Customer Reviews

Panasonic(R) KP-310 Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I'm currently shopping for another sharpener for this coming school year. This Panasonic model, purchased last September, only lasted the school year (barely) with a class of 22 fifth-graders. Even then, I had to take it apart once to fix it (not very difficult -- all the parts are accessible, and I only had to slide a plastic piece back onto its post.) If I can find a more reliable sharpener, I will certainly spend extra to buy it, but this sharpener is probably a good value if you have less than 22 heavy users.

I am a colored pencil and graphite artist who is a heavy user of my sharpener. Since I work in graphite and colored pencil and I produce works with a lot of detail, I require an extremely sharp point... thus, I spend a LOT of time sharpening. I have had my KP-310 for about 3 years now with absolutely no problems. I love it and am getting another for my 10 year old daughter to keep on her desk.

My kids love this electric sharpener. No sweat easy to use and very durable.

This is the best pencil sharpener I've ever purchased. Great quality, extremely fast, and it really doesn't make much noise. Great product.

I only have four children, using the sharpener at home. After about one year the blades were dull and it was chewing up pencils and spitting them out. I think for $20 I should have had more use. A replacement cutter costs $10 plus shipping; no replacement parts available in stores.

I bought another brand of sharpener last year and within 6 months it stopped working. When something costs $15 you don't get it fixed, you just throw it away. To avoid that mistake again I bought this Panasonic model and am happy with the results so far.

It has three attributes that I like:

1. It sharpens the pencil to a fine point and then stops... although it still runs when the pencil is in there, it doesn't continue to eat away the wood. This is important for my kids since they couldn't feel when the pencil was sharp on the previous model.
2. It has great suction cup feet on the bottom which keeps it in place.
3. It is hefty machine in a small black container. This thing is really heavy for its size and the grinding has a good solid feel to it. Other models are light and plasticky... not this horse.

Now if I can only get my wife to leave it out for us to use.

I can remember having the thought that people who use electric pencil sharpeners are a sad, pathetic little lot.

Then I came to grips with how frustrating it is to pick up and try to use the blunt pencils that our four family members leave strewn across the domestic landscape.

So I caved, trusted Costco to offer me the best one, and I'm eating humble pie.

OK, I won't tell you this pencil sharpener changed my life. But almost.

I've now sworn off pens for the frequent marking-up of books that I do, returning to a college-years, poormouse tradition of treating a book better than all that. With a pencil.

It's easy because I've got a beautifully sharpened pencil within arm's reach no matter where I turn.

You too can live this kind of deeply fulfilled life, and talk about your new Panasonic office tool at cocktail parties until your friends take you by the elbow and make you stop. Buy the pencil sharpener already.

We bought this as the (hopefully) last in a series of electric sharpeners based on the reviews touting it's quietness. Marvelously, it is! Not silent, mind you, there IS a motor and metal teeth, after all. But no shrill squeal or ear-piercing whine like the rest of the sharpeners had. It whittles the pencils into shape quickly and no louder than it needs to be. Thumbs up from this teacher/dad - if I could only get the school to use these in my classroom!

works perfect, perfect sharpens each time, even with my color art pencils that have a soft lead. - For the reviews that said it didn't last... I would just like to say, when me and friends were in school (5th grade) we would like to put staples into our pencil then sharpen... or attempt to sharpen a pen... hey, we just wanted to know what would happen? you might want to give the kids some kind of pass to use the sharpener or pull a dollar out of all of them to buy you a new one; it was them :)

Purchased in the spring and it was dead by the end of August. My daughter is the only one that uses pencils and it couldn't keep up with her for 6 months. It appears to be a broken switch that detects when a pencil is inserted. I'm looking for a different brand.