Amazon Basics Portable Electric Pencil Sharpener, Easy to Use, Versatile, Helical Blade, Auto Stop, Battery/USB Cord Operated, Black, 2.87 x 2.87 x 5.3 in

You'll need 4 AA batteries. It's not too noisy and is right size for regular olden school pencils. It gives the long sharp point like a wooden draftsman pencil would have and gives a smooth finish. If I'm drawing I keep it near me. It works good od color pencils because it's got a barrel type sharpener and not one of those broken razor blade sharpeners. Haven't had it long enough to tell you how long it will last but it seems well built, and easy to use.

The sharpener its self does a great job, makes darts for tips! Perfect for using doing finished carpentry. The machines maybe a defect. Plug doesnt plug all the way . And works when it wants to. Returned it. We'll see if the next one works better Update:! 10 minutes after I wrote this, I submitted my exchange request, and replacements being sent, should get tomorrow. Bumped my rating from 3 to 5. Great customer service

I was looking for an electric pencil sharpener for my Prismacolor and other pencils in general that would produce a fine, consistent point. The official Prismacolor sharpener does a good job, but I felt like I wanted something faster and more precise. Then I came across with this Amazon basics pencil sharpener. Using it is very satisfying, you simply insert the pencil holding it firmly and it yields a perfect point. I don't notice a huge difference between the various point thickness settings, though there is a noticeable slight variation. it's included a usb cable for power but I love that it also can run on four AA batteries; I simply popped in some rechargeable Eneloop batteries and it works great without any cables getting in the way. Great purchase.

Love that this sharpener is also portable. I also like that there are different settings on it. Some of the pencils did not sharpen, but majority of them did. I think there is a certain wood pencils that it can't shave down, but the generic crayola pencils were easy to sharpen.

This is a very good value. I sharpen pencils every day for watercolor painting. It works on woodless watercolor pencils and standard tyoe #2's Holds it's charge a very long time and grinds them down to a very fine point.

Very sturdy and well-made, exactly as described. Easy to use and does the job efficiently without any issues. Definitely a reliable product and worth the price.

Best sharpener I’ve ever used. The settings make a huge difference for colored pencils. Works great when the pencil is held correctly .. straight and with slight pressure just above the entry point.

Works not the best unit but does the job. Randomly stops thinking the pencil is sharp enough, you just have to re-engage to sharpen again.

Juste parfait, plus de mines qui cassent lors de la taille des crayons, une taille parfaite. A recommander.

Bästa pennvässaren någonsin. Så trött på manuella pennvässare som knäcker udden på billiga pennor eller pennor överlag. Bara haft den en vecka men vässade upp alla barnens pennor direkt, ca: 150st. Den e super. Tveka inte.

What a truly great product. Perfectly designed. Works extremely well. I've owned it for over a year now, and thought I'd write to let everyone know how good it is. The sharpener does a really good job of sharpening on normal sized pencils and colouring pencils. You can't fit thick pencils in. The user can select 1 of 3 different grades of sharpening so that you can get a very sharp point, blunt tip, or somewhere in between. I didn't consider this useful before purchase, but now i see that this is a really good feature. The machine stops when it is has completed sharpening. I leave mine powered permanently using the supplied USB cable, but it can also be powered by batteries. It works a lot better than even a decent quality hand sharpener and seems to keep coloured leads intact where these would often snap off in a manual unit. The waste compartment is well sealed and you need to press button on both sides of lid to release for emptying. The waste is large enough to hold sharpenings many weeks so i would judge the capacity good for family use. Because the blade is fixed to the lid, once that is open there is no chance of accidental operation and cutting your fingers. The plug going into the sharpener doesn't fully go in so you are always left with a bit of the metal plug showing. This doesn't effect operation, but leaves the whole plug extending around 30mm from the rear. Overall this is a really good value sharpener, at less than 3 times the price of a manual model

It works perfectly, good value for money!

Ottimo prodotto, versatile e potente. Funziona perfettamente e permette di scegliere il tipo di punta desiderato. La doppia alimentazione è comodissima. Il collegamento tramite usb lo rende molto pratico per la scrivania e permette di non consumare ben 4 pile. Unica cosa a cui prestare attenzione è non spingere troppo la matita. Spingendo forse un po' troppo ho incrinato la plastica cui sono attaccate le lame e il temperamatite non funziona più. Ovviamente ho rifatto l'acquisto perchè il prodotto merita davvero.