OXO Good Grips Smooth Edge Can Opener
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips Smooth Edge Can Opener
Customer Review: One of the most innovative gadgets in my kitchen!
Summary: 5 Stars
I received this can opener as a housewarming gift with many other utensils and gadgets. I unpacked it and threw away the instructions without a second glance figuring that it was a can opener and it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to get it to work. Well this can opener doesn't work like traditional openers, in fact, it's so effortless you may get the can opener around and not even think that it opened the can...this is exactly what happened to me! I was so puzzled and I inspected the can opener carefully and noticed that it had a small pincer grip and decided to try removing the lid with that after getting the can opener to make a full revolution, when it does this it's not immediately apparent that the can has been opened. You have to then use the pincer grasp to pull off the lid of the can. You can even close the lid back up again and it will create a nearly airtight seal(not that I recommend this). The other great upside to this design is that the blade mechanism never comes in to contact with food...so you don't have to clean it after you open up a can of tuna...we previously owned a kitchenaid model where it needed to be washed all the time and forget putting it in the dishwasher the teeth that made the mechanism work would just corrode off. This model is such a vast improvement! My husband and I were even fighting over who got use it the other night when we had a dinner party.Customer Review: Amazing can opener, once you figure out how to use it
Summary: 5 Stars
This can opener is pretty amazing. It removes the entire lid of the can from just below the lip. You end up getting a perfectly clean cut since the lip of the can is removed also. After you cut around the can, the lid is still actually held on by the vacuum seal so you have to use the small plier tool on the can opener to pull the lid away.
Because of the way this can opener works, not only do you get a clean cut, but you also get a very clean can opener. Food never leaks out onto the can opener blade. I've had it for about a year now and I haven't had to clean it once. I imagine this can opener will last for a very long time.
EDIT (6/30/2010): I was wrong. I've had this can opener for two and a half years now and it seems to be wearing out. I still haven't had to clean the opener, but it's not working as well anymore. I have to go around cans at least twice before I can pull the lid off, and even then, there's a lot of glue that stretches between the can and the lid as I pull the lid away.
Lasting just over 2 years actually isn't that bad. Regular can openers don't last very long for me either because the blade and gear start to rust and gunk up after a while. I'll probably stick with this smooth-edge/safety style of can opener but I might try a different, higher quality brand.
Customer Review: no more electric can openers
Summary: 5 Stars
I was hesitant at first on getting another non electric can opener. I tried that one they advertise on tv and it never worked well. So I'm used to cheap electric can openers from kmart, walmart, walgreens, etc.
But they do brake down after a couple years, easily get dirty, can be a pain to clean, use electricity, and tend to not open a can very effectively at times. So i told my wife i was going to get this smooth edge can opener. And she told me fine but I still had to get her an electric can opener because she wanted one that was easy and worked.
Well I got this after reading all the reviews here and elsewhere and I'm glad I did. And so is my wife, now it seems it was her idea?!
The product is easy to use, just place it on the lid, squeeze the handle to tighten it, and give it a couple of easy turns (very little effort involved in turning the handle), and your done.
Very simple, doesn't get dirty, no extra charge for electric, and if and when the blade wears out, i will definitely get another one. Worth every penny. And best of all, its portable and you can pack it away instead of leaving it on a counter plugged in.
Customer Review: Outstanding can opener
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this can opener. Once you get used to the unorthodox way you place it on the can, you really start to appreciate this extraordinary tool. It was definitely an adjustment when I first started to use it. The entire cutting process is much more subtle than it is with a conventional can opener. The subtle initial "bite" takes getting used to, as does the cutting around the can all the way to the finish. The first time you use it, it doesn't seem like it cuts the can at all. Then you use the nifty lid-pulling teeth to lift the top of the can off, and it all becomes clear.
I like that it cuts in a way that leaves no sharp edges on the lid or the can. I like that you never have to touch the lid. I also like that the contents of the can rarely get on the opener. My old can opener would routinely get can contents all over the cutting cylinder and gears.
The only thing I've had to be careful about with this opener is using the lid-puller. If you pull too hard, the lid can come off too quickly and splatter contents a bit. If you pull carefully this isn't a problem.
Customer Review: Can opener Goodbyes, and hello's!
Summary: 5 Stars
This useful kitchen gadget cleverly cuts the side seam of a can so easily and cleanly; I didn't know it had actually worked at all, till I picked off the top with the small "pliers" attached on the side of the opener!
The top fits easily back on again, if needed. There still is a tiny bit of metallic chips and whatever's stuck on the side of the seam, that can possibly fall into the food within the can or while pouring from the can...certainly no better or worse than with old fashioned openers.
Since I orignally write this review, (and gave the old can openers to Goodwill) I found a minor problem..It doesn't open "rectangular" cans, say tins of sardines or clams etc. It will open curved surfaces all day, and open the curved cornes of a "rectangular" can, however when it gets to the "straightaway" sides of the rectangle tin or can, the handle then hits the can, the opener is stopped "cold", and can't go any further. So don't throw away the old style can opener if you may use the rectangular cans.