POWER HOUSE OF A SHARPENER!
359152
I'm OBSESSED with this pencil sharpener! It sharpens pencils SO FAST. I love sharpening pencils now because I am amazed every time! Get rid of your weak and slow sharpeners and get this power house of a sharpener- you won't be disappointed!
619733
Love this sharpener! Just bought it to use in my 5th grade class, and my kids are over the moon about it! Sharpens SO much better than the one that we have in our classroom.  Only downside is that it doesn't want to stay securely fastened to the desk.  We have solved that by holding down on the sharpener when we sharpen our pencils.
2693861
Really good sharpener! It does great job and it's comfortable enough even for my toddler girl to use.
Love the fact that it has compartments to collect the shavings. Highly recommend!
4872083
Excellent sharpener! Heavy duty and sharpens perfect EVERY time. Best one I've owned yet, and I've been through a lot!
3222094
I bought this exact sharpener at Costco for $18. I have a wood shop and also do drawings and paintings. I like a razor sharp pencil for laying out lines or drawing, this sharpener produces a perfect point every time! If I put a new pencil in, or a dull previously sharpened pencil the tip comes out like a needle every time! I love it! Easy to empty, and runs very quietly. Not sure what the negative comments are, people not running it correctly? As one other reviewer stated, do not use colored pencils or crayons in it or it will gum up the blades. For a regular #2 pencil, you cannot beat this! (just save yourself a twenty by going to Costco!)
3115183
I was cruising the internet looking for a good way to sharpen my colored pencils when I found a video by an artist that uses this particular sharpener. As I watched, it was clear that the individual had really done their homework. I have an electric sharpener I bought that hasn't even made it out of the box. Not because it isn't a good sharpener, just needs power and my desk is crowded.

I confess that it took a bit for me to attach this sharpener to my desk. There is like an elbow shaped metal piece with a plastic piece that squares up with your desk. You use a wing nut to tighten it into place. I had a lot of trouble getting the bottom plastic piece to square up with my desk. It kept trying to twist so that it wasn't flush. Once I figured out that was the problem, I was able to tighten it into place with no further issues.

Since I'm somewhat impatient and just ignored the instructions, yeah I know--not the greatest idea, it took a bit to figure out. But not a real long bit. There are the two knobs at the top of the sharpener front. You pull the sharpener facing straight out then move the closer knob toward the other and insert your pencil. The sharpener holds your pencil steady so there is none of the "human factor" to contribute toward breakage. And the point can go as sharp as you want. Really an excellent buy. So glad I found the video.

I have used it with wax and oil based pencils and it works great. Now the oil based are a really inexpensive set as well as the wax based. I have prismacolors but am using inexpensive pencil brands in coloring books at the moment to work on color theory. No point wasting the good stuff on practice. I HIGHLY recommend this sharpener. I'm really considering getting another for my niece who draws.
1114848
This is the most amazing pencil sharpener I have ever owned. I have five children and everyone is always sharpening something! I purchased this because I was looking for a sharpener that had a large hole for my toddler's fat colored pencils. It sharpens them beautifully! They are the pipsqueak brand colored pencils and are really fat. Every time I sharpen anything I feel like I am back in time in my teachers classroom when I was little! So awesome!
4955656
I purchased this sharpener because I was tired of the antiquated hand crank model I have at home as well as the electric model used at work which was excessively slow, loud and usually broke the pencil lead.

The X-Acto 16765 Mini standup battery operated pencil sharpener works perfectly! It produces pin point sharpness in just a few seconds, and the point is centered (compared to some sharpeners that are off center to where one side of the point is wood- I hate when that happens!).

This unit is small, compact, extreemly easy to use, very effective, and inexpensive. Gee, what more could one ask for in a pencil sharpener? The shavings container pops off with little effort for emptying, and snaps on securely so that dust and shavings aren't leaking out and dirtying your desk.

I was so impressed by it's stellar performance the first time I used it that I went in search of other pencils to sharpen. Yeah! No more dull, broken lead, or off center pencils!

So go ahead, buy it, no doubt you'll be pleased!
439677
This tool takes all the work out of sharpening knives!
I was able to sharpen all of the knives in my cutting block within 3 minutes. They went from dull to near razor sharp!
Excellent purchase!
317096
I am so happy with this sharpener.  As a professional artist I have run through a lot of electirc sharpeners.  I have a feeling that this one will last until death do us part!
1116038
This sharpens to a point every time! It works great in my classroom!
4759259
I looked around for a helical blade pencil sharpener for a long time before picking this one. And I'm so glad I did my research! This had a power plug but it also runs on 4 AA batteries which is how I use it. I have owned this for a couple months and haven't needed to change the batteries yet. This sharpener is made with features that try to help prevent oversharpening and using all your pencils. You stick the pencil in and the trick is to barely stick the pencil in the opening and slowly feeding the pencil down for 2-3 seconds. During this time you hold the pencil to keep it barely sharpened. Then once you have the basic sharpened shape of the pencil, it will "drop" down about 1/4" and that's when you get your super sharp points even on prismacolors.
912626
Excellent!  Even better that I haven't let the students use it yet!  I'll assume it'll last longer if I don't let them use it!  I've been through 5 pencil sharpeners in the last two years.  The sharpener that the school installs hasn't worked for about 2 years; they've replaced it twice but still doesn't work.  So, I'm hoping that this will actually last.  I've paid almost as much for other sharpeners that only last a few weeks, so I'm pleased with this one so far!!

I've now purchased 3 sharpeners because it's that great. This sharpener has far outlasted many other brands I've purchased in the past. I purchased 2 more because I wanted to have access in different areas of the room.
4732110
I bought 2 sharpeners from Staples before deciding to check reviews and then buying one. I've been using this one for a few months and absolutely love it!!! 5 stars from me!
3502841
I bought this as a duplicate for the Urban Decay grind house sharpener which is double the price - and it works like a charm!
602447
Best hand held pencil sharpener that I've ever had!
474796
This is a great sharpener.  It does a great job and the best part, for me, is that you can select the point on the pencil you want.  To me, most/all sharpeners sharpen to such a fine point that the first thing that happens when you try to use the pencil is that the tip breaks off!  With this unit you have a slider where you can select the point you want (from a few choices) and so I sharpen pencils to a more blunt point so that this doesn't happen!  So really a great unit.  And the seller has been very nice, checking in to make sure it's working well.  Nice treatment for a pencil sharpener!