I found an electric pencil sharpener I like

[one l michele]

at Staples:
X-ACTO Vortex 1730 Electric Pencil Sharpener Black

I just sharpened about 100 pencils and they all easily got very nice points.

I bought this at the store without looking at reviews, but pulled it up at the Staples site to post it here and it has positive reviews.

[Sue G in PA]

All of a sudden, it's sharpening pencils "lopsided"...sharpened on one side and all wood on the other! Sooooo frustrating! I tried sharpening our Crayola colored pencils today and they all came to great points...with wood on one side and color on the other! Ugh. How much was it, btw?

[Sharon in SC]

Thanks for sharing. I posted last month sometime hoping to find one I could trade mine out for and this could be the ticket! :-) Again, thanks for taking the time to share...

[Suzanne in ABQ]

Hmmm. I had two X-Acto sharpeners, and I hated both of them. The first one didn't work at all. I exchanged it for a different model, and I hated the short, super-sharp points. They were dangerously sharp to begin with, but got flat and wide after just a few minutes of writing.

I much preferred my Panasonic, but I can't find another one. Fortunately, my mom gave me her Royal. I like it a lot (as much as a person can like a pencil sharpener). :) I like long points that last more than a few minutes.

[A home for their hearts]

Since we are talking about pencil sharpeners, can I say I hate mine?! I thought going electric would help me make life easy, well it hasn't. It seems like I have to keep sharpening, and turning the pencil if I want it to sharpen it the right way, and even that doesn't help. Plus the amount of time it takes to sharpen I might as well do it manually, not too mention that when it seems like the pencil is sharpened I hand it to one of my dc to use they start writing and it breaks! GRRRR!!!

[one l michele]

This one definitely has very long points, that was the first thing that stood out when I started catching up on sharpening. I like a nice point.