Review on X-ACTO Inspire+ Battery-Operated Pencil Sharpener by Kelsey Brown

The first thing that strikes you is the sheer size of the battery-powered pencil sharpener. Requires 4 AA batteries and they take up space. At the same time, the storage for pencil shavings is too small for me, and it seems that I have to empty it every other pencil. I find that the pencil point process works pretty well. There is a good point on each pencil and I have had almost no point breakage. It's harder to work with smaller children as the engine will stall if you put too much pressure on it. Working with it requires some finesse. I find AC spiralizers to be much better in this regard, but I'm willing to trade that for flexibility of movement. Anyway my 6 year old could do it on his own with practice. I consider this the best battery powered sharpener I have ever owned. Yes, you can get a better sharpener overall, but the flexibility of the batteries won out for me. PS: Not suitable for sharpening mechanical pencils - but gnaws through.