Finally a pencil sharpener that works!

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	• Panasonic KP380-BK Classic Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black, 1 Unit Panasonic Panasonic average customer review:based on 26 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Super Electric Pencil Sharpener

Soon after I received the sharpener, I put it to work here at home. I sharpened nearly 200 #2 pencils in one sitting in preparation for a recent state assessment for the students at school. The sharpener did not slow down at all nor did it show signs of wanting to quit. It is also fast. On the contrary, I'm the one that got tired. I actually had a total of 288 pencils to sharpen, but I decided to wait another day to finish. The quality of the point that it produces is also impressive--sharp and of sufficient length. This sharpener is definitely better than the one at school, a "heavy duty" Xacto, I believe, that gets daily use (around 30 pencils a day). I'll order another one for the classroom before the start of the new school year if it is still available. I just hope that Amazon is the seller this time so that I won't have to pay shipping.

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Finally a pencil sharpener that works!

OMG!! Who knew a pencil sharpener could bring so much happiness into my home! I am so sorry that I didn't break down and spend the money sooner. This product is worth every penny. It's efficient, quick, relatively quiet (for an electric sharpener) and durable. I am a high school science teacher and I would recommend this product to anyone.

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Panasonic sharpener

One of the best electric sharpener I have ever bought. Works great, sharpens to perfection and has never jammed or stopped working. Great price for the buy!

Teacher sharpener of the year!

This sharpener is wonderful for a busy classroom. I am a teacher and I went through 4 sharpeners before using this one. This was the best one by far. It sharpened the pencils thoroughly and stopped when it was finished to prevent over-sharpening by my students. It never broke and it was used constantly throughout the day. I will only buy this model in the future when and if this one breaks!

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Is there nothing better?

This sharpener replaced a KP-410 that suffered sudden death a few weeks ago. [See my review under Panasonic KP-410A.]

The KP-380 sharpens quite round, unlike many other models.

It is powerful enough to occasionally grab the pencil and twist it out of my grasp. I suspect this is when it tucks into some imperfection in the wood near the point. It does tend to chip out such imperfections more than other sharpeners.

On the other hand, it is not difficult to stop the machine by pressing in too hard, which never happened with the KP-410. (Maybe I should not be holding the machine down with the other hand.) This leads me to expect that the KP-380 will wear out soon. Stopping a powered motor is very bad for it. On the other hand, the last 5-10 years of my 40-year Panasonic, which never actually died, were like that. The form factors of that oldie and the KP-380 are similar, and I had better hopes.

Other reviewers have commented that bad sharpeners break the leads. So far, the KP-380 seems better on that than the KP-410 (and my oldie when I replaced it).

The KP-380 motor continues to run when the auto-stop kicks in, which I don't remember from other models. The auto-stop must be mechanical, driven by the point.

So, maybe 3 stars is a little low. But I'd like to be more confident of the machine. I would think that somebody could come out with a sharpener that would last a solid 5 years grinding a few dozen pencils a week to near-perfect round, without anomalies such as grabbing the pencil, chipping the wood, halting in mid-grind, or breaking the leads inside the pencil. Panasonic made one in 1966.

[I did try a decent I-point, but it had a goofy AC adapter that required a specific orientation.]

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Semi-transparent shavings receptacle. Powerful gear-driven motor with hardened tool steel spiral cutter. Patented auto stop feature. Nonskid suction feet.

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