General's Sav-A-Point Kit-

The photo of the item clearly states there are 12 pencil point tips. The description says 6. I paid $2 more expecting the 12 pack. I got the 6 pack. Deceptive!Product itself is fine (5 star) and I use them for all my art pencils and colored pencils.

I gave it a 5 star rating because the product itself is wonderful. It protects my Colored Pencils as I go back and forth to art class. HOWEVER, the package says 12 are enclosed, when in reality there are only 6 in the package. Very disappointed. I order 3 packages of 12 for 36 tips. I only received 3 packages of 6 for 18 tips. If it's a data entry error in the description, they should be alerted to fix it.

I ordered this for my daughter who loves to draw and has many graphite and color pencils. We first found these caps at local artt stores and arts and craft stores, but for some reason were no longer available. We were happy to find them here at Amazon. I was expecting my order of 3 packages to reflect the picture and discription advertised of twelve caps & a sharpener each. Unfortunately I did recieve 3 packages, 2 containing 6 caps & a sharpener each and 1 containing 5 caps & a sharpener, 19 caps short of what I thought I was ordering. I put them aside for returning, but my daughter found opened and threw out the packaging.

My son didn't like these. I'm still trying to find the covers he wants. These were not it but nice try.

Sharpener Review: Creates a short tip (like on certain new pencils) However, it tends to break the tip a lot when sharpening; it is not very pleasant to use. Also, sometimes it creates a long think tip rather than a sharp point.Caps: They hold onto the pencil very well, though you must have a short tip (can be created with included sharpener). However, they are not very high quality and some are sharp at the tip where the plastic mold broke off.All in all, they do what they are intended to do, save you pencil's tip from breaking off when placed directly in a bag or pocket.

I bought a little bag of these at an art supply store yesterday. Not exactly the same brand but it's the same type of point protector. How snug the fit is varies widely due to minute differences in pencil collar thickness. On some of my pencils the protector goes over 1/2 an inch past the collar bottom, only tightly fitting around the point where the pencil tip sticks out the tip end of the protector, defeating its purpose. Works just fine on other pencils though.

A five-star rating for plastic pencil caps? Sure, because the product, simple as it is, does exactly what it's supposed to do. I can sharpen my pencils, cap them, and put them in my pencil case knowing that the points will be ready to go when I need them. My soft side pencil case lives in a backpack along with books, binders, calculators, hard cases and a laptop. Since using the caps I haven't had a broken pencil tip. I write with Blackwing 602s and the caps fit the shaft snug but not too tight and leaving about a 1/2" between the end of the cap and the tip of the lead.The included sharpener is very cheap and does a terrible job; it breaks points and leaves a very rough wood surface. I didn't purchase this item for the sharpener so I don't really count that against the company.

I was disappointed to discover that the points of my regular pencils sharpened with a regular electric sharpener completely stick out of the end holes of these gadgets. They will work, however with the shorter points created by using the little hand-sharpener (which artists often do), or if your pencil is a bit thicker. Not the best design.