🖍 X-ACTO Crayon Pro Electric Crayon Sharpener with SafeStart Automatic Motor - Perfect for Home or School Use Review

This is an amazing light. The only problem was that with VERY dull crayons, if you didn't tear off the paper the wax wouldn't stick and instead the crayon in the sharpener would break and it would just stop. I agree with other reviewers about its hardenability (we had 3 jams in an hour or so) but each time it was because we put very blunt crayons where the paper got stuck or the wax got stuck and then it didn't more worked. With normal colored pencils, which again needed a sharp point (I mean…

Total trash. I'm willing to concede that we might have gotten a "loser," but given the price, this was one of the worst investments of time and money ever. Avoid like the plague! I'm a public school teacher with two kids and bought this based on the Elmers brand (authoritative, right?). First, the "razor mechanism" or whatever they call it knocks out every third piece of crayon (ridiculously annoying). Second, he can't handle paper crayon wrappers (an added annoyance). Third, this $40…

After reading all the good and bad reviews I decided to buy and try. I did what someone else said here in their review. FREEZE THE CHALK FIRST. It made a big difference. I sharpened over 200 colored pencils on the first day. I only snapped off the tips of the three and I had to take the blades out to clean them. You need to freeze your pens. Then, slowly but firmly, take the crayon and insert it into the hole. It begins to sharpen and you keep pushing the crayon through the hole until it's…