>> main issue I have with most mechanical pencils is that the point is just too fine.
Many MANY years ago I treasured my 0.5 mm and 0.3 mm mechanical pencils (can you tell I was always a nerd?
Now the 0.3 mm lead snaps when I get NEAR the paper, and I use 0.7 most of the time because I snap 0.5 mm so often. I use the 0.9 mm pencils for plant labels unless I have a lot of info for a small label.