Top Ten Reasons Why Mechanical Pencils are Better Than Wood Pencils

The Top Ten
Wooden Pencils Will Eventually Run Out, but Mechanical Pencils are Reusable

Indeed, all you have to do is get new lead, as opposed to having to replace a pencil altogether.

I love mechanical pencils! I never spend time sharpening wooden pencils.

Mechanical Pencils Make a Satisfying 'Click!' Sound

This may be a weird reason, but trust me, better ones will come.

Wooden Pencils Tend to Be More Expensive
Wooden Pencils Have Messy Shavings

It's so annoying to have to go to the trash can to throw away your pencil shavings in the middle of doing something.

Mechanical Pencils are More Technologically Advanced Than Wooden Pencils

True! Even the word mechanical at the front should tell you it's better.

This is the best reason. I love technology.

Cheap Wooden Pencils Don't Work Well, but Cheap Mechanical Pencils Do

I hate it when you get that one decorative pencil that is just wood with plastic wrapped around it. Then when you try to sharpen it, it just keeps breaking and breaking until you finally end up with a stub.

My wooden pencils always break. Mechanical pencils are reliable.

Mechanical Pencils Make Writing and Drawing Easier

Especially if you're a lefty. Wooden pencils make everything smear all over the place. (I speak from personal experience.)

You Don't Need to Sharpen Mechanical Pencils

This is the best part. I especially hate it if I'm handwriting a paragraph, and you can clearly see where I've sharpened my pencil because it just gets continuously messy.

Assuming mechanical pencils are the same as pens, I agree. I hate not only having to sharpen pencils but also the fact that they can become extremely tiny.

Indeed, I find it easier to refill my pencil with new lead than to have to sharpen it, while making sure I've sharpened it correctly.

Mechanical Pencils Have Different Types of Lead

If you're one of those people who write too hard, then get lead and a mechanical pencil with more thickness.

You Don't Kill Trees with Mechanical Pencils

This is a great reason. Trees support our lives and let us breathe. Without them, none of us would exist. Whoever is reading this probably doesn't know I exist, and that's how many people trees need to give air to.

Plastic mechanical pencils can easily be sharpened. Why bother killing trees?

Well, that's true. Also, paper is made from trees, so I don't need to waste.

The Newcomers

? Mechanical Pencils Have Replaceable Erasers
? You Can Get Pen Licence with Electric Pencils Quicker
The Contenders
When You Buy Mechanical Pencils They Come With Free Grippers

Yeah, this makes it way more comfortable to write.

Mechanical Pencils Can Store Multiple Pieces of Graphite, Wooden Pencils Can't Do That

Wooden pencils only have one long piece of graphite through the wood, but the skinny pieces of graphite inside the mechanical pencil end up having more graphite in them.

Mechanical Pencils Make You Look Fancy
Mechanical Pencils Produce More Professional Looking Writing
Wooden Pencils Smear All Over the Paper, but Mechanical Pencils Rarely Do
Mechanical Pencils Have a Sharper Point for Detailed Work
Mechanical Pencils Don't Make Your Hands Hurt
Mechanical Pencils Make Sketching Easier
Mechanical Pencils Can Have Different Sized Leads
Mechanical Pencil Grippers Work as Erasers
Mechanical Pencils are Special
Mechanical Pencils are Tiny So They are Very Easy to Carry Everywhere
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