X-ACTO Ranger 55 Manual Pencil Sharpener

I don't like the fact that the air gets removed and then device miles around.

Super! Il est placé dans ma classe et donc soumis à un usage intensif par des enfants de 8 ans assez peu délicats. Il fonctionne parfaitement.

The quality seems good, but it's very hard to use without fastening it to a table, and it has to be screwed into the table (making holes in the table).

A real boon to anyone who loves drawing. Works well with a variety of pencils but not with charcoal or very soft pastel pencils. The Faber Castell and Carbothello pastel pencils can be sharpened easily as they are relatively hard. The Conte pastel pencils however will tend to break as the leads are too soft. It also sharpens coloured pencils, graphite pencils and watercolour pencils. The odd colour will tend to break off eg some cobalt blues tend to be brittle. If a lead breaks off the sharpener won't work properly and you'll need to disassemble it with a screwdriver (a Phillips head screwdriver) which only takes a second, then get the broken lead out by tapping the barrel against a hard surface. The barrel and helical blades need a bit of a clean every now and again with a stiff brush anyway. All in all, well worth having and very good value.

This sharpener does not disappoint! I love how our pencil tips are not getting cracked off just as they are coming to a point (like our old one had been doing almost since the beginning), and how very few rotations of the crank are needed to get a nice sharp tip. We haven't yet mounted it as the kids like taking it with them wherever they are coloring, consequently our 6 year old finds it a little awkward to hold it still and crank the handle and keep her pencil in far enough, but our older children don't seem to be bothered by that at all.

Bellissimo, utilissimo ed efficissimo. Da consigliare agli utilizzatori seriali di matite. Praticamente per tutti i diametri di matita.