A manual can opener is gold in FL- one needs it during tropical season!
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We have both electric and manual can openers. Our power goes out too often to not know how to open a can if needed.
My kids consider this a manual can opener.
Even though we both have arthritis in our hands, we've gone back to the manual can opener because it was such a PITA to get electric ones to work without a great deal of frustration getting it inserted at just the right angle to have it actually slice through the metal.
My cat nearly had a stroke when she first saw one of these.
Have you tried one like this:
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Open canned goods with less mess and less fuss with the OXO Good Grips Locking Can Opener with Lid Catch. The Opener features a sharp stainless steel cutting wheel that slices easily through cans and a magnet that lifts lids off for hands-free disposal, also ensuring that cut lids don’t fall into cans. A window in the Opener top allows you to quickly align the Opener to the lip of the can and lets you see slicing progress so you know when it’s come full circle. The soft, comfortable, non-slip handles feature a locking mechanism to keep them closed while Opener is in use and a simple push of a button releases the lock when finished. The turning knob rotates smoothly and its oversized, contoured shape makes it comfortable to use.
- Window for quick alignment of Opener to can
- Sharp stainless steel cutting wheel cuts easily
- Handles lock shut to hold can securely and release with the press of a button
- Magnet lifts lid for no-touch removal
- Oversized knob is comfortable and easy to turn
- Soft, non-slip grips
- 4" W x 1.75" D x 7" H
- Imported
Materials:
Nylon
Care:
Hand wash
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Open canned goods with less mess and less fuss with the OXO Good Grips Locking Can Opener with Lid Catch. The Opener features a sharp stainless steel cutting wheel that slices easily through cans and a magnet that lifts lids off for hands-free disposal, also ensuring that cut lids don’t fall into cans. A window in the Opener top allows you to quickly align the Opener to the lip of the can and lets you see slicing progress so you know when it’s come full circle. The soft, comfortable, non-slip handles feature a locking mechanism to keep them closed while Opener is in use and a simple push of a button releases the lock when finished. The turning knob rotates smoothly and its oversized, contoured shape makes it comfortable to use.
- Window for quick alignment of Opener to can
- Sharp stainless steel cutting wheel cuts easily
- Handles lock shut to hold can securely and release with the press of a button
- Magnet lifts lid for no-touch removal
- Oversized knob is comfortable and easy to turn
- Soft, non-slip grips
- 4" W x 1.75" D x 7" H
- Imported
Materials:
Nylon
Care:
Hand wash
Locking Can Opener by OXO Good Grips
Have you tried one like this:
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OxoGood Grips Lid Catch Locking Can Opener
$16.97
Style #: 1101780
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Shipping & Returns
About This Item
- Ships in 1 - 2 days. This item is ready to ship.
- This item qualifies for free shipping when you spend over $100
- Returnable within 90 days to a Nordstrom Rack store or by mail
Details:
Open canned goods with less mess and less fuss with the OXO Good Grips Locking Can Opener with Lid Catch. The Opener features a sharp stainless steel cutting wheel that slices easily through cans and a magnet that lifts lids off for hands-free disposal, also ensuring that cut lids don’t fall into cans. A window in the Opener top allows you to quickly align the Opener to the lip of the can and lets you see slicing progress so you know when it’s come full circle. The soft, comfortable, non-slip handles feature a locking mechanism to keep them closed while Opener is in use and a simple push of a button releases the lock when finished. The turning knob rotates smoothly and its oversized, contoured shape makes it comfortable to use.
- Window for quick alignment of Opener to can
- Sharp stainless steel cutting wheel cuts easily
- Handles lock shut to hold can securely and release with the press of a button
- Magnet lifts lid for no-touch removal
- Oversized knob is comfortable and easy to turn
- Soft, non-slip grips
- 4" W x 1.75" D x 7" H
- Imported
Materials:
Nylon
Care:
Hand wash
Locking Can Opener by OXO Good Grips
Will have to check that out--thanks! Should say it was only the electric can openers we had that problem with. The manual one works just fine.
Just put the can on the wood stove until it explodes. No need for an opener....
You're welcome.
My cats come running when they hear it because they think they're getting a wet food treat.
And your food is warmed up at the same time--win/win. Guess I need to invest in a wood stove. Might be slim pickings for the canned goods come summer, though.
And your food is warmed up at the same time--win/win. Guess I need to invest in a wood stove. Might be slim pickings for the canned goods come summer, though.
I thought wood stoves burned all year round in ME...........?
We got a can opener from some Spoiled Cook party that Grandma went to. It's pretty cool.
I'm used to the old ones that cut down into the lid. This would produce a lid with a sharp edge, and in fact, as a kid, I spent the one time of my life going to the hospital (other than the heart attack) to get a knuckle stitched up when a can of cat food whipped my a$$.
This one, though, cuts from the side and lifts the can lid off nicely. No sharp edges.
I'm used to the old ones that cut down into the lid. This would produce a lid with a sharp edge, and in fact, as a kid, I spent the one time of my life going to the hospital (other than the heart attack) to get a knuckle stitched up when a can of cat food whipped my a$$.
This one, though, cuts from the side and lifts the can lid off nicely. No sharp edges.
This is what I use to open cans and have for decades.My dad was insistent that we all learn to use one of those, just in case
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Mine is white, however, I envy your mom's Harvest Gold one... Harvest Gold, Burnt Orange and Avocado Green - colors I associate with my childhood.
Oh, I never knew the name "P-38". I have one in my car, one in my travel toiletry kit and one in my kitchen drawer. I know how to use it, although I never counted how many turns it takes to open a can.Can you imagine asking even adults to handle the P-38? (I keep one in the car
I'm learning so much here, today.
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...well it WOOD errrr, would make sense, seeing as how you DO have the wood chippah...and I agree about the electric gizmo of broken dreams and unopened cans...I have to call Tracy to come to the kitchen and operate the damn thing while I stand there more like a doofwad than normal....And your food is warmed up at the same time--win/win. Guess I need to invest in a wood stove. Might be slim pickings for the canned goods come summer, though.
As a boy I would visit dad's people up in New Brunswick and one of the oddest and earliest memories I have is of everyone sitting around the dinner table -- big table, big family, big dairy farm -- and completely ignoring the telephone because it was someone else's ring.