XIANGHONGYIAN Uni Mechanical Pencil Lead Nano Dia 0.5mm, Color Mix, 20 leads x 3 Packs (Total 60 leads) with MIYABI stationery store original gift package set(05-202NDC-MIXx3)

This lead is amazing. It has a lot of pigmentation, making it great for sketching. I love it and will buy more in the future. It's sturdy, too, unlike other colored leads I've tried. Very little breakage.

I love how smooth these leads and also very easy to erase. Kneadable eraser also picks up the colors very easily! I also painted on these with gouache and watercolors. The pigments do smudge over the surface of the paper a little but does not completely disappear. They are much better than graphite pencils that make my watercolor dull.

UPDATE: I got a chance to try 5 out of the 7 colors. The blue, red, lavender (violet), and green are super nice. However the orange is very weak and painful to use. I did not even finish the sketch/drawing. I have not tried pink or mint blue but have little hope for them. However I did tried a mix of blue and green for the eye shadow in the orange drawing and it gives a nice "teal" color. So you can actually blend colors together so that is great.So if you like lots of color, then get the mix tube. If you prefer just the right color, get just that color.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To me these lead are a bit on the expensive side. However I have tried a few other cheaper ones and they ended up being more like crayon/color pencils that do not erase. These are like real graphite lead just in color.I was excited to get these today and was worry about handling them. 0.5mm is my safe zone. Not too thin like 0.3mm or a bit too thick like 0.7mm.Color wise I only tried the green since it was the first one that came out when I opened the tube (my favorite are blue and orange). It is not super dark but very smooth. If you are trying to use it for shading, it works amazing as you can layer with it. I used it with my Zebra lead pencil so you can use these lead with any decent lead pencil.Durability wise, it's great. It broke on me twice during the time drawing the picture, however that was my fault. I turned the pencil sideway trying to shade like a normal #2 pencil. Any lead in any pencil will break this way so that does not matter to these lead.Erasing is the same as normal graphite. However if you already put down a few dark layers on thick paper, it will be hard to lift/erase completely. These are like graphite and it will smear and stain. After I was done, I look at the bottom side of my hand and it's all green. So yeah, becareful.Overall, they worth what you pay to be honest. How much lead to you really use to draw/write?My picture took up about 2/3 of one lead and that include the two breaks. I draw for fun and not good at it, so I try to get cheaper supplies, these are right in the middle I would say.

Bought these a while ago and was giving myself some time to test them and I'm overall really happy with them! They erase well and have a pretty good pigment (slightly less than a colerase pencil). Some of the leads feel a little harder and don't go down as smoothly (I think the green is the most noticeable) but the others go down nice and smooth. The pink and blue have the most favorable consistency to me. It does smudge a little bit, but I use that for blending so I'm happy.

It's pretty good. Great value for money. Tho they do break kinda easily. Can't put alot of pressure on some. Since all the colors have different densities it seem some write better than others. For example. Blue and green are the easiest and darkest imo. Seems red and purple were the hardest to write with. You'd have to use alot of pressure for not of pigment also sorry for the crappy photos the only ones i found on my phone