Pentel Hi-Polymer Ain Eraser - Dust-Gathering - Small

This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have tried the long version of this kind of eraser and this is certainly fantastic.. But, the long one always cracks because of the paper on it. So when u do use the long version of this, take the paper of.... If u get the dark blue one, don't worry that will almost never crack..... I haven't tried it in this shape but I am gonna order It soon..... I would recommend this eraser to anybody......

I love this, I am kinda ashamed to admit now that I only wanted it in the first place to get free shipping... In my defense it did sound like the best deal for the price. Anyway this is great, it erases really well and doesn't leave eraser shavings at all.

I recieved this eraser today and thought I'd share my initial impressions:

After more than 30 sketches today, and a good deal of erasing for both correction and toning, I've found this to be a very usable eraser if somewhat smaller than I was expecting. On the other hand, compared to the MOMOs I usually use, it's not that small.

Dust:
I tend to work with a very light hand and while this block produces more dust than my other Pentel (round click-stick eraser), it's not any worse than my previous experience with MOMOs. That being said, I just killed off my last MOMO and thought I'd try these instead of just going with what I've always used. I'm planning on getting more with my next order so I thought I'd do some side-by-side comparisons and do my best to remember to write a review.

Erasing:
This is where this block really seems to excell. It seems that it takes half as many strokes to erase a mark compared to my MOMO but I won't know for sure until I've had a chance to get some more MOMOs and do a SxS comp.

Consistency:
This block feels a bit softer than I remember the MOMO being. In spite of that softness, it doesn't seem to wear out any more quickly. The nice part of the consistency is that it feels like it does a better job of grabbing the paper without wearing away at it... if that makes sense. It seems to slide over the paper itself without too much abrasion, but the softness makes it feel like it's getting a good hold of the graphite.

Toning:
I've only used it on graphite so far but it's done a good job. The performance is uniform without any unexpected snags so I can say that the manufacturing seems to be quality. (Now I wish I could say that for my last batch of kneeded erasers, but don't get me started.) Since this block's already black, I'm not sure if there's any loading going on but even after a lot of work which would typically load any of my previous white polymer erasers, this block is quite satisfactory.

I'll have to save performance with Prismacolor pencils and charcoals for the next time. HTH....

These erasers are extremely smooth and erase every single mark. This eraser also leaves very little eraser shavings but compared to the boxy the ain is ok. But they are still pretty good so good that someone stole one of mine.

I have used this eraser on heavy pencil lines and colored lead lines and love it. This eraser performs better that my White Vinyl on darker lines and leaves little mess that is easily swept away with a brush.