Messy crumbs, leaves marks, lines won’t completely disappear, damages paper and just not pleasant at all. Design is also horrible. It was my first time getting an eraser specifically for drawing/sketching and I was not really thinking it’s such a big deal with erasers. Now I know what is the most adequate and useful eraser for my needs.

I’ve been buying replacement erasers for it but it’s a pain in the ass to keep replacing it. Any recommendations?

Hi there, I really love Kita-Boshi pencils and was thinking it would be cool to have a block eraser (or any eraser really) that was branded from them. I’ve not been able to find one though so they just now make them?

Thanks!

I bought a few erasers from the brand Maped. They are a cheap brand that mostly aims toward use in classes, school and office workers

I compared their perfomance to the Tombow Mono Colors (EC-CL41). Overall, they are ok but not good

The test went as followed :

First test was with a Tombow 2558 HB pencil

Second test was with a Uni smudge proof 0.5 2B lead

Used an Oxford recycled paper note book but i don't know the specs

I passed as many times as necessary to remove the writing and give the cleanest paper possible

The order of tested erasers go as follows

1 - Maped Rembrandt

2 - Maped Technic ULTRA

3 - Maped Technic Premium (supposed flagship)

4 - Maped epure

5 - Tombow Mono Colors Blue (EC-CL41) (control eraser)

Review of each eraser :

The grades of other erasers are not objective to other erasers, as they are only compared to the Tombow Mono eraser. The reasoning behind the grades is "if the Tombow Mono was a 10/10, what would be their grade ? As none of the tested and reviewed erasers were close to the perfomance of the Tombow

- Maped Rembrandt :

The dust is limited and clumps together and sometimes stick to the eraser. It seems to be rubber and has a nice feedback. It's pretty big (H35mm × L50mm × W10mm) and stiff. It is also very durable and will take time to lose a noticeable amount of material

7/10 would recommend getting one as a desk or heavy duty eraser

- Maped Technic ULTRA :

I had a smaller one a year ago and liked it, the outer shell is made out of a harder material than the inside, which is a softer, pasty yet crumbly rubber that removes carbon well enough to justify the gimmick. Though, due to the softer rubber inside, it loses material a bit faster than a usual eraser. The eraser dust clumps and sometimes stick to the eraser, making it really easy to clean

7.5/10 for the good perfomance but mostly for the unique gimmick

- Maped Technic Premium :

My second biggest let down. It is a standard eraser with nothing unique to it, a VERY stiff one. It is supposed to be "dust free" as stated on the cardboard it was sold in and on the paper sleeve but out of all the erasers tested, it left the most dust (and really fine dust too). It also loses material REALLY fast. I barely erased anything and there is a noticeable shape, it looks like someone took a chisel and cut a corner with one good hit, or looks like i erased on sandpaper. I haven't seen such a poor perfomance with any other erasers i've used in my life (other than the one under)

5/10 all the other erasers are the same price, there's no reason to pick this one.

- Maped epure :

My bigest let down. A useless shape, unprecise, not soft at all (even though it is sold as being soft). It erases poorly, as it required the most passes to erase, and even then the results weren't the best, good enough for a kid but for anyone looking for a light, easy and risk-free erasing, it's not it. It's pill shaped but has nothing else to provide. I cannot even see how much material it loses due to the already round shape. Though, a nice thing about it is that it clumps well enough

3/10 just skip it, there's no redeeming quality to it other than "it's an eraser, and it erases" and that it clumps.

Conclusion :

Maped, which is the most common brand of erasers here in france, lack in erasability compared to japanese erasers. Which is understandable as they are not trying to be the besr, they are only trying to be the cheap brand that does normal erasers, but even then there are so misses

Each box was around 1 euro, which is really cheap (0.50€ for one eraser) for the perfomance that some of those gave, but in capability and in quality of life innovations found in japanese erasers, the french brand Maped is not a worthy competitor outside of its country

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I made this review because i couldn't find any information or reviews about stuff made in France, and i suppose that even in my very unprofessional and lacking testing, someone can see what other countries use and even see if there are erasers that isn't found elsewhere that are worth buying

My test was pretty scuffed and needed more time to make a proper rating but i hope someone gets something out of this quick and dumb review

Some time ago I got a Pink Pearl eraser from Paper Mate, having never used one before just seen them in stores sold in big packs.

Today I used the Paper Mate Pink Pearl for the very first time. And it is horrible!

I only tryed to use it for pencil graphite, but it just can't eraser that.

Is it good for color pencils or...?

I’ve been collecting erasers on and off since probably 2007. I recently got back into it and I decided to buy someone else’s collection on EBay! These are some of the finds so far

I think most of them are Gomu, collected them as a kid but looking to get rid of them. Wondering if they're worth anything?

My mom recently found her old eraser collection, they’re all from the 80s-90s and from France, Guinea and Zaire. Is anyone interested ??

I'm looking for alternatives besides Amazon. Online stores, teacher supply shops, craft stores, dollar stores, stationery shops...I'd love to hear everyone's favorite places to buy erasers and why. Bonus points if they have cute or unique designs! 😊

I recently bought a couple of Koh-I-Noor kneaded erasers (I was putting in an order for other things and got them on a whim). Trying one out, it bent in half, then sprang back into it's original shape. I figured it just needed to be warmed up and worked a bit (it's the middle of winter where I am) and proceeded to warm it up and kneed it for a while. It did soften up, but it went back to its too-firm state.

Questions:

This was Koh-I-Noor Artist Putty Eraser, has anyone used or had problems with this product?

Is there anyway to revive a kneaded eraser that's dried out? I've seen something that says to knead a few drops of water into it, but it seems fairly waterproof.

i bought this in china, it seemed so vintage and old that i was unable to source any information online or find it selling anywhere, even the shop i bought from was unable to find it in their catalogue, and eventually just gave it to me for free

Any fellow eraser collectors in India or Bangalore?

No disrespect but today is the day I learnt that there are eraser enthusiasts.

I decided to try plastic erasers again but this keep happening. I haven’t used for more than a week, so what is up lol

The other day I bought a new mechanical pencil and wanted to learn about quality erasers. I opted to buy the faber castell dust free and I remembered I used to have many in a small case at my parent's house.

I just found this hiding at the bottom of a pencil cup holder. I remember using the green one years ago and leaving it there just when I saw it was made in the RFA.

Are they rare or something? At least they are interesting for sure.

Hi,

I have a Pentel ZE 22 and I can't find the refills locally. Would refills from other brands work, such as the STAEDTLER Mars 528 50, work?

Thank you!

Do you keep using the same side until the end or do you start using the other one to make a round eraser?

I do tuition for some primary school kids and gave them one of my erasers (A Faber Castell PVC Free).

He did his erasing and as soon as I turned away I heard him say:

"I love destroying erasers... I think if you cut an eraser in half it might last longer... actually maybe it won't."

Luckily, he didn't follow through on the last part and my eraser only came out of it with two stab wounds from a pencil.

All is good though, just a bit bummed and wanted to share this funny story.

I went to Daiso, a Japanese dollar store in the US, today and got a few erasers. Notice the gorilla with a toilet set. So fun.