Pentel Orenz

For the price, you can't go better than that. A real bang for the buck. Next on the list: the Pentel Graph 1000, Faber-Castell TK-Fine, Pentel orenz and the Rotrings.

The Platinum Oleenu, Uni Kuru Toga Advance and Pentel Orenz really stood out for general writing. The sleeves retracts as the lead wears down so clicking to advance lead happens very infrequently. And the Kuru Toga's really do work well, not so much for cursive but pens are better for that kind of writing anyways.

I've never seen a single pack with multiple hardnesses in - possibly because there's the practical issue of if they were in the same container, how would you know which lead grade was which?. 0.2mm lead is only available in limited grades, and not all manufacturers make 0.2mm leads (I think it may only be Pentel who make 0.2mm mechanical pencils, there are Sanrio branded 0.2mm MPs but they look very much like the Pentel Orenz.)