BEZT Drawing 17 HB Pencil from the STMT Colombia Kit

Thanks Hen! the replacement pencil for the STMT X Colombia kit arrived yesterday. I am just going to test the doodling and erasability performance of this blue BEZT Drawing 17 HB Pencil. For a detailed look at all the possible pencils that could be randomly packaged in this kit, go check out Andy's comprehensive review at Woodclinched.BEZT Drawing 17 HB Pencil close up - unsharpened.
It sharpened easily with the Alvin bullet sharpener.
The BEZT Drawing 17 HB Pencil performed quite well (specially considering that it is reportedly an economy pencil) yielding results similar to that of the smoother Mitsubishi Uni HB pencil.
I found that I needed to exert more pressure to get the darkest values out of the BEZT HB pencil, and that its graphite lead seemed to contain a few harder bits that gave a rougher feeling from time to time on the TSA and bond papers. Not a deal breaker and still fairly smooth and dark, but the Uni HB lead point glided more smoothly on the same test papers.
Monster doodle on the back of a Rad and Hungry lowdown postcard. The BEZT pencil glided very smoothly on this card stock.
2-minute video: doodle and erasability test on Mohawk Superfine 80 lb ultrawhite smooth paper. The eraser at the end of the pencil worked well enough with some firm pressure leaving light debris behind, but the softer stick eraser could remove the same amount of graphite in less time.
Thus if you ever need to pick up a sketching pencil in a hurry while traveling through Colombia, the BEZT Drawing 17 HB Pencil should work just fine for taking some notes and doodling a few sketches.