Sweet Stick vs. Others

Other hand held skate sharpening product are available but none of them comes close to the Ease of Use, Safety, Performance and Affordability of the Sweet-Stick. Here's how the Sweet-Stick stacks-up! Were so confident that you'll see the benefit of the Sweet-Stick over the others, we've put a link directly to our competitors web-site!

Product	Price vs. Sweet-Stick	Advantages	Disadvantages
SkateMate®	Less expensive	with a lot of extra effort it could remove a lost edge	Visit this link for more information on the process: http://www.innovative-development.net/skatemate/tips.html
Pro-Filer Plus	considerably more expensive	with a lot of extra effort it could remove a lost edge offers a deluxe accessory kit (additional cost)	re-grinds the hollow takes more time & effort to re-sharpen outside edges requires replacement of grinding tubes/stones - extra cost not recommend to be used by children need to set device to correct hollow. if the hollow is slightly off, the hollow needs to be re-ground with the device considered to be a replacement for traditional sharpening requires adjustments for varying blades widths requires 3 different purchases to to accommodate for Hockey, Figure & Goalie skates
Stay-Sharp	comparable in price	with a lot of extra effort it could remove a lost edge	re-grinds the hollow & sides takes more time & effort to re-sharpen outside edges requires replacement of grinding tubes/stones - extra cost not recommend to be used by children need to set device to correct hollow. If the hollow is slightly off, the hollow needs to be re-ground with the device considered to be a replacement for traditional sharpening requires adjustments for varying blades widths requires 3 different purchases to accommodate for Hockey, Figure & Goalie skates
EZ-Sharp	Less expensive	good choice if you want to use it to sharpen kitchen knives too	primary use if for kitchen knife sharpening design is more beneficial for knife sharpening rather than skates
Sharks-Tooth®	comparable in price	does not remove any blade based off of ceramic technology	poor design, awkward to use hands are too close to blade risking injury hands are not positioned down center of blade, potentially causing unbalanced edge enhancement (one edge over sharpened)
The fake-Imitation, hand made & China made products	comparable in price	does not remove any blade based off of ceramic technology	handmade, poor quality ugly very aggressive on edges, creates too much bite that can't be reversed without traditional re-sharpening