These Papermate Mates seems to be to pencils Lamy Safari fountain pens are to regular fountain pens; comfortable, functional, economical, and good quality.

Pencils are good quality and arrived promptly

Very good quality pencils

As expected, great quality

Good quality pencil

The quality of the lead is excellent, it is true they don't break near as easily as other pencil do.

I run a homework help program and these are high quality pencils that just don't break!!

Good quality product and the larger barrel is easy for small hands to hold

They are a good quality for the

Great quality, awesome price.

They are now comfortable and great quality inn my option

So holding it for writing is not that easy, but product as shown and good quality.

Fun colors and great quality!

good quality

The attached eraser is better than nothing, but as I normally use a Staedtler eraser, I was not bothered by its lackluster quality.

That said for myself, if you don't mind the feel of these Paper Mate Mates Mechanical Pencils and they aren't too much for your budget, the lead is a great quality and after all 'writing' is what a pencil is mainly about, and too the erasers are great, and unfortunately most of us do often make mistakes.

Good quality!

Nice quality and a really nice tip

Wonderful as always!!

It took me awhile to realize it was her favorite because the lead didn’t break nearly as much as with other mechanical pencils

Only mechanical pencil I will use because it doesn't break off as you write.

The points are not as sharp as you get with sharpened wooden pencils and the triangular shape is much easier to grasp and hold in proper writing and drawing position that the average wooden pencil.

The Pros:- No pencil clip that pokes into the skin on my hand as I