where you grip the pencil is covered with rubber, but this rubber doesn’t fully cover the body-there are gaps through which the plastic shows. After some time, the rubber would start to peel off, leaving only the plastic with those raised parts, which could be a bit uncomfortable to hold. Another sign of wear was the chrome layer on the tip starting to fade, likely because my hands sweat quite a bit, and I tend to hold my fingers close to the tip for better control. I know that pencils are usually held a bit higher, but that's how I learned. The third issue is the one you also mentioned in your video: the tip can easily bend if the pencil is dropped. Other than that, the pencil was generally very reliable.
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
The rapid pro is really the lifetime one. The nib is retractable. I also did engineering and it has lasted for 8 years give or take. It wrote many tests (I made my teachers accept pencil writing as the tests and exams where all very neatly presented, which was pleasent for them I guess). The brass started to appear on the grip only because of the acidity of the sweat, but apart from that it is immaculate. It is very heay though and my hands cramped a lot. But I didn't care. Love surpasses all!
My only Rotring 600 complaints are that i wish the textured metal grip was longer back (about the length of a Pentel graph 1000) and the little black bit of the nose cone extended further out from the grip. Other than that, I LOVE this pencil
Beat me to it.. I'm finishing my Bachelors in mechanical this year, with my trusty 600 from first year by my side. It spent 4 months lost in a classmates backpack, but otherwise has been through it all. Especially like the golden coloured patina that they take on. Cudos
Hi there! The Ohto MS01, my favorite pencil of all time, has a "retractable fixed tip." It seems impossible, but here's how it works: The tip is fixed, but the gently knurled grip around it can be twisted to cover the entire tip during transport, protecting it. This doesn't compromise the solid feel while writing when the tip is fully exposed. The MS01 is also one of the best-engineered pencils ever made because it allows you to adjust the amount of lead that's deployed per click, which is amazing :DDD
