Do you have an electric pencil sharpener in your classroom that has lasted for a long time?

Question

I have gone through so many pencil sharpeners over the past 10 years! I buy the heavy duty classroom use sharpeners, and they always are broken within 1 or 2 years. The warranties are only "limited warranties" which don't cover all problems. Can anyone recommend a great sharpener that lasts for a long time?

Answer 1

I wish I knew of one. I have the same problem in my own classroom.  We have an electric one but I"m not sure what the brand is... we've had it for about 2 years now and its just about done too.  They don't make the manual wall ones as good as they used to as they tend to break after the first 3 months or so...you could buy the cheap dollar store ones and have them at the corner of your desk... I've done that for a year.  It isn't the greatest and they usually need to be replaced at the end of the semester but it is only about $5 total rather than a larger costing electric one.  I wish I knew of something better to help you with, although I totally understand your frustration!

Answer 2

Yes!~

X-ACTO Commercial, Heaviest-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener, Model #41

2 year warranty - commercial grade - expensive as I dont know what - but going on yyear three and loving it!~

http://www.mypencil.com/mall/page22sharp...

Answer 3

I don't think there's such a thing as a long lasting electric pencil sharpener. I gave up and went back to the manual ones. Even those aren't made the way they used to be.

I have an old metal hand crank one (don't know what kind of metal) that I've been using since I got out of college in 1972. It just keeps going, and going, and going.

Answer 4

Tell your kids to buy their own sharpeners, because electric sharpeners are the most annoying things ever.