Pentel P205 vs Pentel GraphGear 1000

There is still the glaring and unforgiveable problem of how when a piece of lead is about used up the last few centimeters get stuck in the tip, outside the advancer, so you have to pull it out. This is absurd and ridiculous, and so many pencils still do this. The pentel eSharp is pretty good at keeping lead alive longer, but it's an even cheaper pencil and rather unattractive. I can't give the product five stars because the old adage "don't fix what ain't broke" doesn't apply here: there are some big improvements that should be being made about pencils, and unfortunately Pentel is resting on its laurels

Nice steady an functional lead pencil. Pricy! Not sure if I could support that price hence the reason for 3 stars. If not for the price 4.5 stars, would of been my grade!

Now while HB is a pretty soft lead, the trick is to not advance / expose too much lead out of the ferrule so it doesn't break. A mechanical pencil takes a softer touch in general, but it leaves a good dark line which is also easily erasable.

I purchased for more control and better feel when designing. Well balanced, heavier than cheap plastic. Writes smooth and clean- long tip that retracts at a fraction of the price of other comparable products. Overall nice pencil

I weighed the parts of some Pentel P205 pencils, from Gen 3 to modern. The weight of most parts has decreased over the years. The weight of the caps on the older models is going to be a little heavier because they contain a metal cap stop inserted (this was removed in the modern pencils in favor of a step cut into the mechanism).

It's certainly heavier compared to the plastic body of a papermate (hence the 4 stars), but not too bad and I love that I won't be throwing it away. I might actually buy 1-2 more to make sure one is always at hand.