Disposable sharpener anyone? Only lasted 10 weeks - worked OK, but not great.
598398
It worked OK while it worked. Pieces of pencil were always getting stuck in it. Also didn't like that it doesn't have a power cord - only batteries. We used it for  maybe 10 weeks before it bit the dust. Waste of money IMO. My cut-off for return was after only 1 month so I'm out the money for it and the batteries.
2293086
I really wanted to like this sharpener, and to some extent I do - but for my old pocketknives, it just doesn't cut it. After a lot of time and many strokes, they're still dull. Maybe because their edges have been "hand honed" for so long they are no longer true enough for this one to work? I don't know. I haven't worn the edge off any of my kitchen knives enough to test yet, it may work better for them.
800439
The sharpener itself is really good. Finally my kids can sharpen a pencil once and use it instead of having the pencil point break repeatedly until half the pencil is gone.
But the hole from which you empty out the shavings is so small that you have to shake the sharpener really hard to get anything out, and then stick your finger in to dig out the rest.
Also, after a couple of months of typical use by a 7 year old in school, the two hemispheres of the globe separated and it's hard to stick them back together.
Get another Maped sharpener.
371764
When it was working the function was fair.  It broke after 2 years and the replacement part cost is $5 less than a new unit.  This is so frustrating.  Make room in the land fill.
I used the sharpener at home.  It definitely did not get the same use as it would in a school room.  I estimate it would last about 2 months in a school.
3721610
AN update.  Boy this dulled quickly!  I got it middle of August 2016. I used it with Prang and Marco Raffine colored pencils. By 6 weeks I cannot get a point at all.  The tip stays flat and this has been use gently!  I have cleaned the blade as suggested by sharpening a graphite pencil and tried lightly brushing the blade with a artist brush.  I a extremely disappointed!  No sense to me to buy replace blade since that would be costly!
Going to get a Kum two hole with barrel sharpener.
1051393
Easy to use and sharpens well.  A competitor's wore out quickly; I'll update the review when I know the durability.
3614721
Haha- mechanical sharpener----- it works, owed it for 2 years and used it once-not sure why the hell I bought it
1851717
I loved this sharpener when I first bought it but I died promptly! I have no explanation for it. Simply that something got jammed pretty quickly in the internal part and it stopped working altogether. I wish I could get my money back!
4597297
Stopped working correct;y.  Cleaned sharpening blades as much as possible.  Could not find a way to take apart so they could be completely cleaned.
2993047
I bought this to use with expensive colored pencils in a class I take. I've used it for about 3 weeks and have found that instead of sharpening a dull point, it eats the point and then starts sharpening. I've used  other sharpeners that don't do this. Unfortunately, it is past the 30-day return time for this company. I am going  to try to return it to X-ACTO directly.
1925920
I wouldn't buy this again. It works ok, but it's not really better than the stock sharpener that came with my Primacolors.
2046621
After we put the replacements in, the sharpener chews up pencils and takes way too long to even sharpen now. I am very disappointed! I was hoping my very expensive sharpener would be back to the way it was. I am a classroom teacher and do not have oodles of money to replace $100+ pencil sharpeners and was hoping this would help. It hasn't. Would not buy these again.
4408452
Spent $140 for what I thought would be a good sharpener. It lasted a little over 1 year. My $15 battery powered sharpener lasted over 3 years so back to a cheaper sharpener. Don't throw away good money on something no better than the cheap ones.
4184089
have had this less than one month, sharpened two or three pencils - today It stopped working.  I can sharpen a pencil by twisting it by hand.  Pretty good manual pencil sharpener for $20 - huh?
1801238
It didn't survive my middle school classroom for more than 6 months. And my kids were not rough on it, so I don't know if I had a faulty sharpener.
1229898
An OK and simple electric sharpener, with relatively weak motor compared to other models. We placed ours in a central location so kids can have access to it. When it sharpened, it sharpened with a slight tilt - meaning the cut is not perfect and uniform, but on one side the wood is closer to the tip than the opposite. My sharpener stopped working after 2 months. Fortunately, Westcott provides a 5 year warranty.
One sharpener I recommend yet is considerably more massive is the Swingline Optima Electric Pencil Sharpener, Fits Six Different Pencil Sizes (29968), which allows adjusting and seems to be more on the heavy duty side as compared to this one.
1496635
After a week of use in an elementary classroom, I realize that it isn't ideal for this setting.  It would probably be great for just one child to use at home though.  It sharpens to a fine point - we had a few minor injuries the first few days in here.  After a week of use, the plastic pencil shaving housing has already broken.  If I had it to do over again I would have opted for the metal housing instead - which I may still wind up doing.  Also, "colors may vary" is code for we are sending you a pink one.