X-ACTO Pro Electric Crayon Sharpener, SafeStart Auto-Motor, Ideal for Home and School Use

This thing works great; however, if you are not careful you can gum up the works. I took me about 10 mins to sharpen ~200 crayons. Couple tips:1. FREEZE the crayons first. I read this in another review and it really helps.2. If a crayon breaks inside you need to clean the out blade assembly. This is really easy to do. There is an included handy tool that makes this easy.3.The crayons sharpen very easily. If you're shoving the crayons in hard and nothing is happening this means something is jammed in there.4. I would recommend that an adult sharpens the crayons. Not because of safety. I just saw that it was hard for my toddler and preschooler to get the crayons inserted straight. It is easy to break-off crayons if you are not putting them in correctly.If you have kids that color a lot this is a must have. It is so much better than manually sharpening. We are actually getting a lot more out of the crayons as well.

After reading several negative reviews I was really hesitant to buy this item. I am so glad that I did. I love being able to refresh my kids crayons. It took a bit of time to figure out how to lock the blade back into place. The instructions could be a bit better on that. There were a lot of reviews stating that once they took the blade out it kept falling out. That's because it wasn't secured in properly. Once my husband and I figured out how to lock it in there was no issues with taking it staying in place. Just like with any sharpener, the end of the crayon sometimes breaks off. That can be a bit annoying because you have to pop the blade out and dig out the broken piece of crayon. It works great for me. I have only used Crayola brand crayons and I don't freeze them as others have mentioned. My kids tried to use it and that typically resulted in a broken crayon because they don't hold the crayon tight enough or pull it out as soon as it's sharp. It can take a bit of patience to get the hang of it but I think it's worth it.

I was a bit skeptical to purchase this item, seeing as it did not have the greatest reviews; but I was amazed with how well it worked! I sharpened near 1000 crayons and had little, to no trouble at all. Brought life back the box of worn down crayons that no one wanted to use!I love the way it leaves the crayons just as sharp as a newly purchased crayon. And even better, you don't have to peel back the paper wrappers of the crayons to sharpen them, the sharpener trims the paper as it sharpens the crayon. It even leaves a small ridge around the base of the newly sharpened crayon, just like a brand new crayon would look like.There was the occasional jam, but this would occur if the crayon was broken near the top and so when I would remove the crayon the tip would stay in the sharpener. This was easily resolved though, by removing the bin that holds the crayon shavings and then removing the actual sharpener from the unit and simply dislodging the crayon piece, then reinstalling the sharpener to the unit. This process is a bit difficult to imagine if you have not already seen the sharpener, but I assure it is very simple to do and takes about 15-20 seconds for the whole process.Along with the sharpener built into the unit, the CrayonPro came with a replacement sharpener (the internal sharpener blade that attaches to the unit) that you can switch out if preinstalled sharpener dulls over time or breaks. Along with that, the CrayonPro also came with a cleaning tool to clean the sharpener.This was a wonderful investment and exceeded my expectations!

As for the second try I am thoroughly disappointed. Amazon did right the first time & sent me another one & by refunding my money the second time around. The crayons weren’t sharpening the second time & just spun around in the chamber & then overheated. I tried only two crayons & the machine quit working altogether. Just like the first machine. I am thoroughly disappointed this did not work because I have several crayons that still still sharpening but I will have to go to my old manual sharpener that breaks them in half & tears them all up I guess🤷‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤔