AFMAT Long Point Electric Pencil Sharpener for Artists - Charcoal and Art Pencils (6-9.6mm) - Rechargeable, Black

Convenient and reliable. Creates extra long points

Solid helical cutter, beefy and sharp, handles pencils well (no broken leads experienced at all, yet, but then our pencils must be in good shape for that, too -- I avoid dropping pencils like I avoid putting them in a fire). Even at longest point setting, no broken or stuck leads so far. Another model, the "Long Point Sharpener," provides even longer --extremely long-- points on pencils (no broken leads on that one either so far), but this particular model, the "Artist Pencil Sharpener," has 2 different-sized holes you can switch between, accommodating some larger, beefier pencil sizes of ours. Overall, pleased with this one, and its sibling, the "Long Point Sharpener," especially since the only long-point sharpeners I've found previously, are small manual ones, fussy because you need to sharpen the lead in two separate steps using two separate holes, manually, hoping you used them in the correct sequence and didn't mistakenly mix up the order. (And of course the other manual method, doing it with a knife and hoping you don't press too hard or the blade doesn't catch too deep on the lead and just snaps it, since with a knife you're always applying force from only one side to an increasingly long, exposed and fragile unsupported bit of pencil lead.) So these sharpeners really do save us from the fussy, uncertain, and occasionally frustrating task of obtaining very long points. Yay electricity. What I wish for in these, is a full 'turret' option for all differently sized pencils, like on some other electric sharpeners we have. And one other thing even more -- that this and the "Long Point Sharpener" would both work when sitting on the desk, plugged in, as well (whether plugged into the mains using an electric plug, or USB recharging terminal). As it is, these sharpeners simply refuse to work when plugged in, charging, or even fully charged -- I have to unplug them them every time if I want a pencil sharpened. I consider that counter-intuitive and odd, even inconvenient. Why? Because If they're run down sufficiently to become sluggish, they obviously won't be able to sharpen anything -- but unlike many other rechargeable devices, which will perk up and give 100% performance as soon as they are plugged in, once you plug these sharpeners in, they do absolutely nothing, not even a recalcitrant hum until fully charged and fully unplugged. Odd. And somewhat annoying. There may be a reason for that, maybe some limitation due to the electrical / electronic circuitry design, but in that case it should be overcome and made so these work when plugged in and charging (like many other devices that manage to do that). Especially since electric motors give their maximum performance when fully powered to their capacity, and they tend to struggle when under-powered, as when the batteries aren't optimally charged. So that would warrant 4 (or 4.5) stars -- the 5th star I give because the company and seller behind these sharpeners stood behind their sharpeners 100% and looked after their customer well, provided excellent service and good communication. That's easily worth an extra star, I think. And the sharpener is well made, solid cutters, well centred (neither of them cutting in a lopsided way like some others I've used, not exposing more lead on one side and leaving lots of wood casing on the other), not breaking leads, and really providing a nicely sharpened long point -- that can otherwise be tricky to obtain at times, requiring extra care and slow, attentive manual sharpening, like walking on eggshells (not easy unless you're in your supreme Zen calm zone, without distractions or stress, fully focused, tongue sticking out slightly). Ah, right, they also work as regular electric sharpeners for shorter, more usual point lengths, since they're adjustable. (Just not very short stubby points like some pencils come sharpened from the factory, but that's mostly for shipping convenience anyway, rather then use, since those blunt points get very dull and thick very fast, within a couple of lines in use, done mainly to lessen the chance of those factory points breaking in transit or storage before reaching the customer, I would guess.)

Deja una punta bien larga que permite inclinar al máximo el lápiz y no tener que afilarlo tanto. Lástima que no llegue a hacer el “pincho” que necesito en la punta que si consiguen algunos sacapuntas convencionales.

It does what it says! Be prepared, this is a very long point, and best for leads that aren't too soft. But, since that is how it is marketed, 5 stars so far!

fantastico!!!!

Je l'adore