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We keep STAEDTLER 121-SBK10 Noris School Graphite Pencils - HB on our pens & writing shelf alongside 49 others, and rank it on rating, review volume and live price rather than on the brand. The manufacturer puts it this way: High quality pencil for drawing, sketching, shading and writing. Resistant through special lead formulation and super-bonded lead. That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. 724 ratings put it at 4.7 out of 5. The comparison with the rest of the shelf follows.
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The typical pens & writing product on our shelf scores 4.6 out of 5, measured across 50 rated products. This one comes in at 4.7. Mid-table, in other words. The stars aren't going to pick a winner here, so it comes down to pack size, cost per unit and the details further down.
That score rests on 724 ratings. The median for this shelf is 8,067. That's a thin base for this shelf. A score from a small number of buyers can move a long way on a handful of new reviews, so treat it as a first impression rather than a settled verdict.
On money, this sits in the bottom third of a shelf running from £1.58 to £14.04, with the midpoint around £4.99. Cheap with a middling rating is a fair trade if the specifics suit you, and it is the usual reason to pick something at this end of the shelf.
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Worked out from the 50 pens & writing products we track, not from the brand's own claims. How we rank →
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
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