<p>I have trouble finding a good mechanical pencil. What do you use? lol</p>
<p>I need one that has a thin barrel (not some huge chunky pencil) with a grip that extends all the way down to the point and a twistable eraser (I go through erasers fast). I saw some by foray but I didn't buy them because the package was opened. Papermate titanium looks nice, too.</p>
<p>For pens, there is no contest. Pilot Precise V7 Retractable ftw.</p>
<p>I don't really care about pencils -- any generic mechanical pencil will do. (I use Bic "MatiC grip" 0.7 mms this year. Good grip but no twisty eraser; I just use pink erasers.) But I came here to praise your taste in pens: </p>
<p>OMG YES PILOT PRECISE V7. V5s sometimes too. And Uniball Visions are good too.</p>
<p>A type of foreign made Zebra... it's Japanese and costs near three bucks. It has a solid grip, uses .5mm, and I've never seen one fail, break, or jam. Biggest worry is getting it stolen.</p>
<p>A pencil is just a pencil to me, as long as it's mechanical of course. I also have a lucky pencil reserved for certain occasions (test I need to do well on, etc.)</p>
<p>go to the asian stationary shop and buy mechanical pencils
dont get the cheapest one bc it will jam sometimes
invest in the expensiver ones, and dont get it stolen or forget it in class. </p>
<p>btw, this has got to be the funniest thread in the history of cc</p>
<p>I use these Papermate Clear Point things with twistable erasers and 0.7 lead, but I'll also palm random Bic crap I find lying on desks. I'm not that finicky about the mechanical pencils I use in day-to-day writing. But I'm really picky about the conventional number twos I use for standardized tests. Mirado Black Warriors ftw!</p>
<p>For AP free responses, I only ever use Pentech RSVP, haha. They're relatively cheap too, I think.</p>