Rotring 800 Mechanical Pencil 0.7Mm Black

While this is a premium product and an intimidating price tag for a mechanical pencil, this product is beautiful and meticulously designed. Pros The retractable tip helps prevent the tip from being bent and breaking, unlike all other pencils with this design. The grip is excellent and the weight distribution allows it to sit comfortably in the hand. This product is of a high quality and I have not experienced a mechanical failure for the three pencils I own in over 5 years. Neutral / preference This pencil is nearly entirely made of metal; as such, it is very heavy. Personally, this is a pro and makes it feel like a quality product. Cons You may as well assume that this thing doesn’t come with an eraser, just a lead stopper. If you get a ding on the pencil, the paint will be removed and exposed the raw metal beneath (eye sore for perfectionists). Due to the heavy weight, this pencil is difficult to write quickly with or do pencil tricks with.

This is by far the best mechanical pencil I have ever bought (and I've bought a lot). I particularly like the design and how the lead sleeve can be retraced into the body of the pencil. It is a heavy beast, but to me that just screams quality. Is it worth the cost? For me, absolutely. Your mileage may vary :)

Very good pencil with a great grip.

German engineering... Do I need to say anything else? As an engineer myself, I've always preferred mechanical pencils to take notes, sketch & "do math" on. Habit I developed since before university. My last mechanical pencil was a Blue Pentel 0.7mm that I first purchased before getting into Uni and used it throughout all my Uni study & exams. I unfortunately lost that pencil while moving homes and needed to purchase my next "companion" for the future and possibly the "last" one I'll ever purchase. I had heard about rOtring Mechanical pencils and decided to purchase one as a gift to myself & as the tool it is. I have no complains about this pencil, I do not have complaints about the retractable tip being "flimsy" at all.. I use this for taking notes and "doing math" and sometimes sketches. I absolutely love the way the pencil feels in my hand while I write. Build quality is great and the pencil feels like a proper writing tool and not like a toy as some of these other mechanical pencils. It is a sturdy, well designed tool. The only "complain" I have, which I have will all pens/ mechanical pencils is due to the fact I have large hands, the "clip" is something I remove from all my pens/ mech pencils if they get in the way of my grip/ where the "clip" typically would rest on the hand. But that isn't something specific about this product as I do it to all my handwriting utensils. Hopefully I have purchased the last mechanical pencil I'll ever use and I have no regrets.

I bought this pencil to round out my ROtring collection… the Rapid Pro, Newton, 600, and now the 800. Of pencils, I prefer the Rapid Pro for EDC. The 800 has a retractable tip, but it’s almost 1/2” long. The thicker base is about 1/4” and the part that hold the lead is 1/4”. And the twist then click motion to begin writing is excessive. The 600’s tip doesn’t retract so it can easily be damaged if dropped or mishandled. I have what I believe is a Newton pencil… it only says ROTRING on the barrel and has a smooth, not checkered grip. This also has a retracting tip, but I prefer the checkered grip.

Hands down the best mechanical pencil I have ever owned and it made me quite a nerd. Honestly a great gift for people in music, art, or related field where even if using a pencil is nostalgic, this would just show them the love. Maybe I’m just weird like that!

The rOring 800 is awesome. The negative reviews that say there is some tip wobble are way over blown on this aspect. There is a very little bit of wobble as there has to be in a moving part. This is consistent as I have several of these for my work. They all have the same amount of tip wobble. Those reviewers who have such an issue with this aspect never actually discuss how the pencil performs tip wobble or not. In practice the minuscule tip wobble is simply not an issue. It is an outstanding pencil. I am an artist and use it all the time as well as the rOtring 600 and Graphgear 1000. These all have their strengths and purpose as do other pencils...even the wooden ones. The 800 is a wonderful tool and built extremely well and the retractable tip works as it should and makes this a travel friendly alternative to the 600. And ...it is a pencil folks...write with it, draw with it, enjoy it.

I absolutely love this Rotring 800 pencil. I like it better than all my others that are as much as $120, and at 1/3 the price. Time will tell, but if the mechanism holds out it will easily stay as my go to pencil. I plan on ordering at least one more..

I often find myself with a mechanical pencil in my pocket and with the retractable tip you get a great mechanical pencil to write with and the tip won't get damaged or make holes in your pockets. Love this. I leave my 600 and rapid Pro at my desk and take the 800 with me in my pocket.

No doubt if you are looking into a 45 quid pencil you'll be doing your research. And some of that will lead you to a lot of people saying that the retractable Rotring has a slight tip wobble (because it's moving parts). I've been using this daily for over a year now and it's still going strong. I'm a massive fidgetter so I'm constantly popping the nib in and out and taking the rubber protector on and off and it's still not gotten to a point where it's worn or damaged. This is my favourite pencil. It weighs a really nice amount for me and feels like a good bit of kit. The improvements I think it could do with are minor. The first is the little tab thing that you slide it onto shirt pockets and what not. I think this should not be painted. This area is the one that gets the most wear and naturally the paint chips. It'd made more sense to plain finish it. The second is the availability of the rubbers. The rubbers last ages but they are a little difficult to pickup, in the end I opted to go for the ones direct from their site because they are a special size and didn't want to get the wrong ones. Besides that though I really like the pencil. I'd definitely recommend it if you are looking to upgrade to a something proper.

Excellent build (premium quality!!!). Got a black one, love the color scheme (with Gold tip). Retractable tip feature is very helpful (if you have the habit of dropping things!) Very happy that I bought it!!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ich habe den rOtring 800 Druckbleistift mit Einzug in der 0,7 mm Variante in Schwarz erworben und bin absolut begeistert von diesem Stift. Die Mechanik dieses Druckbleistifts ist einfach herausragend. Die einfahrbare Spitze ist nicht nur praktisch, sondern verleiht dem Stift auch eine zusätzliche Eleganz. Die Präzision beim Schreiben ist beeindruckend, und die 0,7 mm Mine ermöglicht ein sauberes und genaues Schriftbild. Die Haptik des rOtring 800 ist erstklassig. Das Gewicht des Stifts liegt angenehm in der Hand, und die Griffigkeit ist perfekt. Man spürt sofort, dass hier hochwertige Materialien verwendet wurden, was dem Stift eine robuste und langlebige Qualität verleiht. Obwohl der Preis dieses Druckbleistifts etwas höher ist, ist er meiner Meinung nach jeden Cent wert. Die Qualität und das Design rechtfertigen den Preis voll und ganz. Der rOtring 800 ist nicht nur ein Schreibgerät, sondern auch ein Hingucker auf meinem Schreibtisch. Die schwarze Farbe verleiht ihm eine zeitlose Eleganz. Insgesamt bin ich äußerst zufrieden mit meinem Kauf und kann den rOtring 800 Druckbleistift allen empfehlen, die nach einem hochwertigen und präzisen Schreibinstrument suchen – vorausgesetzt, der Preis spielt keine allzu große Rolle.Unter anderen kann ich auch die Kugelschreiberversion dergleichen Linie ,dem ich auch in Besitz habe genauso bedenkenlos empfehlen.

Ho utilizzato la matita in questione (rotring 800 mina 0,7) per un paio di settimane al lavoro tutto il giorno come unico strumento di scrittura e disegno (oltre che a casa per diletto o per prendere qualche appunto a caso) e quindi mi sento pronto a dare un mio parere. Sono un impiegato tecnico (ingegnere civile) in uno studio di ingegneria, quindi per una cosa o per l'altra in studio scrivo o faccio qualche schizzo prettamente a matita, per abitudine soprattutto, ma è per dire che ho modo di usarla molto la matita. L'oggetto in questione è costruito in modo impeccabile, veramente bella ed elegante e trasmette veramente solidità, più di quanto mi aspettassi. Il meccanismo di estrazione della punta funziona bene, l'estrazione della mina per esigenze costruttive non è la più appagante che abbia mai provato (ma va benissimo) e il tutto funzione senza incertezze. La cosa che più mi spaventava era il peso, perchè gia in passato passando dal classico porta mine economico di plastica a questi in metallo il limite che alla fine mi aveva fatto tornare ai primi è il peso, che con un uso intenso dopo un pò stanza veramente. In questo caso, seppur la matita non sia sicuramente leggera, anzi, il fatto che si riesca a impugnare molto vicino alla punta fa si che non si percepisca molto il suo peso in mano e quindi devo dire che alla fine non mi stanca particolarmente nella scrittura (nel disegno di solito si avverte meno la cosa per il movimento più lento). Riguardo al presunto problema del puntale che traballa nella sua sede essendo estraibile devo dire che durante l'utilizzo veramente bisogna impegnarsi sul serio per riuscire a percepire qualcosa, per me non sussiste proprio come impedimento, anche se sicuramente rispetto alla sua sorella inore con punta fissa o a una qualsiasi altra matita meccanica senza punta estraibile se si va a giocare col dito sulla punta non trasmette la stessa fermezza dell'elemento. In conclusione devo dire che sono soddisfatto della matita, sono contento di essermi levato questo sfizio, perchè di sfizio si tratta, dato che il prezzo è sicuramente elevato se pensiamo che è una matita meccanica e non è che rispetto a quelle da 5 euro vadda chissà quanto meglio, si scrive pressoché uguale, l'unica differenza è la piacevole sensazione che ragala come strumento più esclusivo e di estetica e dato che la amtita la uso tutto il giorno volevo togliermi lo sfizio di averne una che mi piacesse tanto.