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Can Openers!
DavidT
06-08-2008
Just bought a new can opener for 59p from Woolies. Old fashioned metal type works fine.

I've lost track of how many fancy safe can openers we've bought in the last few years and none of them have lasted any time at all. Spent loads of money on them and they either don't work to start with or cease working effectively very quickly. The last one wasn't doing much more than tickling the tin and that cost £15. Is it a side effect of openers that don't cut through the lid in the traditional way that they wear out much more quickly?

So can anyone recommend a good safety can opener that actually works and lasts for more than 5 minutes or do I stick with the 59p job?
bankgal
06-08-2008
Stick with the 59p job as pretty soon ALL tins as opposed to many many tins will come with a ring pull!
DavidT
06-08-2008
Originally Posted by bankgal:
“Stick with the 59p job as pretty soon ALL tins as opposed to many many tins will come with a ring pull! ”

I wonder if they will invent a ring pull one for a Fray Bentos pie and who who be strong enough to pull the lid off!
kev
06-08-2008
The 39p one I got from Tesco lasted as long as the £5 one from John Lewis - about a month - best one i've had was around £3 from Ikea, lasted a year so far
rita_de_orac
06-08-2008
My electric one works a treat - can't remember where I got it from though
Radiomaniac
06-08-2008
I paid around £10 for a can opener a year or two back and it broke on an awkward can.

Fed up with paying pounds for rubbish, I bought one for less than 40p in Asda and it hasn't failed yet. It wasn't a metal one either but a rather nice white one. I reckon it had the wrong price code on it!
Red Okktober
06-08-2008
I had a really good can opener once but she left me
5th Horseman
07-08-2008
I've got a Moulinex electric can opener that my Mum bought in 1984 and it still works perfectly.
TheHistoryGirl
07-08-2008
We still have the one I swiped when I moved out of student digs six years ago. A bit battered but doing just fine, thanks.
whoever,hey
07-08-2008
we got a cheepo from tesco, and has lasted best so far.
NIKKID
07-08-2008
I have to use an electric one as im left ahnded. otherwise i have to work backwards which isnt easy!! TIn end up looking like a rabbit nibbled the sides.
boozer3
07-08-2008
The cheapo ones cut on the inside of the can which is great if you're opening tuna, you can squeeze all the oil out. The more expensive ones cut on the out side for safety. Bloody useless.
DavidT
07-08-2008
Originally Posted by NIKKID:
“I have to use an electric one as im left ahnded. otherwise i have to work backwards which isnt easy!! TIn end up looking like a rabbit nibbled the sides.”

Now you've picked up on something! Both myself and my partner are left handed (in that we both write left handed).

However I’m not sure if we use the can opener left-handed or not. For instance I write left-handed, eat right-handed but use a spoon left handed. Bat left-handed but bowl right handed, play snooker right handed but throw darts left-handed and so on.

When using a can opener I hold the opener in my left hand and turn the cutter with my right hand. Is that using it left-handed or right-handed?

I never have any problem using an opener but possibly it may contribute to why they wear out so quickly?
DavidT
07-08-2008
Originally Posted by boozer3:
“The cheapo ones cut on the inside of the can which is great if you're opening tuna, you can squeeze all the oil out. The more expensive ones cut on the out side for safety. Bloody useless.”

It was Tuna we were opening last night!
stud u like
07-08-2008
I paid 5.99 for my tin opener. 7 years later it is still working.
whoever,hey
07-08-2008
Originally Posted by NIKKID:
“I have to use an electric one as im left ahnded. otherwise i have to work backwards which isnt easy!! TIn end up looking like a rabbit nibbled the sides.”

No you dont. I dont. You can use symmetical ones which both left or right handed.
♣ Moya
07-08-2008
We've had the all singing, all dancing fancy can openers, but I still prefer my original hand operated one.

I'm not going to tell you how long I've had it, but it's a loooong time
minimalistmatt
07-08-2008
I hardly ever use can openers these days, when I was young it was impossible to live without one - many things now come in packets etc, and dog food usually has a ring pull.

It does drive me mad when they break though, and spending more money doesn't mean better quality. I'll usually spend £2 or so on one.

Once when the opener went my Nan pulled this crude implement out the drawer which was like something desperate Dan would use, you stab the tin and skewer it around the rim - very very crude, but effective. I still have that opener - I doubt it will ever break. They don't make em like they used to (etc)


EDIT - This is the same as the one we have ... The model dates back to 1895!! - It works well tbh, although I wonder how many tiny shards of the can it leaves behind
indianwells
07-08-2008
http://www.youreableshop.co.uk/produ...er-HH6062.html

I've got one of these, just stick it on top of the tin, press the button and let it get on with it. I've had it about a year and think it's excellent. I must add I don't use it for most tins as they have a ringpull.
Katia Polletin
07-08-2008
Originally Posted by DavidT:
“When using a can opener I hold the opener in my left hand and turn the cutter with my right hand. Is that using it left-handed or right-handed?”

I'm right-handed, that's the way I use an opener - though you need to twist the butterfly wings clockwise, which means the can rotates anti-clockwise - otherwise you'll screw up the opener.

This being just the basic metal 39p at the time one bought back in 1998.
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