bit-tech Shopping: Hunt Boston School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener

Rating: 2

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: Pretty colors

Weaknesses: It is not reliable

Summary: This pencil sharpener lasted five weeks in a second grade classroom in St. Paul, MN. Now it overheats in five minutes. The kids tested it and it failed big time. The teacher does not approve, I am sure. This is not a good product and I do not recommend buying it at all.

Rating: 2

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: None

Weaknesses: Motor Blow Out In Two Months, Poor Workmanship, Falsely Advertised

Summary: My Exacto Boston School Pro Pencil Sharpener rating needs to be ZERO because it is a ZERO.We live in a school district that still send to the classroom and endorses the hand crank pencil sharper that screw on the wall. This is a bad idea in the classroom especially when you have 20-25 students in the class room, lined up to sharpen their pencils in the morning. The students would spend 30 minutes in the morning just to sharpen pencils. This product is advertised as SCHOOL PRO that teachers endorsed, ?SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR CLASSROOM USE. THE ONLY KID-TESTED, TEACHER-APPROVED ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER? so I thought it would be a good idea for my daughter?s class, what a mistake.I bought 4 of them for second grade classes in the building, and kept one for my home, as when it is homework time we need pencils with 3 children in the house. They were all loud, would only work for 5 pencils then shut down for at least an hour, and after only 2 months of use they all completely broke one after another. The motor would quit working and internal mechanism failed. When I gave out the pencil sharpeners I was hailed as a hero but when they broke I was scorned. I used their return policy and got all new pencil sharpeners, but the replacements all broke within 2 months also.What I have learned from this experience is only buy a commercial grade sharpener for a class room, ask around, do research on what you are buying, read the reviews and believe them they bought it so that person would know. I had read bad reviews on this product, but I thought that person just got a bad one, but when it happened to me, I felt taken advantage of. I paid $40 each for the 5 I bought totaling $200 what an expensive lesson. If I could rate it a ZERO I would. This pencil sharpener is junk, don?t waist your money.

Rating: 2

Time with product: 5 Months

Strengths: the first few weeks it works great

Weaknesses: after the honeymoon...it's divorce court

Summary: I thought I was buying a "heavy-duty" sharpener and spent nearly $70 for it last year thinking I would save money in the long run. Nope. It worked great for the first month or so, then, you had to push the pencil in for a long time to get it sharpened and eventually the motor would seize. Hey, what do you want to be that this piece of _____ is made in China?

Rating: 8

Time with product: 3 Days

Strengths: Love the way you can empty it, it's really easy for students to do by themselves. It's kind of heavy so that is really good for counter type sharpeners. I really like the price as well. Thanks!

Weaknesses:

Summary: I really like the overall product, it's easy enough for students to empty by themselves, and has the heavy weight that counter top sharpener needs, and the price wasn't half bad either.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 30

Strengths: This sharpener is quiet. It sharpens very fast. I like the see-through shavings container...it helps to know when to empty.

Weaknesses: I sure haven't found any weaknesses. I'm very satisfied.

Summary: My 1st graders love this pencil sharpener. It is lightning fast and sharpens into a short sharp point. I have not found a pencil yet that it will not sharpen. I have 2 electric sharpeners, but my class will only use this one, due to it's ease of use. It is very quiet and gets the job done quickly. I have a teacher friend who recommended that I try this sharpener. She has used hers for 2 years, and it's still going strong.