I usually write in pen, only reason I'd use pencil is if I know I need to erase.
So... #5 I think. Simple, reliable, easily replaced.
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Also, some of these options are not pencils. For a pen I'd go for 5/6.
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5
(ingoring the diameter)
Apparently!
You can pry my Twist-Erase from my cold dead arthritic hands.
8
But why no
It’s there. #6
Oh, the “elite” looks so different I didn’t recognize it. I blame looking at it on a phone! 😓
The Dixon Ticonderoga is the only pencil I've used that doesn't have an absolute shit eraser, so I pick that.
I never use integrated erasers apart from emergency like my standalome eraser got launched out of the test room and the staff won't get it for me. Or for wood pencils when they are unusable for writing I'll save them as erasers. I just hate having partial erasers or stuck half erasers in mechanical pencils.
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Mine isn’t here, but 8 if I have to choose.
Number 7. A pleasure to write with, cheap enough so you don't get mad when you lose it. Eraser that doesn't suck.
Pocket clip does tend to shear off, though.
Kuru Toga Advance please.
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I've also used 4 and 8 which are both decent.
#6 is the closest to what got me through dozens of blue books.
Pentel Twist-erase 0.7 is the proper answer.
I spent way too much time hunting down a Pilot Automac and finally got it. being stuck with anything here would be such a stark downgrade
I'll take the good ole #2 pencil. Just enough tech and no more.