Customer Reviews

X-Acto 19500 Mighty Mite Electric Pencil Sharpener, Mineral Green, 1 Unit

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

I purchased and then returned this electric pencil sharpener. There are several things that made it not worth the money.
1) Very weak motor. If you push too hard it stalls, but if you don't push hard enough it doesn't sharpen. So you have to work very hard to maintain just the right pressure to get any results at all.
2) Even when you get the pressure right, it still doesn't sharpen very well. The point isn't very pointy, and the wood is rough.
3) The unit is very light and unstable. There's almost no way to sharpen the pencil with one hand - you have to hold the sharpener to keep it from falling over.
4) The shaving collector cup doesn't latch in very well. Any little bump will knock it loose.

It works pretty well, and has lasted us a long time. The only thing is, it's pretty loud.

It's on the loud side for classroom use--and there's nothing to let you know that the pencil is sharpened, i.e., it grinds and grinds.

But it's a tough little cuss and shows no signs of slowing down through the type of hard use 116 8th graders can dish out day after day.

I bought this sharpener for very cheap and soon learned why. The pencil got sharp, but the motor almost quit trying to do it. It looks nice, sleek, kinda like a mouse. Great desk decoration, or something to make it look like you do alot of work, but do not buy if you are really wanting to sharpen many pencils.

This little unit has soldiered along now for well over a year. It works, but is very slow and whiny. Looking for a better one now, not because this one is broken, but because I'm tired of waiting whilst being serenaded by the "reer-reer-reer-reer-reer-reer" this thing makes.

I was so glad to finally have an electric pencil sharpener. It worked like a charm. However, in less than 1 year it did not sharpen our pencils anymore. The motor still worked and the sharpener still turned but it was useless. It seemed that maybe something (lead or wood) was stuck in it so that the pencils were not able to contact the sharpener. We took it apart twice, and nothing seemed to be lodged in it. Now, we are looking for another electric pencil sharpener.

I bought this about 4 years ago. I am now shopping for a new one. It functioned fine at first, with minimal use a few times a week, though it did take forever (about 45 seconds) to sharpen a new pencil. Over the past year, it has been getting weaker, and now the motor has all but died. For what these cost, I would rather spend twice as much, for one that should last more than twice as long, and sharpen better, too.

This sharpener is small but does the job. It is cute (the color and shape) but not too large. We use it for the kids homework pencils and they love it.

I really enjoy this sharpener! This plugs into the wall and is small enough to not take up too much space. The only thing is that I wish I could take this around like a portable one (without having to plug it in), like this one that X-Acto also makes X-Acto The Mini Standup (Sculptura Series) Battery-Operated Pencil Sharpener, Black, 1 Unit (16765), but the Mini one is terrible (uses a manual sharpener instead of the revolving one this one uses).

When I received this item I was questable about how good it would work and how it would work. To my surprise it was very powerful and made me happy. Thank you for something small and powerful along with not taking that much room.