My problem with mechanical pencils is they never seem to do well in my pocket if I'm on the bus running around and such, and I rarely need a pencil at home.
Is there any mechanical pencil that's meant to toss around in a bag and survive? Or do people use padded cases?
> Is there any mechanical pencil that's meant to toss around in a bag and survive?
I'm not sure exactly what the failure mode is that you're experiencing, but the Rotring 800[0] is retractable. I've gotten a lot of use out of my Rotring 600 but wish I had bought the 800 to be able to retract and protect the lead sleeve.
I feel like a shill in this thread, but pencils are my jam. I've kept a Kura Toga (with fragile 3mm!) casually tossed in my gym bag for the last few years. Zero problems with it so far.
I use a non-padded box, it is just a little plastic thing. All that you really need to protect them from is getting dropped or pressed up against something (it is also nice to not get poked), so the box just needs to be somewhat rigid. Padding seems excessive.
Is there any mechanical pencil that's meant to toss around in a bag and survive? Or do people use padded cases?