Customer Reviews

Stanley Bostitch Battery Desktop Pencil Sharpener, Black (02697)

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I use traditional wood pencils all the time at work and at home and was looking for a good battery operated pencil sharpener. I wasn't happy with what they had at the local stores. I was looking to replace an old Bostitch Battery operate pencil sharpener that I liked, but couldn't find one similar. I like the battery models because we like to use them around the house and my wife takes it along to Girl Scout meeting for the kids.

I wasn't sure how this would work, but I am quite pleased. It's probably the best pencil sharpener I've used in a while. Works easily doesn't catch the pencil and has plenty of power. Those of you who use wood pencils a lot like I do will know when I say how most sharpener you have to really use them right so they don't sharpen weird. This one doesn't do that is just has power and works easily.
Makes a good longer angle taper and very sharp point. I like it a lot and am thinking about buying another. For the price range I think it's the best. The one I have at work that our secretary ordered is an expensive one and I don't like it very well. I highly recommend this model!

Just purchased this sharpener, so I can't comment on its long-term function, but I am VERY happy to find a sharpener that makes good long points on pencils AND accommodates larger-diameter artists pencils! It sharpens the standard-size pencils quite well, and fits the Derwent color pencils and Caran d'Ache Luminance and Grafwood pencils! I've been searching for a quality portable helical sharpener, and this seems to be the one. I will order more of them once I've given this one a more thorough test drive.

I've been using this sharpener for the last four to six months with great results. The sharpener accepts Lyra, Prismacolor and Derwent colored pencils with ease. It sharpens to a very decent sharp point. Also, I've not had to change batteries yet, and I use this sharpener daily. Very pleased with its' performance.
GiGi
Santa Rosa, CA

The Stanley Bostitch Battery Desktop Pencil Sharpener has rotary hardened steel cutter seating on cast aluminum frame (inside plastic shell). It makes very small wood thread like chips. It makes very fine sharp pencil tips with about 50 degree cone shape. The clear cap is a little flimsy and not very easy to take off and put back on. It is better to take the sharpener in a bigger trash bag by allowing both hands in the bag to empty the pencil sharpener without making a mess. The motor starts weak. The pencil has to be fed gentle when start. After the motor spins, it can take pencil very fast. The pencil sharpener by Stanly is highly recommended.

Right out of the box the battery compartment is an issue. It appears to slightly stick "out" as though the batteries were too big for it. In order for it to work I had to apply pressure to the battery cover while I attempted to sharpen the pencil. I actually think it's the connectors inside yet when I tried to adjust them a bit (so the battery cover would be flush with the bottom) the batteries didn't/couldn't connect to provide power. It's very touchy. If I set it on the table and press the battery end down it will work, but it shouldn't have to be that way.

In regards to sharpening, it seem to take a while but it did make an excellent point without breaking the lead off or eating the entire pencil.

this is the deal
it does exactly what it suppose to do, and does a great job on it. also the price is just prefect.
glad I bought this sharpener

Recently my long-standing workhorse pencil sharpener bit the dust, and I've been looking for a replacement. This wasn't it. Even with fresh batteries, the sharpener slowly ground to a halt, and the pencils didn't go all the way in -- standard size pencils were about 1/4 inch shy of sharp, with a flat end. Perhaps I got a defective unit, with the metal not bored all the way through. Am returning it post-haste. I miss my XActo sharpener, which lasted me through literally hundreds of colored pencils over 10 years, traveled well, and never failed to provide a sharp, centered point!

The motor broke the very first time I put a pencil in it. I returned it. Get one that plugs in.

What can you expect from a battery operated pencil sharpener? With the Stanley Bostitch model, you can expect exactly what you'd expect from one that plugs in and costs $20 more. I'm very satisfied with this product. Nothing fancy, no bells and whistles, but a solid machine never-the-less. Very satisfied. Four stars - not because there is ANYTHING wrong with it, but because it lacks the fancy frills of more advanced models.

Looks very well made...only problem is that it won't sharpen pencils. I've tried dull pencils and brand-new pencils. Something seems to be holding the pencil away from the the blade, so it gnaws at the wood, but the pencil doesn't get sharpened. It was a gift, so I don't have the receipt, carton, or patience to return it. What a waste.