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Number 2 pencil9/19/2023 ![]() ![]() One test I want to try is to take notes with a variety of pencils in my planner, and then walk around with it for a month and see how badly they smear. My guess is pencil companies are told by stores they only want HB #2s, but the companies know can differentiate their product from the others by dropping B or 2B leads in the pencils. ![]() Staples has HB and sometimes B.) The hardness creep is especially annoying because when people test them, I find they gravitate toward the softer, darker leads. (Here in the US, most Wal-Marts carry only HB in 120 or 150 lead packages. My explanation for the recent HB-, HB, HB+ post is that the stores say, "We only want HB." So Pentel gives them HB. But I just don't think it's going to happen. Sure it'd be nice for everyone to be the same. This lack of a hardness standard bugs me some ways and not others. I'm not saying it helps a lot, but if you're worried about every point and every second, it helps. I sent my nephew with a handful of #2s and an old "Test Scoring Pencil" with a well-rounded tip, hoping the proctors wouldn't look closely. Pencils are actually advertised to be SAT acceptable. The SAT requires a #2 pencil, despite the fact that softer pencils offer a significant advantage in filling out the little ovals. Here in the US, there is a college entrance test called the SAT (which used to stand for something, but which has been changed to stand for "S.A.T" to avoid controversy). Link to No.2 Pencils, Scantron Bubble Tests, etc What do they use in South America, the Middle East and Asia – HB or 2 or something else? If you know, leave a comment. Who knows what a number 2 pencil is the same as? If I saw Soft, I would expect B, or 2B.Īccording to the Faber-Castell catalogue, Number 2 = B.īut from their countrymen at Staedtler, Number 2 = HB.īut the folk at Stabilo have just completely lost the plot, with 1 = 3B, 2 = HB and 2 ½ also = HB! Personally I’ve never thought of HB as soft. Here is Dixon marking their pencils as “Number 2, HB, SOFT”. I thought there was some consensus that the relationship is I didn’t even know this USA “Number” system existed until a few years ago but since its not the only system operating in the US, I guess it could all get a bit confusing. territories, please call Goldman Sachs at 87 with questions about Apple Card.A few US folk find this blog with searches trying to relate No 2 pencils to their equivalents in the HB system. Apple Card is subject to credit approval, available only for qualifying applicants in the United States, and issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch. To access and use all Apple Card features and products available only to Apple Card users, you must add Apple Card to Wallet on an iPhone or iPad that supports and has the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. ![]() The last month’s payment for each product will be the product’s purchase price, less all other payments at the monthly payment amount. ACMI is not available for purchases made online at special storefronts. See the Apple Card Customer Agreement for more information. Taxes and shipping are not included in ACMI and are subject to your card’s variable APR. * Monthly pricing is available when you select Apple Card Monthly Installments (ACMI) as payment type at checkout at Apple, and is subject to credit approval and credit limit. iPhone activation required on iPhone purchases made at an Apple Store with one of these national carriers: AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile. ACMI is not available for purchases made online at the following special stores: Apple Employee Purchase Plan participating corporate Employee Purchase Programs Apple at Work for small businesses Government, and Veterans and Military Purchase Programs, or on refurbished devices. If you choose the pay-in-full or one-time-payment option for an ACMI-eligible purchase instead of choosing ACMI as the payment option at checkout, that purchase will be subject to the variable APR assigned to your Apple Card. Variable APRs for Apple Card other than ACMI range from 15.74% to 26.74% based on creditworthiness. See for more information about eligible products. to select at checkout for certain Apple products purchased at Apple Store locations,, the Apple Store app, or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE, and is subject to credit approval and credit limit. ◊ Apple Card Monthly Installments (ACMI) is a 0% APR payment option available only in the U.S. ![]()
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