Xtra-Smooth Mechanical Pencil, Clear Barrel, Medium Point (0.7mm)
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was happy with this product. Did not come damaged or anything and it came early. I was a little happy because I’m always losing my mechanicals or they get stolen, isn’t public school amazing😂 but I have a deep love for mechanicals and this sure comes handy during the beginning of the school year. Will be ordering again when school starts for the fall.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "BIC pencils are good, don't get me wrong. I have used BIC pencils in my classroom and enjoyed their great performance. This review is specifically to address the fact that you cannot find refillable erasers for this type of mechanical pencil. In my opinion, the fact that you cannot buy refillable pencil erasers actually makes these MORE expensive for the consumer in the long run because you end up throwing away more pencils and having to buy more replacements. While I understand that once the eraser runs out you can use stand alone erasers, the simple fact is that students do don't do this! They end up throwing them away and buying new ones. One, this is more costly, but also it is environmentally irresponsible as these pencils only add more plastic waste to our environment."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "As a student, I'm constantly either running out of lead or losing pencils. Now I don't need to worry about it for months! They're not super fancy or anything, but consistently quality and I don't have to worry about whether a classmate decides to keep the pencil I loaned them."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've had a problem with mechanical pencils in the past pushing almost the entire lead piece when I pushed the eraser, which this doesn't do, the erasers work, and they don't constantly break. All you can really ask from a pencil."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I love these because of the dark look the lead provides. It\'s the #2dark look yet you hardly have to push to get it. Doesn\'t "glide oily nor hard to make a mark" as you write.....instead has a wonderful cooperative "bite" as you write. It has an amazingly thin barrell ( instead of the usual clunky thick handle many pencils have). The feel of the barrell somehow encourages control and you\'ll find your handwriting looks better than usual. You will love how it feels in your hand...in fact, it\'s "fun" writing with these....The erasers work great too without smudging. Lighweight. Get alot of them for the money. I\'ve given some of them away as "try these"; and everyone loves them.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Dude it's 40 quality mechanical pencils for like $7. I'll never need to buy pencils again, and all it cost me was $7. The ability to never need to borrow a writing implement again, and it was just $7. It feels as though I may have made some pact with some supernatural being, for my eternal servitude, but nope, just $7. But you're not reading this review, you knew all of that, and you've already decided, and that decision was almost definitely yes. Because it was like $7."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Have not been used yet but I counted and there are 40 of them. Looks exactly like the picture.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The first time I used one of these pencils I was sold forever. I do paper-based puzzles such as sudoku a lot, and I hate having to keep sharpening my pencil. But when I tried mechanical pencils, the leads didn't last long and would fall out long before they were used up, and usually were not dark enough. Plus, they smudged. These Bic stick pencils are just right. I love that they are dark, and go on the paper smoothly, they don't smudge, and the leads don't fall out. I just wish the leads were refillable, but that may be why they stay in place better than the ones you can refill. I will definitely buy them again as long as they don't jack the price up the way others have. Right now they are a good value and I recommend them."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'For about US$8 you get 40 pencils. That is 20 cents per piece - and they are refillable with any 0.7 pencil refills. Hence, as economics go, this is superb value for money. It is true that they are plastics and in themselves not good for the environment, it is a matter of education by school teachers to their students that these pencils are meant to be permanent. They are not disposables.\n\nThe pencils are slim and comfortable in the hands of adults as well as children. The lead that comes with the pencils are tough and do not easily break. I tested most of them and found that just 2 pushes on the eraser top gets you the right amount of lead out for comfortable use.\n\nAs a bonus the pocket clips come in four different colours.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Oddly enough I did not purchase these for school or classes. I do a lot of hobby woodcraft to keep busy. I've always had problems with normal pencil line when marking materials for cutting. And even have to sand or use a heavy duty easer to remove the lines. This set of pencils have solved that problem. The lines are thinner, they are crisp, and they erase easily. While I didn't really need a pack of 40, the price was really low for this quality and quantity. I'll be passing our a few (just a few) to my friends."}]