Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have three kids and two are of school age. I bought this electric sharpener because I was getting tired of sharpening their pencils by hand. With the hand-sharpener the pencil leads are easily broken because of uneven torque around the pencil center. This sharpener works well, and because it applies equal force around the pencil, the leads rarely get broken (even those "Halloween" pencils from Five&Below!). After 18 months of use the sharpener stopped working. It would make a humming noise (indicating the motor still works) but would not sharpen the pencil. I opened it up and found that the motor gear no longer was in contact with the sharpener part. After a couple of minutes of googling I found the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvblgS38DkQ Then I followed the video and fixed the motor with two washers. What happens is that there is a plastic piece that is supposed to make the motor and the sharpener in contact, and this plastic piece is glued to the motor. (I could see the green-color glue). Over time the glue got weakened from heat and the piece got dislodged. Anyway, it is working as solid as new now. Very happy! (But subtracting one star due to the improper use of glue.)