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Originally Posted by Dean2
If you do not have a lot of experience stay far away from any of the electric types, especially the belt type ones. It is very easy to mess up a good knife if you don't use them exactly right.
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Solid advice. In fact, even if you have a lot of experience, I'd say stay away from the electric ones as a rule of thumb. My wife got me one before the Edge Pro system and it sucked big time. I tried it for a while on our house knives but never liked the job it did on them.
FWIW, my wife is the research queen. She always researches in depth and checks reviews and such before ever making a choice so the electric unit she bought me was highly rated. It just didn't do a very good job. The knives lost their edges quickly and you had to run them through the sharpener again way too soon. Typically I can maintain the edge on a house knife for a long time even though I use them almost daily by touching the edges up on a steel. I typically only get my Edge Pro out once a year on the house knives.
I looked at videos of the Lansky and Wicked Edge systems and IMHO, all 3 (including my Edge Pro) are very similar in form and function. The Lansky looks to be the easiest to use. The one video I watched on the Wicked Edge mentioned how expensive they are so I checked. They are definitely more expensive than the other two!
Had it been me doing the research/purchase I probably would have bought the Lansky because it was the least expensive of the 3 systems. However, I would have liked to compare stones IRL (not likely) before choosing. The stones are going to be what makes the biggest difference between the 3 systems.