Rotring800+ Mechanical Pencil and Touchscreen Stylus, 0.5 mm, Black

This pencil is of superior quality. The tip retracts so you can safely put it into your pocket or bag without risk of stabbing yourself the next time you reach for t. It’s weighted perfectly and it’s cool to the touch so is a pleasure to write with every time.

I used the 800 model for over a year, and I recently purchased this one after I lost my 800 model (I'm an idiot). The packaging on this model is almost as fancy as the pencil itself compared to the last one.The mechanism problems that were apparent in the 800 model were fixed in the 800+ model, much to my delight. The mechanism extends and retracts the pencil much more smoothly than the last model and has not showed any signs of jamming from using the mechanism. It is extremely useful if you don't want to damage the tip from dropping it on the ground (which I do more than I should), or to prevent it from making holes in your shirt pockets.The text which says "800+ | 0.5 mm" is slightly bigger than on the 800 model and of a different font (Helvetica / Arial maybe?). Not sure how I feel about that; the original slanted squarish font felt more industrial and sleek, but those are minor details.The build quality is as I would expect from rotring: it's an absolute joy to hold and perfect for long writing sessions or drawing. The texture on the grip, the metal hexagon, and the red ring shows the industrial design language of rotring very well and makes long sessions of note-taking so much more interesting. (Using the original 800 was one of the reasons I got through English class without being bored to death.)The touchscreen tip works well with my iPad but I have not yet tested it for long periods of use so I cannot give a complete analysis on that.Edit: Upon further use, the stylus is, as the other reviewer already said, a bit unwieldy. The grip is a bit low for a stylus, the response is somewhat inaccurate, and it sometimes sticks to the screen. In the end, the stylus is interesting to play with for a while, but impractical for conventional use.All in all, although this pencil will make quite a dent in your wallet, I feel that it is well worth the price given its sturdy construction and superior mechanisms. It will most likely last me years if I don't do anything stupid, like drop it on the ground and bend the tip into an L shape, or lose it (but knowing me I probably will).

Great product, high quality. The customer service here is absolutely outstanding! From start to finish, the team was professional, friendly, and incredibly helpful. They went above and beyond to ensure a smooth and pleasant experience. Every question was answered promptly, and they truly care about customer satisfaction. Hands down, the best customer service I’ve ever experienced! Highly recommend!

I really like this pencil but it did force me to start using lead at a much shorter length than what I would typically use. If you use any more than 2 clicks the lead breaks quite often, but I also write at a slight angle, however, it's nothing extreme.***REMOVING POCKET CLIP****I really like the pocket clip but I like using the sharp side of the lead so I would have to hold over the clip, when twisting for shark end of lead, half the time. Removing the clip is not easy and should only be done if your certain you never want to use it again since the chances of you NOT destroying it and/or tearing the finish is very low to impossible. Theres really no instruction for on how to do this for the 800's. SO WHAT I DID was I loosened it with a pair of pliers by twisting the clip from side to side, which doesn't do much but I got it so that it was just a little loose. I heard some people were able to pull it straight off, which is what I was trying to do but it did feel like I might break then body so I read that someone else suggested oil. Heres what's good and bad about using oil, if you start with oil you may not be able to loosen it since it will likely just turn around the pencil and won't have enough friction to bend the clip while trying to twist it off but if it works the chances are better that you won't scratch the body.*I started with no oil (FYI - I don't necessarily suggest this exact method and is just how I did it so learn from my mistakes), and twisted back and forth with needle nose pliers trying to pull it off which got it a little loose to where I could twist it back and forth using my fingers. Then I used very little oil to try and pull it straight back and off. It did not come off that way though, it actually ended up sliding UP and over the knurl (where the eraser is) and came off that way, which I didn't think was even possible, since it didn't seem loose enough to do that, but with me trying to pull it straight back and off with the oil now applied, it just slide, unexpectedly, over the knurl which still took a LOT of FORCE. I did not scratch the finish over knurl area and there was (to my surprise) somewhat minimal scratches where the clip was, from when I tried removing with NO oil, but AGAIN using no oil AT FIRST created the friction I needed to allow me to use enough force to be able to bend the part of the clip, that wraps around the BODY of the pen, by twisting back and forth.*My suggestion:- Make sure you are positive that you no longer want the clip since it will likely be destroyed but if you use oil first and get lucky then you might be able to salvage it.- Patients is key to limit any scratches,- Try using a very small amount of oil first to see if you actually can make it slide over the knurl from the start (I used weathermen pliers), which if possible, will greatly reduce your chances of any scratches, but clip will still likely be scratched (unless you have pliers with silicon tips?) and will defiantly be bent but if it works this way then you can probably bend it back, if you want to. If this doesn't work at all then wipe up the oil as much as you can, which may take time (days/weeks depending on oil used?), until it is dry again and has enough friction to try

rOtring makes excellent writing instruments. The black barrel with red stripe creates a stunning appearance. It goes well with the grey rOtring pen I purchased. It is expensive, but I like how it writes.

I bought this in November of 22 with high expectations. Sadly after just a year it was in the garbage can. It was never dropped and used very sparingly. From reviews here and elsewhere what failed is an all to common problem. The twist knob that extends and retracts the tip has a spring with way to much compression strength (IMHO) and breaks off the plastic piece that it rides along inside to extends and retract the tip , there are multiple pictures here in the reviews that show the same problem I encountered. I really wanted to completely like this pen, it has a great feel and ergonomics to it, but one major flaw for a $$$ pencil.

Great mechanical pencil