X-Acto School Pro Heavy-Duty Electric Sharpener (1670)

by X-Acto

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8 x 5.7 inches ; 3.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IEI4
• Item model number: 1670
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #2 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Craft Supplies > Cutting Tools > Sharpening Tools
  • #8 in Office Products > Educational Supplies > Writing & Correction Supplies > Pencil Sharpeners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 2, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Made to withstand constant sharpening, the Boston School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener is an ideal choice for school or office use. This sharpener is designed with an X-ACTO steel cutter to provide a quick point without oversharpening, and features an adjustable dial to accommodate both primary and standard pencils. This sharpener comes backed by a 2-year warranty.

Product Description

The first electric sharpener designed for classroom use. The School Pro features a quiet, heavy-duty motor which sharpens wood, composite and recycled pencils. It also includes an extra large shavings receptacle. Its multiple-diameter dial fits regular or thick children's pencils, and its automatic pencil stop prevents over sharpening. Manufacturer's 2-year warranty. Assembled in the U.S.A. Back to Menu

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

120 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Looks good, functions so so, December 27, 2006

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OT "delirium_tremens" (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

I am in the design field, using color pencils a lot. I noticed this well advertised sharpener and it seemed like a nice piece in the pictures on-line. The unit I got is made by X-Acto and has 5 pencil size options and a nice big bin for shavings.

So I bought one to replace my cheap 20 year old sharpener, which cost $18- twenty years ago.

The large bin is nice. But I do have major problems with this unit.

1) Stub results. The angle of sharpening is not sharp enough. A large cutting angle means you have to sharpen more often and have less freedom with drawing with your pencil (sideways). Anybody that claims that a fatter sharpening angle is less dangerous for kids is really not telling the truth, a sharpened pencil is a sharpened pencil. There is no excuse to have such a poor angle, perhaps the mechanism isn't that good a quality. Anyway, trying to draw expressively with stubs is annoying and interrupts the creative process.

2) The pencils never seem to hit right on center, leaving this annoying off-centered wedge down the exposed sharpened graphite point. I have to shove the pencil in at a some angle to try and get it to sharpen on center. Never works right. The wood wedge down the graphite also means more frequent sharpening and interferes with the creative process.

3) My inexpensive 20 year old sharpener is more powerful than this X-Acto sharpener. It sharpens faster and has a narrower sharpening angle.

Conclusion? I don't recommend this piece, it is well below mediocre, in fact I would call it substandard. I'm giving my unit to the kids as I can't return a dirty used piece.

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed Teacher, October 15, 2004

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R. Rickly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Acto School Pro Heavy-Duty Electric Sharpener (1670) (Office Product)

Only buy this pencil sharpener if you want to replace it each year. The sharpener worked very well until the end of the school year and then the blades became dull and would not sharpen the pencils. Hunt Company replaced the blades under warranty. Now that the warranty has expired, they refuse to replace the blades and won't sell the blade replacements. What a shame that electric pencil sharpeners are supposed to be disposable!

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Short Life-Span, August 26, 2006

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Grade 1 Teacher (New Paltz, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Acto School Pro Heavy-Duty Electric Sharpener (1670) (Office Product)

I have gone through three School-Pro Sharpeners in four years. When it works, this sharpener is wonderful. It accomodates several different pencil sizes, has a huge shavings receptacle and runs quietly. My first sharpener lasted through two school years. The second one lasted about a year and a half. The company replaced it for free after I complained. The replacement lasted only a few months. They all had the same problem. When a pencil was inserted the the blades would spin, but they didn't sharpen. I think there was a problem with the automatic pencil stop feature. If the company would address this design flaw, I would consider buying another School-Pro.