Rarlan Wood-Cased #2 HB Pencils, Pre-sharpened, 200 Count Bulk Pack

I didn't know what came over me to purchase 200 pencils but I did anyways. Seems like great quality and all the pencils came per-shapened. Pencils are value for money.

Durable, easy to sharpen pencils. Great for any classroom

I honestly love getting these pre-sharpened pencils for my classroom. It saved a lot of time by not having to sharpen them initially. Great for my MS and HS students and they write very nicely. Unless a student is purposefully breaking them they are very durable. The texture of the pencil is nice and smooth and having it in the box it came in may not have the best appearance in the classroom, but everyone knows where the pencils are.

I am SO happy to have these pencils. They come pre-sharpened and are very easy to use. The lead is soft and smooth, and the erasers function well. I was happy that none of them were broken when they arrived as I have ordered others in the past where all the lead was broken internally and the pencils were pretty much useless. This is a great buy for your money! I keep losing them, though, and then I remember that they are either in my hair or behind my ear! Lol!

Good basic pencils at a great price!

Testing all 200 pencils will take years, but the half-dozen I tortured are well made and strong. I slapped them on a desk edge, then sharpened them down to the eraser - no breaks in the lead inside, no adhesive detachment between lead and wood. I wish the same were true for "Dixon Ticonderoga" pencils, which were my favorite, years ago. Dixon Ticonderoga Lápiz (spanish) are made very cheaply somewhere in Mexico, terrible quality. The leads inconsistently black, fragile, unglued and fall out of the wood - if you drop the pencil, or rap it on a table edge, the "Dixon" lead shatters - and falls out. Hence my switch to Rarlan, which I hope will turn out well. The stronger leads are harder, more like a 3HB than a perfect 2HB, but they are strong enough to take a little more writing pressure to leave a bold mark. They sharpen to a smaller point. I can get used to that. My complaint about the Rarlan pencils is they are packaged in a flimsy and poorly-glued cardboard box. Amazon delivers the Rarlan box in a plastic bag, so the Rarlan box falls apart when the bag is dropped on the porch, scattering the pencils inside the Amazon bag. That said, none of the presharpened pencils broke their leads, or lost eraser ferrules or pencil points when abused this way. I repaired the box with Gorilla tape, so it should survive accidental drops in my office. For a few pennies more, Rarlan could strengthen their box, or Amazon could put the Rarlon box in a study padded box, so the Rarlan box would not fall apart. More 5 star reviews, more sales. I wonder if a human decision maker at Amazon reads these reviews and acts on them?

Good quality!

BEST PENCILS EVER! Presharpened and very sharp and so many of them. This will be my third time ordering them for my third graders. They last and work well.

I bought these for a teacher gift and not only was the box filthy with rips and holes, but the pencils had lead all over them. Unless you want to wash your pencils before use, I’d buy another brand.

quality of glue not good at all