X-ACTO Pencil Sharpener, School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener, With Six Size Dial, XL Shavings Bin, Black, 1 Count - Heavy Duty, Teacher and School Supplies

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 Stars Best classroom pencil sharpener by far! The X-ACTO SchoolPro is a total lifesaver in my classroom. It sharpens quickly, quietly, and produces perfect points every time—no more uneven or over-sharpened pencils. It handles heavy use like a champ, even with a room full of students using it daily. The design is sturdy and reliable, and it doesn’t “eat” pencils like some other brands. If you’re a teacher or homeschooling parent, this sharpener is absolutely worth the investment!

This pencil sharpener is amazing. Someone at school told me that this type of sharpener was very expensive, around $300, so I never even looked into buying one. After struggling with regular sharpeners and watching my students use small manual ones, I decided to see if I could find something smaller and more affordable. I checked Amazon and was surprised by how much cheaper it was than I expected. I ordered it, set it up in my classroom, and it has been a great experience. My students even told me it was time for me to upgrade! The quality is excellent— in just two seconds, the pencil is perfectly sharpened. I no longer spend half an hour sharpening 40 pencils for my class. It also has four sturdy rubber grips on the bottom, so it stays in place and doesn’t move while sharpening. I’m very happy with this purchase.

This was a great addition for our home school area. It sharpens easily, works well, is easy to clean, and the grips on the bottom hold it in place. I feel comfortable allowing my children to use it. My only con is that the tray that holds the shavings seems to jostle and pop out easily, and it will not sharpen unless the tray is inserted fully. It’s a great safety feature, but can get annoying when you have to push it back in constantly.

Vwet Nice product Heavy Duty Works great

I was so tired of replacing electric sharpeners in my classroom. With 160 students a day, my sharpener tends to get a workout- especially with those kids who intentionally break their pencils so they have an excuse to get up and wander to the sharpener conveniently taking a route to go past their friends to talk to them. I bought this one to replace two other ones that hadn’t even lasted a month even though they said they were designed for school. This one lasted the rest of the school year and is still going strong. It is a little noisy but I try to encourage students to have their pencils sharpened before I start the lessons so there are fewer disruptions. It’s very fast so I can sharpen an entire box of 24 pencils quickly before school starts. The only hiccup I run into is that the shavings canister will sometimes get shavings behind it causing it to pop out and stop the sharpener. But it works again once I remove those shavings from behind the canister and replace it. Now if we can figure out a way for me to keep track of the pencils I provide to students so I’m not going through a dozen a day that would be excellent… and no, I will not have them leave me their shoes. Yuck- have you smelled middle schoolers?

I got this because I received a Prismacolor 150 pencil set and my hands were killing me from sharpening so many pencils. I love it! I sharpened all 150 pencils of the set plus a set of 36 Prismacolor premiers and only 3 pencils broke while sharpening. One pencil I think is bad and caused the next one to break. I also sharpened my Caran D'Ache Supracolor, Blackwing colors, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, Derwent Inktense pencils, some Faber-Castell Goldfaber. I am so impressed by it. All have a great sharp point, don't break ( except for the 3 mentioned) and don't eat up much of the pencil. I also tried with graphite pencils and they work great. The key is to find the right hole for the pencil and to let it finish before taking it out. The drawer does dislodge easily so I just hold it with one hand while holding the pencil with the other. I also use a soft brush to clean the gears to be sure it will be good for a long time. Hopefully it'll last a long time but so far I'm very impressed with the results.

Twenty years ago, just as my children began to write, I bought an old school sharpener - you know the one! That old workhorse of a sharpener found just inside the door of every classroom from K-12! I hung it in the laundry room, and had a metal waste basket below it. It felt very much like the right way to begin the process of educating my little people! I am that mom that tried to have all the right tools & bought out the office supply store each fall. There are two items I never had to replace… my huge hallway bulletin board & my manual workhorse of a pencil sharpener! I loved the way that you could feel the pencil being sharpened just right… it took me a helluva long time to perfect my technique, and there was nothing quite as satisfying as getting the point just right! Even as a self-described expert, many times I would get distracted and not turn my pencil every few rotations and I would end up with one side of the pencil with a ridiculously long, half exposed, point that would break if you tried to even it out. I might get that perfect point on my first go, but I could just as easily end up with a stump of a pencil before it finally was usable. And don’t even get me started on the pencil shavings!! I have never figured out how to keep the area around the sharpener clean. I don’t care how careful or diligent you are when emptying that pencil sharpener… It’s a unique kind of mess that makes its way out of the holes and seems even when it’s empty! And the mess it makes if you accidentally bump it, or if your child decides to empty it for you!!! If you use the old standard for the classroom, there is no getting around the mess. Still, though, even with all the headache of using perfect technique the pencil debris, it It was worth it. I felt confident it would last forever & no matter what my kids tried to sharpen. It has performed 19+ years, and still going strong! My main requirement was to have a sharpener that would be reliable and was mounted so it could not get moved or lost! Recently, though, I went to sharpen a pencil & there where my sharpener was screwed to the wall was nothing except four empty screw holes. I stood with my dull pencil wondering whether it was the kids or my husband that decided to rob me of my pencil sharpener, and destabilize my life!! In that moment, I decided to indulge in a grown-up sharpener! I searched all the reviews and narrowed my choices down to a small group, and finally decided on the plug in X-acto “School Pro” model. I am very change adverse… so, even though I was going with electric I still wanted something that was meant to last! I also wanted something that could sharpen various sizes, and was pleased to find an electric sharpener that also did the triangular shaped barrel often used by small children or in construction.to be able to sharpen various sized pencils. My experience with this sharpener has far exceeded my previous experiences with automatic sharpeners. Up until now, I avoided buying an electric sharpener, because the ones I have used are finicky, had to push the pencil in hard, and often made the sharpened point easy to break when writing. I tend to write with enough pressure to make an impression through several pages. The main thing that I thought the old school model would be better for was the length and shape of the sharpened point of the pencil. Even though you had to be skilled at customizing the writing point, when you did get it just right, the point did not break easily and it would write for a long time without needing to be re-sharpened every few paragraphs. I was very happy to be wrong! I have been using this electric sharpener for a few months and the writing point is as near perfect. I might need to knock off the very tip, but it’s easier than getting your ball-point pen to start to write. Given the ease of used, and the ample (way less messy) catch bin… I am loving my new sharpener!! Also, it will not sharpen if the bin is not fully locked in place, and I appreciate that. I do put my hand on the back end to stabilize the sharpener and keep it from scooting back. I do not need to push the pencil in hard, you can easily feed the pencil in and you don’t need to turn it or keep pulling it out and pushing it back in. I don’t believe a toddler has long enough fingers to trigger the motor, but if you have young children around, maybe remove the bin when not in use to be extra cautious. I can’t speak to how well it would hold up against all the stuff my kids tried to sharpen on my trusty workhorse, but for use on regular use by teens/adults on pencils (different thickness, colored, and triangular shaped.) I recommend it, especially as an affordable upgrade to your household sharpener, for the ease of use, versatility, and easy cleanup! If I had known about this product twenty years ago, I would have bought it instead of my old standby. It is large enough to not be carted off, and even if the motor only last a few years, when considering cost vs. constant mess of old one… I absolutely would be willing to take that chance, and save myself the headache. However, manual sharpening uses no electricity and that, coupled with the fact that they have proven themselves as practically indestructible, are strong enough points to make the choice difficult!.

The suction cups are adequate on my old oak desk. Easy to still pick up & move, but stays put when in use. Turning the dial to the right size is not hard. The size dial is quite helpful for my kids kindergarten pencils, round & triangle. I've found one pencil doesn't fit well, and that's the "my first pencil" round pencil. I got it in to sharpen, but had difficulty pulling it out. It's possible, but not recommended. I sharpen colored pencils, sketch pencils, charcoal, solid graphite, eraser sticks... I haven't tried crayons because they're so waxy. The tray holds a ton of shavings. Easy to remove and dump. When the graphite breaks off in the blade, I learned to: remove shavings drawer, pick up sharpener, turn it upside down, use an unsharpened pencil to turn the finned blade, push the "button" thing behind the graphite point, and shake. Not the greatest experience, but also not the worst. I'd buy this thing again, if it ever died. But I don't see that happening with the way it's built.