Papermate mechanical pencil elite11/7/2023 ![]() The piece at the bottom of the barrel around the lead holder was also brittle plastic and would break.Įventually PaperMate introduced an upgraded version, the ClearPoint Elite which eliminated these problems while adding a couple other nice features:Ģ. The clip, made of brittle plastic, would break off.Ģ. I owned several of these and was quite happy with them, but they tended to have a couple problems:ġ. There was really only one solid choice I found on the market: the original PaperMate ClearPoint. Replaceable leads so you can keep using it after the factory load is gone. For those of us who need to erase, a button on the side to extend the lead is much more practical.Ĥ. Again, if you don’t really need to use the eraser, this isn’t a problem. A mechanism for extending the lead that doesn’t rely on pressing down on the eraser. Many mechanical pencils are apparently made for people who don’t need to erase, and have erasers like a grain of rice. I make big mistakes and frequently need to remove them. This problem could also be ameliorated by the use of a removable cap, but this tends to get in the way of requirement #2.Ģ. Pockets are a special problem, as it means you could get poked in the leg as well. Without a retractable tip, the tip tends to snag if it’s tossed into a soft container like your pocket or backpack. This is about more than just having a retractable lead. I had a hard time finding a mechanical pencil with the following characteristics:ġ. The quest for a great mechanical pencil started a number of years back. The “knob“ for twisting the cylinder to extract or retract the erase moves the two prongs, which are connected at the bottom, along an inner spiral rail within the eraser well.I want to introduce to you my favorite writing instrument: the PaperMate ClearPoint Elite. The eraser material is Papermate’s common Tuff-Stuff polymer and the eraser is held in its cylinder at the top by a plastic apparatus with two prongs that squeeze the eraser in a viselike fashion. On the other hand, I have seen a number of these models with broken clips. I have dropped both of these pencils on tiled floors on several occasions with no visible damage to the surface and without the eraser housing separating from the rest of the pencil. The slot allows the housing to snap into the main body of the pencil once the pencil has been filled with lead. This is connected by a raised vertical ridge under the clip into a slot in the front of the main body of the pencil. The top third of the pencil consists of housing for the eraser well and twist mechanism and plastic clip. ![]() The exterior surface of the pencils, excluding the trim is crystal clear plastic, exposing the inner mechanical workings. The trim on the 0.5 mm pencil is dark green whereas the trim on the 0.7 mm is a much lighter and brighter green. The hillside vegetation is greener than usual for this time of year due to a number of recent rainfalls and the trim on the two Clearpoint pencils that I am using to write this review matches the color of the landscape. However, it is heading toward a dry 90 degrees and I am not hiking any higher than this today. I have been to the top of one of the mountains, about 350 feet higher than my current location, on the other side of the road. To get to this ramada, I walked across a substantial pedestrian bridge connecting two small mountains in the Park and spanning the road below. I have hiked about a mile and a half and I am overlooking Pinnacle Peak road about 20 to 30 feet below. Paper Mate Clearpoint Mechanical Pencil ReviewI am writing this review of the Papermate Clearpoint mechanical pencil at a ramada (an un-walled shelter) along a hiking trail in Glendale, Arizona. Well, Bob actually sent in two reviews, the PhD and the Clearpoint. You may recall an earlier guest review of the Paper Mate PhD Ultra mechanical pencil sent in by Bob from Arizona.
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