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iris lilies
10-21-17, 4:22pm
I like the "smooth edge" can openers, but at this point I may change.

here ie my saga and (the tl;dr) I am currently unhappy with can openers.

A dozen years afo I got my first smooth edge can opener from Papmpered Chef. Loved it! After a few years it wore out, and I fot sn OXO model that was the same. Last year that wore oit.

so, I bought a fairly inexpensive traiditonal can opener that never worked well. I trolled Nextdoor to get a Pampered Chef can opener and after nearly a year, found someone who woild order one for me.

I got the new, expensive Pampered Chef smooth can opener and it is a different design from the old one! Crap. And it doesnt work well. So I looked for a smoothtop Oxo can opener st Target and hells bells OxO. Ow copies the new and not-i proved Pampered Chef design.

I am annoyed and tired trying to find a mnaual can opener that works.

What can opener do you use that you like? Cost is not an object, within reason.
rosarugosa
10-21-17, 4:41pm
We had a Brookstone can opener that lasted us about 30 years. Replaced it last year with one DH picked up at the grocery store, "Swing-A-Way." So far, so good. Not sure what you mean by smooth edge. One of the wheels is smooth and one has teeth, or notches, or whatever you want to call them. It cost about 5 bucks.
Here it is:
https://www.nathosp.com/product/107wh_c/continental_bkfast_office?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI89CChc qC1wIVRbbACh1IrQ7vEAQYBCABEgKilfD_BwE
Yppej
10-21-17, 4:46pm
I don't see a name brand on mine, but it would be a $5 or less type also. Can you buy the things you like with pull off lids so you don't have to use a can opener?
iris lilies
10-21-17, 6:48pm
"Smooth Edge" is the name goven to canopers that cut the top off with no sharp edges on the top. It cuts the top differently than conventional can openers. I love them because you can put the top back on and it lightly seals, useful when you don't want to use all of the contents at once.

no, I cant get what I want with pop tops or else I would.
JaneV2.0
10-21-17, 7:07pm
I have one--i don't see a brand name on it, but I would head to Amazon and buy the best-rated smooth-edge opener they sell.
happystuff
10-22-17, 8:24am
I use an old "John Wayne" can opener... like they had/have in the MRE kits or camping equipment. Even carry one in my little purse! It's come in handy at work to open that occasional can of soup. lol
iris lilies
10-22-17, 10:01pm
Today I was cookng up stuff for the freezer and opened several cans, and this opener worked pretty well. Hmm, maybe I will srick with it for a whlle.

Jane, there were a few negative reviews on
Amazon for this item that expressed mu exact opinion (that this new design sucks and now it is cheap made in China crap ) but the vast majority were positive reviews. I dont know what to make of this. I suppose this is just one more thing to look out for in vintage wares.
ToomuchStuff
10-23-17, 9:24am
Can you get a replacement blade for your existing one?
iris lilies
10-23-17, 9:34am
Can you get a replacement blade for your existing one? i believe the old one was bent, but am not sure and I have thriwn it away anyway.
Float On
10-23-17, 10:14am
I've gone through 3 manual can openers in the last 4 years. Agh!!! It should be a simple tool. Why can they not get this right? Are the designers of can openers sitting in focus group laughing about how to mess up a simple tool? I see them in the kitchen tubs at thrift shops all the time.
JaneV2.0
10-23-17, 10:41am
Today I was cookng up stuff for the freezer and opened several cans, and this opener worked pretty well. Hmm, maybe I will srick with it for a whlle.

Jane, there were a few negative reviews on
Amazon for this item that expressed mu exact opinion (that this new design sucks and now it is cheap made in China crap ) but the vast majority were positive reviews. I dont know what to make of this. I suppose this is just one more thing to look out for in vintage wares.

I've resorted to that lately...
ApatheticNoMore
10-23-17, 10:42am
I think maybe not everyone is that picky about can openers. Does it open cans? Oh good.

I have two EZ-DUZ-IT can openers (gotten new on Amazon) I've had for about 2 years, they are just traditional can openers. They do seem to have a tendency to rust, but it doesn't seem to effect their performance, they still open cans, better than most of the supermarket/big box stuff anyway.
JaneV2.0
10-23-17, 11:20am
I used a Swing-a-Way manual opener that worked well for many years, but I prefer the smooth edge model.
iris lilies
10-23-17, 11:28am
I used a Swing-a-Way manual opener that worked well for many years, but I prefer the smooth edge model.
Included in Amazon reviews was a review from an ER doctor who said he saw many injuries in his ER from sharp edges of can lids.
JaneV2.0
10-23-17, 11:32am
Included in Amazon reviews was a review from an ER doctor who said he saw many injuries in his ER from sharp edges of can lids.

Yes, I sliced open my little finger once. i still have a scar.
Float On
10-23-17, 2:17pm
Yes, I sliced open my little finger once. i still have a scar.

Yep. Dog food can. November 1995. Deep diagonal across middle finger on right hand. I'm in the federal background check so I should be able to be ID'd...unless they remove my fingertips.
beckyliz
10-26-17, 4:37pm
I've had this one for 15 years: http://www.tupperware.com/can-opener-2306.html
iris lilies
10-27-17, 11:49am
I've had this one for 15 years: http://www.tupperware.com/can-opener-2306.html
Thank you for your recommednation. Not thst expe t lifetimecwarranties, but this can opener has several rebiews, yhe msjoritu, from people angry that lifetime warranties no longer apply.