Piss me off. I had an electric years ago and prefer a hand crank. Is there a damn good one out there or is it either electric or hand crank crap?

i like these. the rada knives are good for the money too

https://radakitchenstore.com/products/deluxe-can-opener

Not used anything but a big hand crank for years.

The electric ones don't work as well, and are nasty, bacteria ridden things to get your food contaminated with.

P-38 or P-51- - - - - -been opening cans for years with the one I was issued in 1970 on Okinawa!
Jerry

One of those will last a lifetime... Swing-a-Way makes a similar one... our local Ace Hardware carries them and they are lower priced.

my grandparents were farmers.

my parents were truck farmers.

my self, i'm a gardener.

my children will eat out of tin cans.

so, a good quality can opener is timely.

an 18.50 dollar can opener might be too rich?

Bought my wife a hand held opener about a year ago, didn't last a full year. It's junk. I'd rather use a GI can opener than some of the hand held ones. I think I paid more than what the Rada is. May have to try that.

I have an earlier version of this. Cuts the seam on the top of the can so the rim is not sharp as with a regular opener.

https://www.zyliss.com/store/products/zyliss-magican-red-e930035u.htm

My wife likes the old Swing A Way better, so that's what she uses.

I'd use either if that's all that was available.

Don't need electric at all.

Geno

this is the hand job I use.........

no linky ...........Pampered Chef

I don’t have a link, but finally found a suitable can opener on Amazon. All I can tell you is that it has many good reviews and red handles. The cheap ones would self destruct in short order.

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I second this.

Of course, real men just chew the can open.

A few years ago I set out on a quest to find a good quality, hand-cranked can opener. I never found one.

*electric* can openers? Seriously?

Vital if you have electric cans that need opening.

No, $18.50 is not too rich... but possibly being able to purchase one that's just as good locally and not need to have it shipped would be a plus for most people I think but you may disagree. Good for you.

I use one of these and it is flawless. Walmart sells them. About $10 or so.

https://madeinusaforever.com/canopezmainu.html

Swing a Way works well. and the wife has an electric one that takes the top of the can off.
It is handy with pull top cans you want to pour empty like Progresso soup

The old USA made Swing-A-Ways were very good but now that they are made in China, not so much. That said the larger hand crank variety work better the the twist type.
I think I'll try out one of those Radas or the EZ-Does-It

folks in church and scouts sell rada as a fundraiser every year. i never bought on line and am really not sure what i paid. when i saw how well they worked, i told my wife to get me one and a set of the knives for my camp at the next fundraiser. i like it because you can cut the whole top of the can off and it works flawlessly. i open a lot of cans at camp. i've had it down there for probably 8-10 years.

Oxo

seriously...........

Pampered Chef..........

$18.50 for a manual tin can opener seems a little rich to me. but of course i could be wrong.

when i buy lot's of the tin can type food now, i look for the pop top opener.

sphagetti, pork & beans, various other recipes with tomato sauce.

vienna sausage, different sardine recipes, and so forth.

most of our manual openers are about 5.00 a pop.

they wear out, get dull, etc. and into the trash.

a lifetime opener for less than $20.00?

ok, i can go with that. with a gaurantee?

I'm shocked...I say SHOCKED!

One of the problem is the krappy cans nowadays. Some have so little seam that an opener can't get a bite.

Anybody ever think about the amount of tiny metal shavings and slivers you eat over a lifetime from can openers.

Get the one like Field Grade, where previous night's little bit of Alpo drops off into your pork-n-beans as you open them. The circle of life

Hahaha

i wash mine after i use it. kinda germ phobic i is.

We use the ones that cut the lid seam from the side- - - - -no sharp edges and the lid can be replaced if only part of the contents a can is used. Half a can of "no bean" chili left over from a chili dog lunch gets refrigerated and used the next day. Half a can of chili, half an onion diced up fine, a handful of shredded cheddar, and two hot dogs on buns is just right for a mid-day snack. Add a bottle of Budweiser or two, and I can be jet propelled for a couple of hours!
Jerry

Nice nail color there tikkanut. Do you favor any other colors?

ain't me............these openers leave no sharp edges/traces of tin can

THIS


I would pay $100 for a good can opener. I have bought pretty much everything I can find. They work for 2 or 3 cans and then they just jump off or miss spots. Might have to engineer one made of hardened tool steel

My wife has a good unit in the kitchen drawer but I also keep a half dozen freds salted around the place because I know they always work.

fred = frigging ridiculous eating device.

ebay

I have a lifetime supply of the USA Swingaways. Always made it a habit picking them up at garage sales and flea markets when Id see new in package one.

Whichever can opener you girls decide upon it is imperative that it be color-co-ordinated with the rest of your kitchen.

Mike

When we got married, fifty years ago, we got one of those Ecko can openers with the bottle opener on the handle. I think it cost about two bucks. It opened cans in our kitchens for about thirty years until it broke. Since then, we have purchased openers of all descriptions and each one works really well; for about 2 months. They are good looking, comfortable to hold, and, regardless of cost, they are a short-lived POS.
Currently, we are using a Vaughan Improved, Safety Roller opener which was in a box of camping gear I bought at a yard sale. I don't know how old it is but it likely sold for a buck fifty, new, and it works just fine. GD

We have used a manual Swing away for years, never a problem
Have a new spare just in case.

I've had this one for over 17 years at the house.... https://www.amazon.com/Oneida-7718-Can-Opener/dp/B00NFLJRYG

and two of these style of openers, one at the farm and one in the camp box for probably 20 years.... https://www.acehardware.com/departm...7v-aV_QNbgaAtDnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

they continue to work great but about a half dozen times a year I gotta clean em good with a 3m sponge and spray some olive oil on them...they still turn with ease.

Well........................................DUH!

Geno

PS the solution to issues like that is to go eclectic in the kitchen decor. Yellow and Red painted cabinet doors, Avocado green fridge, stainless dishwasher, basic black microwave oven and coffee maker, blue curtains., green linoleum floor, and red friggen aprons and hand towel. That should about cover most of the spectrum, no?

Gotta have the avocado green monte carlo to match all that Magic Chef chit in the trailer.

Haha

Aka Turkey Shît Green.

Use the ginsu

Duh

I'm kinda liking the idea of those. Aussie surplus? Interesting take on the P-38 openers we've had here for eons.

Geno

The ultimate first world problem? I'm happy with the old electric can opener I inherited from my parents. It's just about worn out and if it balks I use the equally ancient Ecko (K-Mart cheap) clamp on and twist the knob can opener.

As to P-38, back when we had out of date C-rats in training, first thing was to go to the PX and get one of those stainless pocket knives with a decent can opener.

Swing-A-Way.

Well I guess that works if yer one of those "rainbow people"...............


Mike

The old Swingaway pattern, hand cranked, made to original specs, in Missura...

https://www.steuby.com/can-opener.html

^^^^^^This^^^^^^^

Everyone got one for Christmas a few years ago.

That is one damned fine tool.

Vienna sausages don't need no can opener

Assauge on that (i have no idea what that word means)

Nothing better.

Yes, Momma's is electric powered and made by Hamilton Beach. We have only been using it a couple months, sp I can not speak to durability. But so far it is the cat's pajamas.

And yes, a good manual can opener is vital in the camp trailer.

Dollar general today $2 on clearance. Wife ordered a nice one on Amazon that a few of you guys recommended but ran in today for a light bulb and picked one up for the time being.

Geno's more Thunder and ligntning than rainbow!

I bet we have been using our HB opener over a decade, so far so good.

I have one in the link below and have used without fail for 40yrs, Clean with a toothbrush and lube.

https://www.amazon.com/Chef-Craft-21118-2PK-Compact-Butterfly/dp/B007UZ0FMQ/ref=sr_1_141?crid=2SPTM7SRM7PJF&keywords=mechanical+can+opener&qid=1574451513&sprefix=mechanical+can+oppener%2Caps%2C969&sr=8-141

I've been using one like this, works like a charm.

https://www.target.com/p/good-cook-black-good-cook-safe-cut-can-opener/-/A-13370821

My favorite has always been a 22LR. Or 223.