CHEW STIXX Pencil Toppers

I bought these for my 14 year old ADHD grandson who is living with us for awhile. He loves them. The are nice and hard and don't break off easily. He uses them at school. I like that they are pencil toppers. The reason I got them in the first place was because all of our pencils were missing their erasers and were chewed up. My grandson said they were a little hard to put on but once they were on, they stayed on. I thought they were a little pricey but they seem to be worth it. I just hope he doesn't lose them.I would recommend them to other parents who have kids with ADHD. They do help.

Our son tends to chew erasers and pencil tips. We puchased a set of these "toppers" and so far, they work great. They're durable, fit well, and no more missing erasers. We had no choice on color when ordering (yellow was it). If we had a choice, I would have given the product 5 stars.

My kid will chew on just about anything handy. In pre-K, they mostly used markers so it wasn't until kindergarten that we found out this kid would not only bite off pencil erasers but the entire metal part. Our school suggested these and they seemed to work well. (We combined these with the telephone cord style chewing necklaces from Abilitations.) This year, we bought this set plus the star/train set from the same company. At least as of when I ordered, Sensory University reduced the shipping cost when I ordered both at the same time vs. ordering each set separately. (As of my order date, buying these two sets plus paying the small shipping fee was still cheaper than other "free shipping" four packs from other brands.) I doubt we'll need all four as the two-pack was enough to make it through last year though.

These chew stixx toppers wouldn't fit on any pencils. Too much money for little things that don't work. I'd like my money back, you can keep them.

My son is 7 years old and was chewing his pencils to bits at school (eraser, metal piece, and wood!) I was surprised at how hard they are, they're not at all squishy. I thought that might be a problem but my son LOVES them. My only gripe is that after about a month of daily use they have "loosened" up. At first I could barely cram them on and now they're slipping down the length of the pencil. I wrapped rubber bands around the pencil below the Chew Stixx topper to keep it in place. He chews on them fairly hard (daily!) and they're showing no signs of wear or breakage. Being able to chew has really helped my son focus on his worksheets at school. His teacher couldn't believe the difference after only a couple days of using them. He's also chewing on his shirt collar and sleeves less.

First of all, like one of the other reviewers said, they don't fit on the pencils properly. We really had to smash them on with lots of force. The girls could NOT do it themselves. And once they are on, they are ON! To take them off the pencil requires even more force than we used to put them on. When we tried to take it off of one pencil, it took the metal piece that holds the regular eraser off... and the regular pencil eraser too. Now that topper cannot be put back on ANY pencil due to the fact that the metal from the pencil is STUCK inside the hole! It has now rendered the product useless. My daughter really likes to chew on them, as they are hard and pretty indestructible. However, they are way too much of a distraction for her to use. She gets so into the chewing, that she becomes very "saliva-y" and stops doing her HW and just focuses on the chewing... not what I had in mind. We purchased both the plain one and the bumpy one, along with the star and the train. My plan was to send her to school with them, but we scrapped that plan when we ran into these problems. These are way too expensive for what you get. If they fit on the pencils properly, I wouldn't be so upset and we might use them more at home (but not at school), but they are just too annoying to put on and take off. Basically, my little one jut grabs the toppers (without a pencil attached) and just uses it as a chewy... which I do not like b/c I feel it's a choking hazard. My daughter is 6 yrs old, so she can be trusted a bit with it, but I still worry about the choking.

My son's kindergarten teacher turned me onto these. One day she wrote to me and asked if she minded if she bought these for my son. Appearantly, he was given a brand new pencil and within an hour, he was nearly in tears at her desk because he had chewed through the brand new silver shiney pencil she had given to him. He was very embarassed. I ordered these and a tactile torpedo and a chewy T. All three were fabulous for helping him stay focused and not be a distraction or be embarassed in class. I am so grateful to his teacher for helping me find these and I am planning on buying another set to get him ready for 1st grade.

My son has oral sensory issues, and seeks out oral activities when he is nervous or bored, or needs to focus. At school he would chew on his shirt collar, a button, erasers, a backpack strap, etc... We found these to put on his pencil tops, to give him a "more appropriate" outlet to meet his needs. Lots of kids bite on the tip of their pencils...so this helped alot, and gave the teacher something to redirect him to.However, there are like tubes with holes on both ends. The tight fit make them stay on the pencil well. However, I wish one end was closed up, as when my child bites on it, he's still toucing on the pencil eraser at the end of it....or his saliva collect down on the pencil eraser and go down the creases,and harbor bacteria etc...The stixx themselves are pretty indestructable.

Exactamente como se ve en la foto. Funcionan bastante bien, pero el tiempo de vida no es prolongado, hay que tener repuestos.

super experience

An excellent product that I purchased for a colleague who constantly bites the ends of pens/pencils. This topper has prevented her causing any further harm to her gums. The quality of the product is superb in respects of adult age. The product was posted and arrived within 2 days of purchase and packed very well in secure bags with instructions.