Customer Reviews

(19 customer reviews)

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful

  I have had this pencil..., September 26, 2011

By sresalock

I have had this pencil for about 3 weeks now and here's my two cents. It is an awesome pencil, its intuitive, comfortable and very light. The Kuru Toga technology is pretty helpful when taking notes etc, however, the technology requires for you to lift your pencil. This means that when drawing lines etc, the pencil doesn't spin the lead.

And to add, the gel is similar to the Alpha Gel HD series, not as squishy as the originals.

However, my biggest complaint is that it STOPPED working for me after 3 weeks. By three weeks I finished the lead that came with the pencil and when I loaded the new lead 0.5 the pencil stopped working. I've been trying different solutions but I've reached a dead end and a useless pencil.

Basically the pencil doesnt push the lead out, it just moves freely through the pencil. If anyone knows a fix for this please let me know...

2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful

  this pencil is good and..., March 23, 2011

By ste...

this pencil is good and bad. the good part is that the grip is squishy and your writing comes out neat. the bad part is that the led always gets stuck and u cant get it out.

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful

  When you twist the grip,..., May 14, 2011

By cliffliu7897

When you twist the grip, it tends to lose its color

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful

  I love this pencil so..., April 30, 2011

By twiggybones

I love this pencil so awesome truly amazing :) worth the money

  i had one befor, but..., May 25, 2012

By mic...

i had one befor, but it was ehite grip with pink barrell and the barrell also had hello kitty on it. i loved it, but i think the grip is too firm.

  This is my second Kuru..., December 15, 2011

By dbo...

This is my second Kuru Toga pencil and I still love it. I love it so much, i never let my friends borrow it because its like my baby.

  I just got this today...., November 10, 2011

By precrime3

I just got this today. SUPER EXCITED. When I tested this out, the first thing i noticed is the soft gel and the way it seems to fit in my hand like a glove. I tested my dads koru toga and the only let down was that it hurts after a while of writing. So the people out there that thinks Alpha Gel is a Marketing Gimmick, its not its better then BOTH of my dads Dr.Grips. Also the Alpha gel seems thicker than most grippies so its even more comfortable. The only things I can think of that where bad about this thing was that It said 2 day shipping, Came on 3rd Day, And that the thing that you clip on to things seems flimsy. I would buy 1 million of these in a Heartbeat! Dont have broken led and sore fingers. Get this TODAY!

  I bought this pencil..., August 2, 2011

By guttedsquid

I bought this pencil for the "squishy" grip everyone raved about. It was NOT that squishy, more springy than anything. I am sorely disappointed :(

  GREAT pencil! Led doesn't..., June 22, 2011

By edw...

GREAT pencil! Led doesn't get stuck! Writing is very neat and nice but sometimes it makes this irritating squeeking noise. -_-
Will there be a Uni-Ball Alpha Gel Kuru Toga Shaky Mechanical Pencil with like more oozy cozy COLORS? Like the shaky series especially the Chrome ones! GORGEOUS!

  Awesome..., March 6, 2011

By shkobayashi7

Awesome

  Since uni-ball released..., September 3, 2010

By ebo...

Since uni-ball released the KURU-TOGA pencil it has been my favorite pencil ever, followed closely by the alpha-gel. This combination is just awesome because if the alpha-gel had something it was that the grip was too gelly for my taste and that has been fixed with this new pencil. The mechanics of the KURU-TOGA just work perfect and now the grip has the right consistency to write comfortably for a long time. If it had also the shake mechanism for the leads this would be the most amazing pencil ever!

  Another thing I noticed..., August 7, 2010

By lpmusicmanlp

Another thing I noticed that I felt worth mentioning is that I find that HB lead works better than 2B for this pencil. I think, being that it is too soft, the 2B lead wears out too quickly, so even though the mechanism is working, the lead is being blunted faster (particularly given the extra force required to make the mechanism work). Maybe it's just me, but that problem was eliminated when I tried HB lead again. Just putting that out there.