Tin Openers

[Balmoral Green]

I have really struggled with these over the decades.

Is there any such a thing as a tin opener that actually works, works well, and works well for some time?

I buy them in twos and threes, as I can't be bothered taking the first failure back to the shop to swop it for a second one, which then might work, but only for a while. When I buy a supposedly good one, at ten or twenty quid, they too only work for a few weeks or a month or three.

I get through several a year, and have just got rather angry at my latest new one that has just butchered a tin of red kidney beans.

WTF is it with tin openers? (And no, it's not me, I can work the bloody things properly).

Any recommendations gratefully received

Manual is preferred, but will reluctantly consider electric if it's as apparent to the rest of you as it is to me that there's no such thing as a good manual tin opener

[anonymous-user]

Ikea do an own-brand one, which sat in my kitchen for months unused because it looks like it would be st but it's actually brilliant, virtually no effort required.

[shirt]

agree with ikea. i have the all metal one and its quite hefty.

[toasty]

I have a GoodGrips one and it works fine.

[redtwin]

I have this one.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

It has never failed to open anything and I have even used the powered sharpening stone on the back to good effect (no I don't own any posh knives). The little magnetic arm thingy to catch the cut lid was useless, but that was easily removed.

I gave up on manual openers a long time ago.

[Balmoral Green]

I have tried those sort, the ones that slice the whole lid off below the seam. They do appear to work better than the usual ones, but I don't like the sharp edges they leave on the tin, and the small slivers of label they leave behind on the work top irritates me too

[grumbledoak]

In my experience this type are inevitably ste; you'd have better odds with a Swiss Army knife:



This type are far better:


Ours is Brabantia. Never given me any trouble.

Edited by grumbledoak on Friday 14th January 15:33

[bigandclever]

My missus is Finnish and they (seem to) exclusively use this type... it's taken a while to get used to it, and the many, many early attempts made me want to throw it into the bin, but now it's so simple and straight-forward I'm not sure I'd go back to one of those new-fangled jobbies. Weird.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener

[Balmoral Green]

I like the simplicity of that, will have a look for one. It's very much like the old pre-turnkey ones.

[car crazy]

bigandclever said:

My missus is Finnish and they (seem to) exclusively use this type... it's taken a while to get used to it, and the many, many early attempts made me want to throw it into the bin, but now it's so simple and straight-forward I'm not sure I'd go back to one of those new-fangled jobbies. Weird.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener

Those are the one's that we used to get issued with our ration packs in the forces there ok once you get used to them, nowadays i get the normal turnkey type 89p from morrisons and last a couple of months.

[CooperD]

I use one of these. It's alright as long as you connect it to the tin properly. Very quick at opening once you do.

[Cotty]

I have never had a tin opener fail on me

Balmoral Green said:

WTF is it with tin openers? (And no, it's not me, I can work the bloody things properly).

Are you sure?

[bigandclever]

Balmoral Green said:

I like the simplicity of that, will have a look for one. It's very much like the old pre-turnkey ones.

Army Surplus shops, probably about a quid each.

[ritmo]

brabantia - the ford mondeo of kitchenware - but this has served well for many years

[calibrax]

I use one of those battery operated one-touch can openers which works very well. But as a backup I have one of these... it's a 1960s British Army issue can opener.

[Gold]

Symbolica said:

Ikea do an own-brand one, which sat in my kitchen for months unused because it looks like it would be st but it's actually brilliant, virtually no effort required.

This. So much better than any other I've ever used.

[Balmoral Green]

Cotty said:

I have never had a tin opener fail on me.

How much do you want for it?

[Pothole]

another vote for Brabantia.

[soad]

Tin openers? Hateful things. At least those cheap and nasty ones, very frustrating to use at the best of times.

Thank fk some tins are easier to open than others

[Pothole]