Mechanical reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 169 Reddit reviews across 11 subreddits and 16 posts to rank the best Mechanical brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/mechanicalpencils, r/mkindia, r/EngineeringStudents, r/ArtistLounge, r/pcmasterrace. Top-rated brands include Pentel (4.5/5), Rotring (4.7/5), Uni (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews169
Subreddits11
Posts16
Brands49
Products91
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#1
Pentel
4.5
(42)
"Been using graphgear 1000s for 10 years"
"I have a Pentel Graphgear1000 that I've been using for close to 15 years. 10/10"
"I’ll go for Pentel Smash. The rubber stubs perfectly sit in between your fingers when forming a natural grip."
"Personally, I love the pentel Nero metal grip in 0.3. it's one of the very few pencils that has an amazing knurled grips."
"Pentel GG500. It is the best 5$ I’ve spent on a pencil."
"Size, weight, design and price. it's best overalls for mechanical pencil. also best smashing feeling."
"I have the Nero, I love it"
"Pentel Sharp P200 is the absolute beast in KISS, not prone to jamming"
"Get the Pentel ORENZ 0.2mm... SHARP. MAXIMUM. done."
"Nothing beats the Kerry!!!"
#2
Rotring
4.7
(21)
"I love my RotRing 600. 0.5 lead. The gnurled grip is comfortable and the weight of the brass in my hand is very satisfying."
"Drafting: Rotring 600"
"Platinum Pro-Use 171 or Rotring 600"
"Rotring 600"
"If heads, Rotring 600."
"If you have the money for it rotting 800. The tip is retractable unlike the 600 which means if you drop it it isn't bust. It also has an unjamming rod which imo is essential for a mechanical pencil."
"Well are you willing to spend $50 on a pencil? Rotring 800 is my personal choice (if you're fidgety like me- otherwise, get the 600)."
"Rotring 800"
"Rotring 600"
"Rotring 600, pentel Kerry sharp, or Blick Premier"
#3
Uni
4.1
(18)
"The kuru toga is my go to long write pencil. The rotating mechanism keeps a sharp edge to the page."
"Kuru toga. The auto rotate clutch thingy is just magic"
"Uni kurutoga hands down."
"Uni Kurutoga Advance - It rotates the lead so you don't get the flat spot/chisel point."
"Writing: Kuru Toga Metal"
"Grip: Kuru Toga Alpha Gel Switch"
"Kuru Toga has a combo of Kuru Toga and auto-advancing and it's capped."
"My favorite is the Kuru Toga Advance Upgrade."
"The Uni Kuru Toga Roulette is a great one."
"Kuru toga advance upgrade"
#4
Redragon
4.6
(11)
"I got reddragon k630 am loving it already"
"Lol I bought k630 and am loving it"
"The bestest of the best. Redragon K617 Fizz"
"Reddragon k552 is a keyboard i recommend to newcomers. Its a tried and tested keyboard for the last half a decade."
"Been using Reddragon kumara k552 for 2years now. Solid build. You can mod it too."
"I use the Redragon K617 Fizz. 60% form factor means some learning curve."
"Red dragon k617 good 👍"
"Redragon k552 running for 4 years, running strong still gave to a friend after I got a new keeb."
"Bro I choose k630 one with only single light as I don't like RGB what do you think about it"
"Https://www.redragon.in/products/k686-eisa-pro-wired-2-4ghz-bt-mechanical-keyboard-anime-theme-custom-hi-fi-linear-switch"
#5
Staedtler
4.5
(6)
"Hard to beat staedtler 925 25. Really could be sold at double the price"
"Staedtler 925-35"
"Staedtler 925 07 25 awesome pencil."
"Staedtler 0.7mm"
"Staedtler 925 series. I prefer rocking the 2.0mm"
"Kinda an enthusiast here, but 925 0.5 for light and a p209 for bold."
#6
Pilot
4.0
(6)
"Pilot also sells the Dr Grip in a mechanical pencil version too."
"Yeah, a Pilot Dr. Grip is fine."
"Pilot Dr. Grip"
"If I had to pick just one...Pilot s10."
"Dr grip"
"Pilot S10 is my personal favorite and doesn’t seem to get enough love on here."
#7
Keychron
4.4
(5)
"Keychron. Many different sizes, all have Mac key caps and all have the Mac switch so that keys stay in the same place. Love mine."
"Keychron is always the choice for a solid, budget friendly, customizable keyboard. The board is amazing for both typing and gaming."
"Keychron is usually a solid go to brand, just avoid gaming brands they are bad, overpriced or both."
"KeyChron is great."
"Keychron are a decent starting point"
#8
Aula
4.2
(5)
"If you can extend your budget a little, you can check out aula f75. One of the best typing experiences you will get"
"Aula f75"
"F87 pro Aula"
"You can easily get something like aula 75 and shine through keycaps and voila you have it!"
"I have the aula f75 and i personally have no issues other than shine through!"
#9
Ohto
4.3
(3)
"I've got an Ohto MS-01 and it's awesome. Full metal construction. Retractable tip so that it doesn't get bent or stab holes in things while being carried around"
"Ohto MS-01!!"
"Ohto MS01"
#10
Kreo
4.0
(3)
"Bro kreo hive I'd recommend 👌. Such a nice looking and clicks are nice , get the red switches . Best fr."
"Kreo Wired keyboard"
"I just ordered Kreo Hive 98, I know their bad fame but what can I do? It's coming with all the specifications I want"
#11
Tombow
5.0
(2)
"Tombow Monograph Fine is the way to go. My favorite!!!"
"Tombo Mono Graph"
#12
Cooler Master
4.5
(2)
"I recommended this to a friend and he loved it."
"Cooler Master CK352"
#13
Platinum
4.5
(2)
"Grab a Pro Use 171 and you can throw away the gg1000, thank me later."
"Platinum Pro-Use 171 or Rotring 600"
#14
Ducky
4.5
(2)
"I would like to recommend one wired option: Ducky One 3 SF with silent red switches. It has great typing experience and I have personally used the predecessor One 2 for years."
"Millennial engineers mekaura. Though they won't use cherry mx keys anymore.
Ducky one 3."
#15
Kaweco
4.0
(2)
"Kaweco special brass"
"I haven’t used it since buying a Kaweco Special Brass though. The Kaweco just feels better in my opinion."
#16
Casio
4.0
(2)
"I would suggest go for the casio vintage series, or any casio enticer!"
"I would suggest go for the casio vintage series, or any casio enticer!"
#17
Paper Mate
4.0
(2)
"I really like the paper mate clear point ones with the clicker on the side."
"Paper mate sharpwrighter. The spring keeps it from breaking all the time they last forever."
#18
Super ProMecha
4.0
(2)
"Super ProMecha can adjust how much lead it advances each click"
"If you want gimmicks probably: Super ProMecha/MS-01 or Toga Dive"
#19
Cosmic Byte
4.0
(2)
"Even I recently started using a mech keyboard, Cosmic Byte CB-GK-28 Vanth, and this after years of using laptop's low profile keyboard."
"CB GK 40"
#20
Logitech
3.0
(2)
"Logitech MX Mechanical Mini"
"Mechanical keyboards aren't worth it, massive scam I recommend the logitech k120 it is one of the best keyboards on the market"
#21
Meckeys
5.0
(1)
"If you have 3k I would suggest you to save a little more and stretch the budget to 3999 you can get v87 from Meckeys (it's a banger for this price range)"
#22
Neomacro
5.0
(1)
"I got a Transitions Lite TKL diy kit from neomacro and then got my own switches, keycaps, and stabilizers. Fantastic build under 10k and you get to build everything from scratch!"
#23
Evofox
5.0
(1)
"Get the Evofox Ronin TKL. Best deal I had"
#24
Tactile Turn
5.0
(1)
"Tactile turn mechanical pencil is high quality, very much an engineering students writing utensil, and has a lifetime warranty with good customer service"
#25
Keep Hive
5.0
(1)
"Been using keep hive 75 for bout a month and loving it so far"
#26
G.Skill
5.0
(1)
"Great keyboard, I got it for around 60usd from US (~5k inr). It came with cherry red switches and is fully hot-swapable."
#27
Akko
5.0
(1)
"Go for Akko 5075S barebones. Then chose whatever switches or keycaps ypu wnat."
#28
Mechanical Keyboards
5.0
(1)
"Nothing better then a clacky mechanical keyboard, I have had multiple over almost 2 decades and still love the feel and sound"
#29
Zebronics
4.0
(1)
"I am currently rocking a Zebronics Zeb Nitro Pro, I bought a long time ago since I had good experience with Zebronics' products, although now there are other good options which you should consider."
#30
VGN
4.0
(1)
"You can get a vgn vxe 75v2 silver with ania switches from meckeys and swap to some shine through keycaps"
#31
DelGuard
4.0
(1)
"If you want functionality like cushioning: DelGuard Type GR"
#32
Multix
4.0
(1)
"Personally I would go for the Multix TKL, since build quality and reliability are the most important concerns for me."
#33
AEON Gaming
4.0
(1)
"I bought AEON Gaming Striker as my first mechanical keeb a couple months ago. So far so good. No complaints."
#34
Mountain
4.0
(1)
"Its a bit over your budget but I got the Mountain Seclusion (rosewood switches)"
#35
Blick
4.0
(1)
"Blick Premier"
#36
Genesis
4.0
(1)
"The genesis pc rk r87pro is on clearance that means only 7 day warranty and no 1 yr warranty. If you can live with that then r87 imo."
#37
Montech
4.0
(1)
"Throwing the Montech MKey Darkness Fullsize (hot-swappable Gateron G Pro 2.0 RED) in here (~120€). It's well dampened and pretty quiet."
#38
MH
4.0
(1)
"I'm in love with the mh 500."
#39
Portronics
4.0
(1)
"Portronics hydra 10 brown switches"
#40
Mchose
4.0
(1)
"You can wait for the mchose gx87 lite to restock on keyfinity"
#41
Skyloong
4.0
(1)
"Skyloong gk104"
#42
Cross
4.0
(1)
"Cross Century or Century II, especially the chrome vz."
#43
Faber-Castell
4.0
(1)
"Faber Castell Apollo has a comfortable triangular grip."
#44
Ajazz
4.0
(1)
"Ajazz Ak820 series is nice, the flying switches one sounds quite good"
#45
Sakura
4.0
(1)
"If you want functionality like cushioning: Sakura 12"
#46
RK
4.0
(1)
"RK 100"
#47
TK-Fine
4.0
(1)
"If you want functionality like cushioning: TK-Fine"
#48
Outemu
4.0
(1)
"Yes, order the brown Otemu ones—I've swapped a few already."
#49
Model M
4.0
(1)
"Model m keyboard and it looks really fun to type on, though i can't 100% recommend it since i don't own one myself. but from what i've seen online its near perfect to me aside from the sound of the spring springing back which kind of annoys me, but worth for the stim i think"
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