Hey everyone!
Have you heard about the new mechanical pencil called Solid Write from a Japanese brand called LACONIC?
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Yes! This seemed to have come out around the same time I read about the Kitera LiFT+. It seems somewhat similar to the Staedtler Hexagonal? I was pleased that LiFT+ did not have a rubber coating…
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u/alvision668 has done a review of the Laconic on Reddit. Based on the close-ups of the clutch, eraser flange and button structure, it would seem to confirm a high degree of similarity to the Staedtler Hexagonal.
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I love how it has a hexagonal ring, but no clip attached. I find it brave and beautiful.
No pocket clip = instant love.
I only have a minor issue: the frigging price! 180 $ plus shipping on Ebay! is it a European thing, or the price is out of the roof everywhere? For that figure, I think I’d prefer finding some old-school drafter in NOS condition, or some even rarer piece with minor imperfections…
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How funny. When I see no clip included, I have the opposite reaction to you! I have an MP on me at all times, and most of my shirt pockets I use for work, do not have a dedicated pen slot to house them in, which means the clip comes in handy to house on the shirt fabric! I would not enjoy no clip lol.
“We have determined that a clip is not necessary when using this mechanical pencil.”
I think this is faulty logic? Or… it implies that the makers do not see the Laconic SS as anything but a deskbound object. Opens up the possibility of a ‘PORTABLE WRITE’, I guess?
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It is odd that they only view the clip as a sort of stand to prevent rolling.
Exactly. I love Apple products (mostly) but this has shades of the same kind of hubris up in the design department. I hope it’s just nuance that got lost in translation.
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Honestly (not the topic but it needs to be said)
I have an iPhone and it’s truly just a better operating system. Android phones beat Apple phones all around except resale value.
My work phone is a Galaxy Z Fold 5 and it is amazing, it’s a far far superior phone to the iPhone but the operating system is so much less convenient.
I switched to iPhone maybe 5 or 6 years ago but truly I wish I didn’t get locked in to it.
Hopefully Apple wakes up and realizes that they need to make an actual new phone. Not just a better skin for their Schmidt mechanism. 
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