It does work to protect the lead in axial loading (along the length of the pencil, as the mechanism is designed to)

I was always breaking the lead off of the usual types of mechanical's while working the field

The lead never broke

The tip stays sharp and the lead is very strong and break resistant

I am one of those people who regularly breaks the leads on mechanical pencils, but not this one

It is nearly impossible to break the lead unintentionally

Because of the flexibility of the system, the metal guard protects the lead at an angle

I haven’t broken my lead at

So hard to break lead now!

The result gave me to believe it is working as it should be - less prone to break the leads

It is very hard to break the lead in deed when using this pencil.

Lead can break, of course, if I apply too much pressure

It really works, I broke the lead ONCE, where I break the lead every 3

Protects the softest lead.

It actually broke the lead about every minute or two

I am a hard writer and would usually break a lead this thin

You need to try hard to break a lead

Bought the pencil because I thought the lead was retractable like the paper mate sharp writer

Of course if you try to break the lead you will, but I have yet to have the lead break while writing on a stable surface (think table instead of a leg).My partner heavily prefers using pen, and rarely if ever elects to use pencil, but even he liked the way it wrote and actually wanted to get one for himself.

Great writing, very smooth lead never breaks, overall just a very good product

Haven't broken lead yet!

and I don't feel like it keeps the lead from breaking any less than one of my other pencils, but still good quality.

Works well, hard to break the led.

Lead doesn't break if used properly

it’s probably a user issue as the guy in the video tried hard to break the lead and didn’t

The lead break feature is almost flawless.

The lead is still to weak for the mechanism to protect it

Despite it's claims to be snap-proof, I have broken more leads in this pencil in the last few days of owning it than in all my years of using my Draftmatic and Staedlers, combined

As long as you get strong enough lead it works as advertised

If you use this pencil properly, you will rip up the paper on which you write before you break the lead.

I’ve purposfully tried to break the lead on this pencil and it does not break!

I like using mechanical pencils, but keep breaking the lead - but not with these pencils.

Buy it if you casually break your pencil lead.

Lead never break， even better for construction

The lead actually keeps on breaking...a lot

Very good, and hard to break the lead so it works very well.

Very good product, haven't broke any lead... yet!

LEAD DOES NOT BREAK during bumpy transits leaving you with nothing.

I have not broken the lead

I am forever breaking the lead on my mechanical pencils, but not this one.

Wow - I've never had a mechanical pencil that didn't constantly break the lead.

My lead never break since i used this mechanical pencil

Works nicely to protect the lead

It really works, I broke the lead ONCE, where I break the lead every 3

I Will Not Protect HB grade lead

I actually did break the lead on this but only a couple of times instead of every time I write!

Amazingly it protects my led from breaking as I tend to hold my pencils with a tight / strong grip.

My led never breaks anymore unless one presses the led out like 2 inches.

If you're heavy handed and break your lead often this is the pencil for you!!

The tip stays sharp and the lead is very strong and break resistant

I dropped it once on a concrete floor and it did shatter the lead in the slot into 3 pieces but the rest was OK.

I was always breaking the lead off of the usual types of mechanical's while working the field

If you break lead with this pencil, you are either using incredibly soft/cheap lead or you are using it wrong

When you're writing, you're not trying to break the lead or trying to demonstrate its hardiness, so it works absolutely perfectly

Great pencil and the lead doesn’t break easy!

It writes smoothly and so far after a month of use I haven't broken a lead yet

If you break lead with this pencil, you are either using incredibly soft/cheap lead or you are using it wrong

The lead is tough and has not broken until it gets to the end of a piece.

Have bought two of these, and love that it is almost impossible to break your lead with these!

Lead will not break if you write hard.

Very nice pencil with technically excellent lead protection

I write with some strength and that causes leads to break easily and my writing to come off sloppy since I don't lift off the paper as much so this pencil really did it for me

I broke the lead 4x and have broken it on a few other times

What this mechanical pencil does is to infuse confidence in writing without subconsciously worrying of breaking the lead

The DelGuard system protects the pencil lead pretty well

No more leads broken

The tip that feeds out the lead pushes in a little to reduce pressure when you write, and the lead stays nice and sharp 👌

The lead has never broken on me and it writes smoothly.

The lead breaks every bit as easily as any other pencil I've had

The lead doesn’t retract

Tried to break the lead to test it and it really worked

I don't usually break pencil leads with normal mechanical

I use a lot of pressure when I write and am always breaking pencil tips and mechanical pencil leads

With other pencils, you probably break lead despite your best efforts, now and then, but with this one, you will notice readily that it happens very rarely

I break the lead on regular mechanical pencils all the time, and now I just can't go back to those

Definitely saved me a lot of graphite and from buying cheap lead pencils

but it's not as good as in the video and certainly nowhere near unbreakable.

Not as well as it's described but not that bad either

Don't overload the refill slot with too many leads as it will tend to clog the mechanism and won't uptake new sticks as needed