Uni Mechanical Pencil Lead Nano Dia Color 0.7mm, Red (U07202NDC.15), 20 Leads 3 Pack/Total 60 Leads (Japan Import) [Komainu-Dou Original Package]

I like to use colored lead for my sketches but the one I had been using for the past couple of years has been getting harder to find. I’ve been looking for a new brand, but have seen bad reviews for most other colored lead I’ve come across. Took a chance with this one and am not disappointed. It is so smooth and buttery. The red is vibrant enough to show well on a page without being obnoxiously bright. It erases surprisingly well for colored lead. Basically about the same as regular lead. Haven’t had any problems with breakage. Or at least not any more than regular lead. I have a heavy hand so some snapped lead is expected. But it’s fairly tough for colored lead. Better than the one I was using before. Really the only negative is that the lead finishes kind of quickly. The quality is so good that I’m not upset about it though.

This lead is fantastic!I have been through about half a container of this lead and have had zero breaks. I'd recommend that the other people here having serious issues with breakage note that in many of the reviews, it is pointed out that switching to a higher quality pencil improved the experience. I've had my cheaper pencils from high school break even Pentel .7 HB pretty easily, but I now use a nice, non-disposable metal pencil and have no problems with any lead, including this. I also write REALLY hard, and have broken HB .7 and even .9 from writing before with plastic pencils, but this holds up just as well as any other I've used.The color is, as others have noted, actually red - which is a difference from many competitors, where the color comes out pinkish.In addition, it erases very well, leaving no more of a remnant than a standard lead.This is extremely useful lead for reviewing documents and annotating them in a non-permanent way, since it stands out from the black text much better than regular pencil lead.

Great for checking engineering drawings or documents. Allows you to mark-up errors in red but also erase it in the event that you make a mistake, spelling error, etc.

It arrived just as pictured. The only thing was that the box was so thin. It makes it look like you're getting a lot more than what you get. But it works fine.

I normally use red lead pencils for work and home, but they seemed very expensive these days. So, I decided to try a Pilot mechanical pencil with red lead which works just as good. The lead produced dark red lines on white paper, just what I needed. Also, the lead didn't seem to break too often (no more than a regular black lead).

Good

This is a hard find in store locally. The quality is great, definitely will be purchasing again.

soft but does not break. you can erase them to. does not solve if you water-wash over the drawings. Love them so much.