Pentel Orenz Mechanical Pencil (0.2mm), White Barrel, 1 Pack (PP502BP)

As far as basic mechanical pencils go, this one is is quickly becoming a new favorite of mine. The primary reason is because it is simply a well made, effective and no frills writing implement, that gets the job done. No shock absorbing spring setups, no double clutch lead advancement, no shaker mechanism, no twist-up eraser, no special ergonomic grip. This is just a simple, sleek, one-piece body, with a metal cap, metal clip, metal cone, coupled with a retractable guide pipe. It bears mentioning that the retractable guide pipe is not the same thing as a traditional "pocket safe" retractable tip. The guide pipe "floats" once extended, retracting as you wear down the lead, whereas a regular retractable tip would stay fixed in place once extended, and the lead would need to protrude past it in order to write anything. Of course, if using a guide pipe isn't your thing, you can certainly treat this pencil as any other by using the guide pipe as if it were any old retractable tip, but I actually find that it works as advertised too. That is, you click once to extend the pipe and then begin writing, with the lead barely exiting the pipe. The beveled edge of the pipe floats across the paper, just barely exposing enough lead to write, which protects the remaining few millimeters of lead inside the pipe (which retracts as the lead wears down, exposing more lead so you can keep writing). Essentially the pressure is on the pipe vs. the lead, so you avoid breakage almost completely. It sounds like it would be weird, but you actually can't feel any difference from using a regular fixed tip. For what it's worth, I actually picked this up primarily because I own other Pentel Orenz pencils, mainly in .3mm, and wanted to see how well the Orenz guide pipe system worked in .5mm. I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality on this vanilla version of the Orenz pencil, because the plastic seems denser and heavier than what is used on the metal-gripped version, which you can find here: Pentel Mechanical Pencil, Orenz, with Metal Grip, 0.3mm, Navy (XPP1003G-C) . If I had to choose, I would take this pared-down, all-plastic, one-piece version every time. It's a much better value for the money, has the same metal parts aside from the grip, and much nicer plastic for the body. To put it another way, this is most certainly a case where less turns out to be more.

Updated: Pencils fkn awesome. I regret reviewing this pencil as a 3 star. This pencil easily is a 5 out of 5. The pencil was no the problem, its because I was using the wrong lead which was trash. It was very brittle and would barely mark anything, that was the standard lead it came with. I bought a different one though, the HB and that one works great. Not brittle and the other lead I used it for fine drawing details. The erasers I also recommend. They're great and helps with your sketches aswell.

I never realized how much better a mechanical pencil could ever be. This company is legendary and obviously is still keeping their name held in high regards. Great writing machine. Also, if you were wondering .2mm is the way to go if you like fine details, or fitting a lot of words in a small place, clearly. Then .2mm pencil is perfect! With the design of the pencil it's impossible to break the lead no matter how hard you try to write. The sleeve does exactly what it's supposed to and it feels 100% great and perfect to write with. Actually it's easier to write with .2mm lead because with the same force you'd use on a larger lead size, you get much darker results with the .2mm lead because of the distribution of surface area across the smaller lead size. Takes less pressure to write, so you can get dark clean lines without having to push as hard as you would with a normal .7 pencil. Also having a rigid metal construction means there is no play in any of the components. Everything is structurally sound so any force you put into writing goes straight into the lead. Plastic pencils have some give and that's really just making you use extra energy to make sure the lead does what you want. Seriously, perfect pencil!

Great price for a quality product.

This pencil writes wonderfully. My only gripe is the complete lack of information about changing the graphite. When it gets short the protective metal sleeve starts dropping all willy nilly, and if you're like me and suspect an internal issue you'll unscrew the front end and watch the intricate feed mechanism drop to the floor and disappear forever. All i needed to do was feed some more graphite, but the company never informed me of this behavior.

I love how absolutely this super fine tip holds a point. This is/was my prized writing utensil until I dropped it one day and now the tip will not descend and stay locked into place. This has made the pencil completely unusable. So now I have a bunch of extra pencil lead that won’t fit anything else I have.

This is a simple, no-frills pencil, which incorporates a simple but clever idea: the guide pipe for the lead slides, so you don't stick the lead out of the guide pipe when you use it. Instead, the end of the pipe is even with the end of the lead, and the pipe slowly gets pushed back in as the lead wears down. The pipe supports the lead and prevents breakages. The tip of the pipe is beveled so it doesn't scratch excessively on the paper. I have a 0.5 mm pencil and it works very well. I use it for sketching, and I sketch using my whole arm, not just my fingers, and this tends to cause traditional .5 mm mechanical pencils to snap their lead. I have not tried this pencil in either the 0.3 mm or 0.2 mm sizes, so I can't comment about that.

I write small and this pencil works every bit as good as the $20+ pencils I have bought in the past. Follow the instructions and you will not be disappointed. I accidently dropped my pencil once, that is a bad thing I had to push out all the peices of broken lead inside the tube to make it work again. Fortunately it comes with the tool for that.

very good

Me gusta mucho la marca pentel. Es cómodo y bonito. Lo recomiendo

First it was working good but after the led was not getting out

I use a lot of mechanical pencils, some costing many times the cost of the pentel Orenz mechanical pencil. Yet this is the pencil I seek out more often than not. The clever sleeve that supports the lead is the main feature I like as it really does work and helps prevent lead breakage . The only thing I would like Pentel to do is release more upmarket versions of the 0.7 mm pencil just like they have with the 0.5mm versions.

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