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[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Tulsa, OK on 11/10/2008
It is a high quality pencil sharpener. I teach second grade and have to replace electric sharpeners each year. This one has been excellent, even when the kids try to sharpen a new pencil down to two inches. It was a little expensive and I recently discovered it elsewhere cheaper, but overall I'm happy.
from Springfield Massachusetts on 9/17/2008
This product did not deliver as advertised.I tried sharpening several brands of #2 pencils and all came out of the sharpener uneven and useless to write with. I also tried to sharpen several chunky pencils and had the same results.
I am very disappointed with this product. For the hefty price tag I expected better quality and a dependable pencil sharpener.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from North Adams, MA on 9/17/2008
I am a third grade teacher so about 100 pencils are sharpened every day in this new sharpener. Last year I went through three electric pencil sharpeners in the first two months. This was seems to be much studier and durable. It was expensive around [$], but I spent over $60.00 purchasing three last year. I believe this sharpener was definitely worth the money and I hope it continues to be as durable throughout the year.
from Waterloo, IA on 9/17/2008
I am a ceramic tile installer and take a large quantity of pencils with me on every job. It improves my efficiency if I don't have to stop frequently to sharpen the same pencil over and over...I can just grab another one from the pencil box. The X-ACTO School Pro 1670 Electric Pencil Sharpener by Boston allows me to quietly sharpen all those pencils while I'm at home in a fraction of the time it used to take to prepare for my next job.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from South Holland, IL on 9/14/2008
The sharpeners falls over easily, and the container to hold the pencil shavings does not fit tightly so that the shaving spray out. It sharpens the pencils unevenly so that one side has wood, the other lead. It was recommended for school use, and it does not seem that it will hold up for even one school year. At the price, I was expecting something that would last through several years.
from Vista, CA on 9/10/2008
I have bought 3 of these sharpeners. The first worked great and for a decent amount of time, though not as long as you would expect for a self-titled classroom sharpener. It claims it is able to handle high volume and heavy duty use, not true! The second and third sharpeners I bought both broke immediately. The third stopped working properly literally after I sharpened the first pencil. Do not buy this product. It is not worth the money or the effort to repeatedly return it. At least staples is a good retailer, and took it back no problem!
from Live Oak, FL on 9/6/2008
I have bought 2 or 3 cheaper models and they don't make it through a month of sharpening.
This one is fast and is great because of the different size pencils it accepts.
One complaint I have is that the pencils are not completely smooth when they come out. I don't know if it's the quality of the pencils or the sharpener. But other than this, it delivers what it advertizes.
sharpener blades wear out after 3 months of daily use; 300 pencils a day for learning center. [...]
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from San Francisco, CA on 9/3/2008
This is the perfect sharpener for school use. It can handle a lot of sharpening without the motor burning out. I like how you can adjust the size of the pencil, so it works perfectly for the thick, yellow pencils that we use in my classroom. The only problem is that this is my third sharpener. Two separate times my students knocked it down and it dropped on the floor. Both times, the sharpener broke instantly. I guess I would say, put it in a place where it cannot fall! Overall, great product!
from Dallas, TX on 8/28/2008
The saving container comes off to easily - when moving sometimes it have fallen out of the unit
from Tennessee on 8/27/2008
It is the 3rd week of school, and I have used this sharpener every day! I am a first grade teacher and sharpen pencils constantly! I hope it will last for a few more years.
When we bought this machine at the beginning of the school year we were soooooo excited. It was new, sturdy, and a time-saver for the morning pencil sharpening task.
About 3 months later it died. I wonder what the life span is for these things. It says on the box for school use! We had to resort to the old fashioned manual one you mount on a cabinet.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
When used in a classroom the plastic gears that drive the cutterhead stripped. Dime store junk.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from San Bernardino, CA on 8/6/2008
It works great. I sharpened 60 Pencils in just a few minutes. Stops when pencil is sharpened so no over sharpening and eating up the pencils.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from San Diego, Ca on 8/6/2008
At first I thought that I was paying too much, but it was a huge improvement over the last x-acto pencil sharpener I had bought. The rubber feet keep it affixed to whatever surface you have it on. The pencils are sharpened so fast that there is rarely a line at the pencil sharpener in my classroom anymore.
[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Tifton, Ga on 7/23/2008
Great for the classroom
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Schoolville on 7/15/2008
I would not buy this product!!! It over-sharpened the pencils and the leads kept falling out. You can imagine the problems that creates in a first grade classroom (i.e. saving pencil leads, throwing pencil leads, CONSTANTLY sharpening pencils, etc.). I was constantly having to give it to a friend for "repair" when it would stop working (i.e. the leads would get jammed inside and the sharpener was dull as a result, etc.). Then it started this loud clicking noise in order to sharpen pencils - which it did horribly. It was already a loud sharpener so this just added to the din created when pencils were sharpened. Before and after "repair" it sometimes wouldn't completely sharpen, the wood extended over the lead, and it began over sharpening. I kept trying to "repair" it because I just wanted to have something with which to finish the year (money is already tight as it is for us teachers)! My recommendation is to get a pencil sharpener that sharpens the regular size pencils WELL and just have the students use the manual sharpener for the kindergarten pencils.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Culver City, California on 7/11/2008
I have used 3 of them in 3 years for a classroom of 20 young students for large learners pencils. It works great initially but usually wears down in 9 to 10 months and takes forever to sharpen one. 3 of them did not break down but it became useless being so slow to sharpen so I had to replace them every year. I wish you could somehow make it more durable.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Huntington Beach, CA on 7/9/2008
I'm disappointed at the quality of the ability to sharpen pencils properly. The points are lop-sided with the lead at one side of the point and rest of the point wood.
[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]
from Springfield MA on 6/29/2008
As an elementary art teacher at a large public school, I need a pencil sharpener that will work on different sized pencils (beginner, standard and colored pencils), and it needs to work fast because I sharpen hundreds of pencils for my students in a week. This product delivers on both counts. It has stood up well to heavy use. Make sure you check it for quick sharpening: I did buy one that wasn't fast, and I brought it back and got one that was.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Lynn, MA on 6/26/2008
It gets the job done. I have purchased others in the past, but find this to be the best so far.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Roseburg, OR on 6/25/2008
Using it a classroom with no problem.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from michigan on 6/21/2008
I had to bring it back because it quit working.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Columbia, SC on 6/20/2008
After having two pencil sharpeners break in my first grade classroom, this has been the PERFECT solution to my pencil problems! It's durable and superfast!
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Bergenfield, NJ on 6/19/2008
I use this product everyday at school. I love the options that it gives me to use several different size pencils. That's the one thing that I look for in a sharpener. It's easy to use, it sharpens quickly and well.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Lincolnton, NC on 6/19/2008
I love the choices for school with a variety of pencil sizes--the original broke and thank goodness had the replacement warranty. Took broken one back and picked up a new one--only one I have found which fits needs as well as this one.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Brooklyn, NY on 6/19/2008
Needed for pencils for school children. Hand injury, I cannot use a manual sharpener. Child in kindergarten will be using it for a long time. His mother bought him the big pencils so that this allows for the different size pencils to be sharpened. However, thte size of the sharpener could be slimmer.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Malden, MA on 6/19/2008
For years I have purchased electric pencil sharpeners to increase the efficiency in my elementary classroom. Most years I would end up buying more than 1, whether I restricted use to adults alone or allowed students to use it. Out of total frustration, as my class approached the state testing, I broke down and bought what seemed the best available at Staples. My expectations were not high. As soon as I used it, I realized that this sharpener was different! I pushed this sharpener as hard as anyone could and never had a problem. It never overheated. The speed at which pencils were sharpened and the large amount of sharpenings held saved me loads of time. I even allowed students to use it with no problems at all. The year ended with the sharpener still working! When I do need a new sharpener I will definitely buy this one again.
[4 of 6 customers found this review helpful]
As a principal I bought one for each of my staff members. What a waste of school funds! As I teacher I bought one for my K classroom and I was the only one who used it. What a waste of my funds! I will never buy another one again!
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Fredericksburg, VA on 3/28/2008
I bought this sharpner for a first grade classroom. It lasted for 3 months while being used by both adults and students. So giving the sharpner the benefit of the doubt, I bought a second one that only the adults could use. It lasted about 4 months. So for [$] I got 7 months worth, not worth the money.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Fort Worth Texas on 3/10/2008
It is very quick to use and is heavy enough that the sharpener stays in one place when in use. Doesn't slide around.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Yuma, AZ on 3/9/2008
I have had to exchange this product twice. It has a hard time standing up to everyday use by my students.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Detroit, MI on 3/8/2008
The first one I bought broke down when a student misused it, I frankly don't know how but I was convinced by the Staples sales person to get the 1 year replacement insurance. I think this is a load off my mind for at least a year!
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Reading,PA on 3/8/2008
This is sturdy enough to stand up to over 500 kids a week using it almost every hour of the school day.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Chicago, IL on 3/7/2008
I use it daily in the classroom. I love that it does not burn out and sharpens different width pencils. It is powerful, fast, and does not eat the pencils. Of any of the sharpeners out there, this is the one to get. You may pay a bit more, but completely worth it!
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
The first two sharpeners I bought were fabulous. They lasted several years in heavy classroom use. This year, my class has gone through 3 so far. 2 just stopped working one day . . . ran and ran but didn't sharpen. The 3rd has been breaking their points just below the wood (so it falls out when they write) for a couple of months and today is just stopped sharpening completely. I bought another one that only I use and it is starting to break the points now (after 3 weeks of use). Don't waste your money!
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
from Springfield, VA on 2/19/2008
Sadly, we purchased four of these sharpeners with high hopes but so far three have already broken with minimal use!
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
I am a third grade teacher and have been teaching for two years. I have been through two of these and they are awful! If I'm spending [$]on a sharpener I expect it to last longer than 9 mos. Even when I was the only one using it, it still stopped working.
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
from Waldorf on 12/28/2007
Used for 3 weeks in my 1st grade classroom. Only I used the sharpener and it worked great. After just 3 weeks it stopped sharpening. Motor works and blades turn, but doesn't sharpen anymore.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
I thought this pencil sharpener would be perfect for my high school classroom. Turns out-I was wrong. I took it out of the box and plugged it in. I tried to sharpen a pencil and it wouldn't sharpen. Also, I had to grip the pencil very firmly in order to keep the pencil from turning. I purchased this last night and am taking it back today.
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
I used this product in my classroom. Some lasted longer than others, but I have purchased my last one - there has to be something better. These sharpeners are pieces of junk! Works great for about 60 days,then they die - motor runs, won't sharpen. Company wont stand behind warranty.
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
Waited six weeks for this badly-needed item for my classroom. It worked GREAT for the first two months. It sharpened in just a few seconds! As of a week ago (barely two months later), it stopped sharpening. The motor still works and the blade(s) turn, but even after 20-30 seconds of noisy operation, the pencil is still dull. I'm back to using my next-door colleague's sharpener myself after school every day. Maybe I just got a dud or something. But, I'm looking now for a better quality one that stands up to classroom use.
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
I am a 6th grade science teacher, and I tried pencil sharpener after pencil sharpener before finding one of these in a store. I was so excited for about 2 months it worked beautifully - colored pencils, regular pencils, 2 per class to 20 per class. Teachers would send kids to my room to let them sharpen their pencils (thanks. :P )Then it sort of broke. I say sort of, because my students figured out how to fix it. It involved bumping it against the table gently. It continued to work off and on like that for a while, until one day it ground to a halt. It makes a horrid grinding, whirring motor noise, but the blades are obviously not spinning. I wish I knew a good electrical engineer or small-machine mechanic...I hate the idea of wasting[$]on this bad boy.I am searching out another sharpener that will last at least a school year. Continuous Use my booty.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from San Antonio, TX on 10/24/2007
Takes the abuse from high school students and works perfectly every time!
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Baltimore, MD on 10/24/2007
This is THE SHARPENER for any elementary classroom! I was so impressed with the speed and quality of this sharpener. It is made for teachers!
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from NY on 10/7/2007
I bought one last school year and was pleased that it lasted the year, so I bought a second one this year and boy am I disappointed! We've been in school less than 30 days and both last year's and the new one are inoperable! I'm now researching to find a model that will work for 10 months in a classroom.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
The different sizes are a great idea but when I tried to sharpen large colored pencils- it didn't work. The pencils it did sharpen ended up becoming little stubs. A beaver would have done a better job!
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Bothell, WA on 10/3/2007
This pencil sharpener works for our busy home with four kids! Our old pencil sharpener would "break down" when the pencil lead would break off in the unit, necessitating taking the entire unit apart to remove the pencil lead. This one stops running when the pencil is sharpened so you can't oversharpen. Love it!
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Evansville on 9/30/2007
The school wall mounted sharpners were not working for my classroom. The students sharpen 3 pencils every morning. They know by the sound of the sharpener when it's done. I've been using it since Aug. so far so good!!!!!!!!!!
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Bowie, MD on 9/30/2007
Holding up to students in three different math classes. They are hard on everything and the sharpener still is running strong. Sometimes the students are too tough on it and a lead point breaks inside. Shake the sharpener and it dislodges. I recommend this product to teachers.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Houston, TX on 9/10/2007
We live in a school district that still send to the classroom and endorses the hand crank pencil sharper that screw on the wall. This is a bad idea in the classroom especially when you have 20-25 students in the class room, lined up to sharpen their pencils in the morning. The students would spend 30 minutes in the morning just to sharpen pencils. This product is advertised as SCHOOL PRO that teachers endorsed, “SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CLASSROOM USE. THE ONLY KID-TESTED, TEACHER-APPROVED ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER” so I thought it would be a good idea for my daughter’s class, what a mistake.I bought 4 of them for second grade classes in the building, and kept one for my home, as when it is homework time we need pencils with 3 children in the house. They were all loud, would only work for 5 pencils then shut down for at least an hour, and after only 2 months of use they all completely broke one after another. When I gave out the pencil sharpeners I was hailed as a hero but when they broke I was scorned. I [...] got all new pencil sharpeners, but the replacements all broke within 2 months also.What I have learned from this experience is only buy a commercial grade sharpener for a class room, ask around, do research on what you are buying, read the reviews and believe them they bought it so that person would know. I had read bad reviews on this product, but I thought that person just got a bad one, but when it happened to me, I felt taken advantage of. I paid [$] each for the 5 I bought totaling [$] what an expensive lesson. If I could rate it a ZERO I would.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
from Knoxville, TN. on 9/5/2007
I purchased this item at another office supply store. I need a highly reliable electric pencil sharpener to sharpen many pencils. I do Sanctuary Care for our Church, and sharpened pencils in our pews are an appreciated necessity.
This sounded ideal in the clever advertisement.
Do not believe it. Heavy duty in a school with almost continuus use???? I could not get this ridiculous thing to sharpen one new pencil correctly, let alone many. A Teacher would be driven beserk, and a child can not make this thing sharpen a pencil I was foolish not to take it back.For years, this was a very trusted brand, but no more. I gave it to our After School Care.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
This is my second School Pro---I thought I got a lemon the first time so I did an even exchange---the second one worked for about 10 pencils and completely died. It sounds horrible and simply won't sharpen. DO NOT BUY THIS SHARPENER!!!
[2 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
This machine really does sharpen - even colored pencils! Will see if it can handle the massive quantity of pencils needing sharpening during State testing.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
Can sharpen 30 or more pencils one after the other
is a fairly quiet machine sharpens pencils quickly
Has lasted 8 months in my math lab and will be used again next year.