I bought Ticonderoga pencils which wouldn't sharpen correctly. They were off center in the middle so I returned them and bought the TRU RED pencils which were pre-sharpened and were so much better than the Ticonderoga. I'm so glad I bought the TRU RED pencils. I will never go back to Ticonderoga.
The eraser seems overly dried out and ruins anything it tries to erase while making my head hurt like someone is taking finger nails to a chalk board. The pencils lead is fine but that eraser makes this product unbearable to use.