My Mini Pencil Case

20 Nov 2025 · Meetings Pencil Case

A pencil case, for meetings, cmon lad, who needs one of them.

Sometimes, for instance when I'm going to a meeting, I don't need my full pencil case, but having a half decent selection of marking tools is handy, step in my mini pencil case. It's another Lihit Lab one, the flat pencil case. I like them. They're small enough to slip into a small bag, hold enough things to be useful and they're good quality.

It's a folding case with a smooth zipper round three of the sides and it opens flat. There's a pocket in each half and a net strip at the top of each half. I've got pens, a pencil & screwdriver in the left half. A USB C cable, USB data blocker & ruler in the right half. In the net there's an eraser and USB memory stick. Everything I'd need in a normal meeting. If I'm doing something interesting in the meeting then I'll probably take my full case, but for a normal one, this goes in my bag.

Now for the good bit, the contents. There's a soft eraser for undoing things. A silicone USB A to USB C cable, you never know when you need one. A screwdriver with small and large phillips & flat head. A USB data blocking cable, I don't want to plug my devices into unknown USB sockets. A 64GB USB memory stick with the contents of the meeting on it (don't want to have to rely on that there internet) and sometimes other stuff too. A 15cm ruler, nice straight lines.

For marking things we have a 0.38mm Uni Jetstream black, nice and thin. A 0.3mm Uni Jetstream (fancy clip) blue, also nice and thin. A Rotring Quatro with a red, blue & black 0.5mm rollerball and a 0.5mm pencil. A NicPro 1.3mm pencil, it's better for quick rough drawings. A fine point Sharpie. A Monami 0.7mm black rollerball.

I like a selection of marking tools depending on what I'm marking. The Monami is perfect for quick notes. The Rotring is a good all rounder, multiple colours and a pencil. The two thin Uni Jetstreams are good for neater writing. The fancy clip one is nice to write with, and has a nice clicky top. The one without the fancy clip is lighter and has a squishy grip, so it's often the go to pen.