rOtring Rapid Pro Mechanical Pencil, 0.7 mm, Black

I have owned a similar mechanical pencil before. I love the weight and reliability of the pencil. I prefer the .7 lead over the .5 for decreased breakage with the manner in which I write. When my previous pencil turns up, I will still not regret repurchasing this devise. Great pencil.

Major fan! I miss the lead indicator, truly, but love the retractable lead and sleeve! The pencil writes and sketches perfectly showing it’s well balanced. The barrel is hexagonal preventing it from rolling around willy nilly and the barrel being slightly thicker than the model 600 feels like my hand having finally found just the right thickness. I find it just as sturdy as my 600 model.

I have been using Rotring products for many years and appreciate their general strength and finishing. However, when I came across the Rapid Pro 0.7 I had to try it. It is next level. Definitely a little bit pricey, but it is a quality product - well made, good feel, strong, well balanced. They need to advertise this product a little better…

Good+++

Very well built and perfectly balanced. Great weight and function.

I really love the weight and feel of this pencil. I bought it as a replacement for my Pentel Graphgear 1000 which broke along the plastic connector section of the body. I was hoping that the Rapidpro would be all metal, but unfortunately after reading other reviews I realized the red connector piece on the body is plastic. It is still a great pencil. It functions smoothly and is a pleasure to use every day. If they had figured out a way to make it all metal I would definitely give it 5 stars. Still I think it is a good pencil for the price. I really like the sliding sleeve because I put my pencil in my backpack and don't want the tip breaking off. I think extension/retraction mechanism of the Graphgear 1000 is better because I like how that clicks in and out of place quickly. However, the weight, feel, and grip on the Rapidpro are far superior to the Graphgear and are worth the slightly higher price. The sliding sleeve can retract slowly as the lead wears down, but I don't really like writing with the lead barely extended. So that aspect of the sliding sleeve doesn't do anything for me.

Sleek, attractive (to the engineering eye :), well balanced, flawless build, reliable performance, sturdy pocket clip, and good lead-advancement ergonomics. Very satisfactory indeed. The retracting lead "nozzle" is a big plus, much less likely to be damaged falling out of a pocket or such. I'm liking the 0.7mm lead version. Fewer lead breakage incidents and a more bold expressiveness for work that is not yet detailed. I like it a lot, great price point. I would definitely do it again and recommend.

Decided to purchase de Rapid Pro despite some criticism agaist the middle connector made of red plastic. Honestly, this piece of plastic looks and feels very resilient and I don't see how it could fail IF the pencil is used correctly. This is a moderately expensive item as should be valued and cared as such. I like the mate black finish and its quality and functionality.

I have used lots of pentel and staedler pencils before but ROTRING RAPID PRO/ROTRING 600 IS THE BEST and this statement is gonna remain universal untill the end of time. [ Proud to exaggerate ] ------------------------------------------------------------ FINAL VERDICT ✅The best mechanical pencil (tried pentel, lamy, staedtler and many others). ✅SUPER STURDY and you can pass this one to next generation after your last breath. ✅Very expensive but considering it will last lifetime i would rate 4/5 in VALUE FOR MONEY. 🙏🙏Please press the helpful button if so and follow my Amazon profile🙏🙏 ------------------------------------------------------------ DESIGN AND BUILD 👍Although the Rotring brand is now owned by some japanese brand still the german aesthetics are no less in this ALL BRASS METAL SUPER STURDY BUILD. 👍The metal KNURLING is THE BEST on the market.🥰 👍The retractable lead sleeve is awesome⭐ 👍Very satisfying click and about 10 clicks come out 6mm of lead. 👍The Hexagonal brass body is very comfortable to hold. 👍Very sturdy pocket clip. 👍Matt black colour is dope and utilitarian (more classy than silver version and three colour is durable too, it won't go out in long time. ------------------------------------------------------------ WRITING PERFORMANCE 👍👍A+++ the heavy nature of the pen helps in enhancing writing experience since you don't need to press the lead much harder since the pencil itself is sharing the job with its own weight. IT WILL MAKE YOU QUIT YOUR PARKER PEN AND ADOPT THE PENCIL WAY OF WRITING. ☺ ------------------------------------------------------------ CONS The single con of this pencil is the screws joint behind the red ring (refer my attached images) that is made of plastic, metal would have been nice but considering you don't need to unscrew it very often it would still go strong for lifetime.

Buon portamine ad un prezzo accessibile, solido e di comoda impugnatura. La punta retrattile permette di tenerla in tasca o nella borsa senza il rischio d romperne la punta; precisa e senza oscillazioni della mina, comoda sia per il disegno a mano libera, la punta da 0.7 mm è meno delicata rispetto a quelle da 0,5 e buona anche per il disegno tecnico.

The pencil works like a German made machine. It retract (manually) to protect the lead and the cylinder around it.

No esperaba menos de la marca, portaminas metálico, es una belleza, excelente peso, mina 0.7 mm. Recomendable.

Sehr schöner Druckbleistift, der dank seines Gewichts gut in der Hand liegt. Durch das Grifffeld am unteren Ende lässt sich der Stift sehr gut halten und führen. Die Funktionalität der Minen-Mechanik ist hervorragend. Klare Empfehlung für alle, die einen "besonderen" und wertigen Druckbleistift suchen.