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Pros & Cons
Pros
This less expensive version is an excellent mech pencil and is lighter weight than the pro versions. Comes with one strip of hb lead already loaded in the barrel. If i were actually drawing i’d use a lead-holder but for everything else nothing beats t... Read More
Only issue is that if you have a money bump as some artists like to refer to it as, the texture on the grip can agitate it a little bit. The only thing i have against it is the fact that tip doesn't retract in.
The barrel doesn't feel like those cheap bic mechanical pencils. The rotting 600 is better quality but i use the 600 for drafting and the 500 for writing.
Cons
The lead no longer feeds through the pen. It's more like a drafting pencil, meant to sit at the drafting board at all times. No packaging from the manufacturer and absolute overkill shipping packaging from fba.
Highlights
Quality
Simply a highly quality pen worth the price
It is however a very nice pencil and if you would like something which has a good feel for the price i would definitely recomme... Read More
The rotting 600 is better quality but i use the 600 for drafting and the 500 for writing
Price
Also the cost is such that if i lose it i wont cry
Packaging/appearance
I sanded down the knurling with some fine sandpaper to smooth it out a bit now it’s 100 percent awesome
Yes the rotring 600 is made of better materials a full brass body and powder brushed paint but the 500 is a cheaper alternativ... Read More
But it does not come with any packaging or paperwork
Was shipped in a plastic bag inside a plastic envelope
Competitiveness
Its a rotring lower model mostly plastic works great
Ive had rotring products before and knew it would be well engineered
This is the pencil for people whove bought a rotring 600 and then ruined it with a drop
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, plastic, good, nice and metal. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 839 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 8 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This mechanical pencil rotring 500 0
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However it makes you think twice whether this item is a genuine rotring due to the fact that it did not come with a box or anything other than the pencil itself
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It was wrapped in a thin clear plastic which was then shipped in an amazon bubble envelope
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you look at the pictures there is clearly a box
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But i guess thats only for marketing purposes
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have filled more notebooks than i can count with this bad boy aside from the occasional cleaning its a work horse
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Was shipped in a plastic bag inside a plastic envelope
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also the cost is such that if i lose it i wont cry
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