Best can opener ?

[Elpenor]

These. £5.50 from Amazon, bit more from Argos, think mine came from a supermarket. Absolutely no need to spend more.
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This is what I use. No issues whatsoever, having had problems with other ones.

 

[pogofish]

These. £5.50 from Amazon, bit more from Argos, think mine came from a supermarket. Absolutely no need to spend more.
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That's the one..!

 

[gentlegreen]

I open one or two cans every day and I've just worn out yet another opener - not sure what I paid for the fancy one perhaps a year ago, but all they had this time was the cheapest kind with a "plough" rather than a cutting wheel - a type I haven't used for many years ...


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I suppose 3 months isn't too bad ...
Luckily it incorporates a backup option ...

 

[existentialist]

As sad as it is, I've been looking for a good tin opener for ages. I stumbled on this fella's channel a while back and ended up watching this 20 minute video on tin opener history and mechanics. I now want one of these.

I have one of these (bought it on the back of the Technology Connections vid). I'm still getting the hang of it, but initial indications are promising.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Not cheap tins of chickpeas alas.

I bought one of these recently. It's a revelation after my last one (which tbf was v cheap and 10 years old).

OXO Good Grips Can Opener - Black

Buy the OXO Good Grips Can Opener - Black at Robert Dyas online. Free Click & Collect on this product or Free Standard Home Delivery when you spend over £30

www.robertdyas.co.uk

I think mine is from them - I bought it in the homeware shop at Saltaire Mill about 15 years ago, still going strong. To be fair I don't have to use it that often as its common to find tins with ring pulls nowadays. I've still got the mezzaluna I bought there too - only used that a few times but it is a nice looking knife, handy for zombie invasions.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I suppose 3 months isn't too bad ...
Luckily it incorporates a backup option ...

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Did one of the embryos from Alien hatch and burst out of that tin?

 

[existentialist]

Did one of the embryos from Alien hatch and burst out of that tin?

It was seagull surströmming.

 

[shifting gears]

I suppose 3 months isn't too bad ...
Luckily it incorporates a backup option ...

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It’s good to see you heeded all the advice on this thread, which you started

Oh wait

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It was seagull surströmming.

Don't be evil.

 

[existentialist]

Don't be evil.

Moi?

 

[existentialist]

My weird new can opener takes the lid off the tin in a way which means you can drop it on again.

 

[belboid]

Page 2 and no one has said Paperhouse yet? Shameful

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

Here you go.

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[Epona]

I suppose 3 months isn't too bad ...
Luckily it incorporates a backup option ...

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Mate that looks like a bear chewed it

 

[gentlegreen]

Here you go.

https://img1.etsystatic.com/169/1/10660606/il_570xN.1221618697_t6ew.jpg

I actually bought a couple of those during a bit of an EDC phase but I've mislaid them and they were only ever for emergency use - fingers ending up far too close to sharp metal.

 

[gentlegreen]

Mate that looks like a bear chewed it

It took extra work because they were big beans.

 

[gentlegreen]

In the future I hope to have access to a welding device...

 

[bellaozzydog]

please soak your next can opener in flash and give it a scrub every now and again

 

[Fez909]

Page 2 and no one has said Paperhouse yet? Shameful

They have decent openers on most of their albums, but it has to be either Pinch or Paperhouse really, doesn't it?

 

[belboid]

I beg both your pardons

 

[existentialist]

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I actually bought a couple of those during a bit of an EDC phase but I've mislaid them and they were only ever for emergency use - fingers ending up far too close to sharp metal.

I used to use those on Scout camps. The opener was fine. The carnage it left on the tin, not so much.

 

[Callie]

Oxo all the way. Smooth and reliable

 

[Elpenor]

Culinare as said previously on the thread

 

[RoyReed]

I'd recommend Brabantia. This is mine. I've had it since 1976 and it still works perfectly.



I bought it using the Green Shield stamps I'd saved up during the three years I was at the LCP. Bought from the GS store at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre as part of a set that included a peeler, apple corer, kitchen scissors, garlic press and a universal opener. It took all the stamps I'd saved up, but I think it was worth it.



The garlic press got lost in a move.

E2A: Current version: Can Opener with Metal Handle - Essential Line

 

[RevolutionSound]

I'd probably open with this one

 

[gentlegreen]

Sadly another "pound shop" opener ...
The old-school ones have been replaced with these ...
It's not clear whether the recycling info is for the opener or just the cardboard ...

 

[shifting gears]

Shakes head wistfully

 

[newme]

Oxo.
Been through maybe 40? This is the only one that's lasted a decade.