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This is the best pencil sharpener I have ever used! It runs on batteries or plugged in. It is amazing how well it works. You just insert a pencil in the top and let go of it. The sharpener starts up by itself, pulls the pencil down inside, sharpens it, then it pushes the pencil back up so you can get it. You don't do anything while it is sharpening. This is great for children and adults. It makes the pencils sharp with little effort. This would be great for teachers to have in their classrooms for school children to use to sharpen their pencils. Everyone I have showed it too are amazed how it works with NO EFFORT ON YOUR PART to sharpen pencils!

This battery-operated or outlet-powered pencil sharpener is a game-changer for pencil artists! Spare your wrists from the torque of manually sharpening your pencils and save oodles of time in keeping your pencils precision sharp. The sharpening process is fully automated. Simply insert the pencil into the hole and the sharpener will grab onto it, lower it and sharpen to a very fine point, then push it back for immediate and fulfilling use. Since it uses batteries or electricity, the versatility is enriching. AFMAT products are high quality!

I bought this sharpener after my previous Bostitch sharpener's motor burned out after a couple weeks. While I haven't had this one for as long I thought the automatic function would be perfect for my son just in case the previous failure was due to user error.The unboxing and setup was easy and we immediately got started sharpening. The pencil also stayed put and didn't slide around. It didn't take much for the pencils to activate the sharpener and start and it was easy to see it stop and raise the pencil back up. Removing the pencils sometimes require some handling of the device and out of all the pencils we sharpened, only two had a harder time. One seemed a hair too big. While it did work it took a second or so. The other seemed to have a broken lead inside and so it took a couple tries but when this thing works it works. The points are long and sharp and it even took shorter pencils.My son also loves the automatic feature and is now less inclined to push but he is more inclined to sharpen everything.

Love this sharpener. I use it for Crayola, RoseArt, Prismacolor Verithin, various drawing pencils, and standard school graphite pencils. I haven’t used it for the softer varieties of colored pencils, such as premium Prismacolor and Derwent because the cores of the pencils break easily with a handheld sharpener. This sharpener produces ver long tips and is very easy to clean out the shavings. There is an option for battery use but I haven’t yet used that feature. I definitely recommend this device for sharpening pencils however, do use caution when allow a child to use it. It does stop and raise the pencil when the point is perfect; a fantastic feature to prevent over sharpening.

I have used several different sharpeners and this one is great. You just set the pencil lightly in the hole and it grabs it, lowers it down to sharpen to a very long sharp point and then ejecs it to you. A bit noisy but it sure works well. Prismacolor does not work well and are too delicate for it so don't try. Very hard graphite hard wood does not sharpen to a point. It just grinds it and then I try my hand one to get a point. Overall, I Love it. Not for kids, as the points are lethal sharp. I actually stabbed myself while reaching over a cup of pencils. Drew blood. So easy and quick to use.

Awesome and amazing device. The best in pencil sharpening work. Highly recommended.

Update: this sharpener clogs WAY too easily. It is LOUD, but the convenience was worth it until it got a mind of its own. Now it chooses when it wants to sharpen and when it doesn’t and is entirely unhelpful. I went from being able to sharpen dozens of pencils in under an hour while lesson planning to fighting with the sharpener just to release the pencil and stop grinding. I guess I will have to try something else.Original:I am teacher and I swear the kids eat the pencils, they are constantly disappearing. I usually replenish weekly to bi-weekly to keep up with their appetite. With this sharpener I was able to sharpen a whole 72 pack of pencils while I made and ate dinner in under 40 minutes. This is definitely staying at home because I need it to last a LONG time!

Works very well, fun to use.Two flaws:1. Shavings get clogged every so often, have to dig them out.2. Eats pencils. Will take like an inch or so off a pencil when sharpening. I tried to pull the pencil out after I thought it was probably sharpened enough, which it didn’t like at all, and it was still sharpened perfectly without eating the entire thing.