The pencil "lead" was good but the erasers broke bent over and broke off when being used therefore the eraser was no longer of use. A pencil has more than one function and these sadly only served half of it. Won't be buying them again.
I like old fashioned pencils. No plastic and they last longer. Sure you have to sharpen them but that's easy. These pencils from Staples fit the bill perfectly. Plus I like they come ni their own paper box. Again no plastic fill up a landfill or poison future generations.
This is a good value and saves me the work of doing the sharpening. I buy these for missions that go to children worldwide and realize this makes it much easier for them to have the first sharpening already done - especially the younger children.