Electric can opener

ldj · Jun 21, 2014

I had an electric can open for years and it worked good till it died
Bought another and it was junk. Have bought 3 more and they are all hard to get the can started and start cutting. I have talked to a few people and everyone says the same, none work good. Anyone know of a brand that works the first time every time?

Dick2 · Jun 21, 2014

My wife gave up on electric can openers several years ago. She got a nice Kitchen Aid hand can opener that turns easily so she uses that to open cans.

tomturkey · Jun 21, 2014

My wife has a hand operated Pampered Chef. Its a breeze. I believe even arthritic hands could operate this one. Of course your wife will have to go to a pampered chef party and who knows what else she will bring home. lol gobble

Tom in TN · Jun 21, 2014

ldj,

Same thing at my house. Good old one, junk new ones. Like Dick2 said, my wife bought a Kitchen Aide manual, and in spite of her arthritis and fibromyalgia, she's able to use it with only minimal effort.

Good luck with your choice.

Tom in TN

guido · Jun 21, 2014

Hello ldj,

Got the same problem! Kitchen Aid, two of then. first junk.
Now this OXO after a few months is not cutting.
It did a neat job when new with no sharp edges. It has a lift for the cant top, and I wind up using it to force some cans open,

Guido

Tom in Ga · Jun 21, 2014

I bought a commercial can opener last year. Not electric but it
works good and fast. First day I used it, we opened 36 large
cans of corn and tomatoes for Brunswick stew. It worked great.
In past years of cooking the lightweight openers didn't work
good on the large cans. It was about $65 from Amazon.com
with free shipping and we'll worth the money. Tommy

old bc · Jun 21, 2014

I bought a Hamilton Beach Smooth touch several years ago and haven't had any problems. It cuts the rim of the can not the lid.
Can Opener

Mike M · Jun 22, 2014

Been buying the canned goods with the pull tops.

D beatty · Jun 22, 2014

We had a Hamilton Beach for many years and when it went bad we tried Hamilton Beach,Kitchen Aid and Black&Decker. We bought the upper end models of all of them but none of them cut good. We then tried a number of hand models and ended up with one made by Farberware and an other one by Pampered Cheif that do a good job.

flembo · Jun 22, 2014

Same problem in our kitchen we went thru several electric ones and finaly went back to hand held but they aren't any better, we now have a OXO easy grip, had it about a year and it still cuts good. It doesn't look at all like Guidos pic.and don't know how long it will last 1 yr. is not a good test. My wife gets pretty upset when she has to fight with a can opener.

GordoSD · Jun 22, 2014

Look for a "Swing-A-Way" manual on Ebay.
Mine was passed down to me, has prolly cut 4000 cans open in the last 40 years. Still working perfect

D beatty · Jun 22, 2014

That was made back when stuff was built to last.

Rich_WI · Jun 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 09:17:12 06/22/14) Look for a "Swing-A-Way" manual on Ebay.
Mine was passed down to me, has prolly cut 4000 cans open in the last 40 years. Still working perfect

For those that dont want to buy off Ebay or stop at garage sales (where I got mine), they still sell the Swing-a-Way can opener new.

http://amcohouseworks.com/swing-a-way.html

GordoSD · Jun 22, 2014

The good one, the "comfort grip" is out of stock?

GordoSD · Jun 22, 2014

I see Bed, Bath, and beyond has them for $6

Ellis Kinney · Jun 22, 2014

I still have the P-38 that I got in the army in
1969. It is on my key chain and I can open a can
almost as fast as an electric can opener. ALMOST.
And it doesn't break down. Ellis

bison · Jun 22, 2014

I have an hand crack can opener we been using for 30 odd years.
It never fails to open a can no pain no strain.

Seems like if it does not run on gas, electric or batteries nothing is worth having these days. :roll:

guido · Jun 22, 2014

Hello flembo,

That opener actually cuts on the outside top can lip to cut the can . A smooth and clean cut ,but bigger cans are a pain and do not cut very easy,

Guido.

flembo · Jun 23, 2014

Ours cuts the top it seems to work ok but as I said haven't had it long enough. It's crazy when you think about it you can't even get a can opener that works well or lasts.
I know there are good ones out there but far and few between.

Gene-WI · Jun 26, 2014

I just keep the old one and use the batteries out of the new one, done it twice so far, works for me. Gene

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