“I personally am a definite fan of the clearpoint,” Tavens said. Senior student Henry Tavens gave his input on the matter. And almost everybody had numerous positive things to say about the pencil.
Out of ten interviewees, only three had not used a Clearpoint before. “I like my current pencils because they have not malfunctioned on me this year.”ĭespite the pencil’s issues, the pencil’s popularity continues. “I look for a sturdy, reliable pencil…” Ushats said. Senior student Samuel Ushats considered multiple different key aspects to look for.
Students were asked what traits they look for in a mechanical pencil. “I wish that the clippy thing was stronger so it didn’t break all the time,” Knox said. Senior student Benjamin Knox, expressed his opinion on how the pencil could be improved. The pencil’s weak points aren’t just the connecting mechanism. “I dislike it because it’s fragile, the button is placed too high for my liking and the rubber part is not very comfortable compared to a Twist-Erase,” Yilmaz said. The pencil’s fragility was a shared complaint by senior student Ferhat Yilmaz, who had numerous problems with the pencil’s design.
#PAPERMATE MECHANICAL PENCIL CRACK#
In my experience, whenever the pencil falls on the ground, this area will almost always crack which renders it completely useless. The flaw is that the mechanism that holds the two pieces together is nothing more than a small nub that holds it in a corresponding socket. Papermate Clearpoint’s cap and body connection mechanism. However, its design is flawed in the fact that it has a major point of structural failure where the cap meets the body of the pencil. It has a lot of good ideas going for it, such as the side lead advance button and the twistable replaceable eraser. It’s one of the most popular pencils of Solon High School behind the Bic Xtra.īut I have a problem with the Clearpoint because it’s a highly overrated, poorly designed and fragile pencil. Every student has come across this pencil at some point in time. The Papermate Clearpoint is a pencil that needs no introduction.
With midterms just around the corner, comes writing and with writing, comes pencils.
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