Classroom Friendly Supplies Pencil Sharpener Review

So, if you've read my final couplet of posts, y'all know that I'm pretty excited near my new, pinkish pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies! I've seen this pencil sharpener touted every bit the "world's best pencil sharpener" on pinterest for several years now. To hold upward honest, I doubted how this could hold upward true. After all, isn't a pencil sharpener a pencil sharpener?

The respond to that inquiry is a definite no! My electrical pencil sharpener broke at the terminate of final year, in addition to I needed to hollo upward near a replacement. I overheard Pam talking on Twitter near her pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies. She highly recommended it, in addition to I trust Pam. So, off to the website I went for to a greater extent than details. I before long industrial plant life myself watching youtube videos of the pencil sharpener, in addition to I decided I HAD to cause got one.

Since I write a weblog that generates a lot of traffic (thanks readers!), Troy, the possessor of Classroom Friendly Supplies (who is a instructor himself), offered to ship me a complimentary pencil sharpener inwards telephone commutation for a review on my blog. How kind! And, he fifty-fifty permit me alternative the color. Of course, I picked pink. :)

For days, I eagerly awaited the arrival of my pencil sharpener. Finally, 1 day, I got dorsum abode from working inwards my classroom at school, in addition to it was sitting on my front end porch. Yay!

You'll uncovering that I intentionally didn't include my rather wretched (read: dead) petunias inwards this pic. Sigh. A greenish pollex I exercise non have...

Inside the box, I industrial plant life some other box!

And, within that box was my pretty, pinkish pencil sharpener.

I couldn't hold off to accept out my pencil sharpener for a exam drive.

Reasons People Hate Sharpening Pencils
* Too Loud
* Inconsistent Results
* Annoying to constantly cause got to describe out the pencil to cheque in addition to come across if it's sudden plenty yet
* You never know precisely when to empty the pencil sharpener

This sharpener fixes all these problems. It's quiet. You tin verbalize in addition to sharpen at the same time. It holds your pencil at a constant pressure level which agency y'all larn consistently amazing results. It stops sharpening your pencil at the perfect time. You can't over sharpen your pencil. And, the drawer for the shavings is clear. So, y'all (or your students!) volition know precisely when to empty it.

I loved my start sense sharpening a pencil amongst my novel pencil sharpener hence much that I commemorated the lawsuit amongst a selfie! Here's me in addition to the start pencil I sharpened amongst this awesome novel sharpener.

Here's my pencil sharpener inwards its novel abode on the window sill inwards my classroom.

So, you're belike bespeak yourself what makes this pencil sharpener whatever dissimilar from a regular pencil sharpener. I could tell you, but I'm going to exercise 1 ameliorate than that in addition to demonstrate you.

Yes, I made a youtube video of me sharpening a pencil. Thanks to Glen for sharing the play a trick on for using a loving cup to concur your smart telephone to cinema at #TMC14. That came inwards super handy.

[If the youtube video isn't embedded, click here to view.]

If you've never met me inwards person, I would country that this video pretty good captures my personality. No wonder my students hollo upward I'm weird... And, I apologize inwards advance for proverb the give-and-take "pinch" weirdly. This is actually how I country the word. I didn't realize it was a weird way to country it until someone pointed it out at #TMC14 during my session on hexaflexagons in addition to mobius strips. Then, a pupil pointed it out when I was demonstrating how to role the pencil sharpener inwards class. Surely, I can't hold upward the alone someone inwards the footing who pronounces "pinch" this way...

Also - delight ignore my sunburn. I spent a few also many hours out inwards the Sun at a car launder to heighten coin for prom. And, my allergies cause got left me amongst this stupid annoying cough. '

Ready to gild your ain pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies?

Troy was dainty plenty to give me a 5% off discount code to part amongst you! The code is QPCCKW. Hurry, this code expires Nov 1, 2014!

Now, if y'all don't desire to accept my give-and-take for it, permit me part my sister's sense amongst this pencil sharpener. She's an fine art major, hence she takes sharpening pencils VERY seriously. When I told her that I had simply got a novel pencil sharpener inwards the mail, she automatically assumed that I had ordered an electrical pencil sharpener. When I shared that this was a manus crank pencil sharpener, she was non impressed. Still I took it past times my family's line organisation 1 afternoon piece running errands to demonstrate it to my mom in addition to sister. Yes, I'm 24, in addition to I all the same participate inwards demonstrate in addition to tell. :)

I demonstrated the pencil sharpener, in addition to my sis tried to human activity similar it was cipher to larn excited about. But, she in addition to then proceeded to sharpen EVERY unmarried pencil that she could larn her hands on inwards my mom's office. I hollo upward that speaks volumes! This pencil sharpener is simply fun to use.

So far, my students are LOVING it. As 1 pupil set it, "This is 1 cool gadget!" Or another, "Do y'all desire me to sharpen your entire pile of pencils for you, Ms. Hagan?"