KitchenCraft Multi Function Can Opener with Built in Bottle
KitchenCraft Multi Function Can Opener with Built in Bottle Cap Remover, 18cm (7.1″), White/Silve
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| Weight: | 170 g |
| Dimensions: | 19 x 7 x 5 cm; 170 Grams |
| Brand: | KitchenCraft |
| Model: | KCOPENER |
| Colour: | White/Silver |
| Dimensions: | 19 x 7 x 5 cm; 170 Grams |
I mean, it’s a tin opener. Not really sure what to write here other than that it opens tins, and does so effectively with minimal fuss.
I could rate the bass – inadequate – or the way the light glints off the steel – pretty – but you just want to know if it opens tins. It does. With gusto.
This is the third of these that we have had in a busy family kitchen. It appears the first lasted 7 years and the more recent one just under 4 years. Still, at 6.99 a reasonable price for something that is going to last a reasonable length of time and be easy to use. Cuts in the traditional location inside the lid, unlike some nowadays that cut the whole top off leaving a sharp exposed edge.
Wow how the marketeers can ham up a can opener!
This one is cheap, but absolutely brilliant! Goes round a tin top like a hot knife through butter, and very fast!
Although most cans of food come with a ring pull, a can opener is essential for those that don’t unless you want to try your luck with a hacksaw or angle grinder. This opener works well and is sturdy. The cut end of the can has a sharp edge, therefore care needs to be taken when washing and disposing of the can.
Only half a dozen use’s but so far is easy to use and whiz’s through the metal. Have been washing by hand as i’m sure that constantly putting my previous one in the dishwasher killed it. Lightweight and quite cheap in price compared to some hope it lasts a reasonable time.
Seems to be exactly as it says. Opened cans I have had so far but not sure how long might last or hold up against heavy duty cans but so far it’s good buy and more than worth the price.
I’ve always had Culinaire magican but they have dropped in quality as to be nigh on useless, so forced to go back to this design. It takes a few punctured cans before you can get it at the right angle to remove the top and even then I found it hard to turn the wheel. Not good for arthritic fingers but there doesn’t seem to be much choice I try and buy ring pull if I can.
I’ve been using an electric can opener for years and had to buy this can opener, due to the very large tin sizes we have and cant use our electric can opener on the very large tins, it took me awhile to find this can opener, it arrive on time, I had a problem at first trying to open the lager tin, then realised I hadn’t aligned the opener with the tin, once I done this it went round very easy, the butterfly handle is nice and big.. a very good tool to have in the kitche
My regular opener is exactly the same, have had it for years but is now showing some cracks.
Haven’t used the new one yet but if it lasts the same length of time I will be delighted.
It feels solid, and it is easy to use – I don’t have a lot of strength in my hands, but even for me, the leverage is good, and it cuts though the rims of cans very easily, just as if it is slicing thin cheese.
It has also been washed several times, and up to now, it shows no signs of corrosion, unlike other can openers I’ve purchased in the past, which have started to show spots of rust after only a couple of times in the dishwasher.
NB: I’ve only been using it for a few days, and even at this low price, I would expect to have at least 6 months rust-free, trouble-free use out of it, so I will update this review if I experience any problems.
UPDATE (July 2015): no sign of rust after well over 6 months of regular use, often left overnight in the dishwasher after the end of the cycle.
FINAL UPDATE (March 2016): it’s still rust-free, but has now become too blunt to use, so I’ve thrown it away. Still, that’s over a year, and twice as long as I expected it to last, so I’m not complaining.
I don’t know why people have said this is a rubbish tin opener. In a life of using a lot of different openers this is about as robust as they get – I have to suspect some of these aren’t real purchasers, to suggest it is worse than any other opener
it is an almost exact duplicate of another I bought from elsewhere on the high street, which lasted about 5 years
I have been using this opener regularly for the past couple of months. I like it a lot. It cuts cleanly, not leaving any sharp edges, and feels like it should last a few years.
It does require firm effort to snap it onto the can; and for people with weakness or pain in their left wrist/hand, I would not recommend this.
If you do buy this, I recommend choosing the free package and postage option. I did and received my opener, quite adequately packaged, in 3 days. I say this because greedy Amazon are charging 6 package and postage !!! More than the cost of the opener !! I see Amazon has implemented costly p&p on a few different low cost items, so do be aware of this sneaky practice.
My other butterfly can openers take off any lid accept that of deep thick ones(E.G. Fray Bentos pie tins). This item even takes them Fray B lids off without any effort whatsoever, Just get the grip to begin with and away you go, it’s that light & easy taking them heavy strong lids off i thought it wasn’t cutting in so i had to take a look to make certain and yes it was indeed. I’ve no idea how long this item will last seeing as i’ve only had it a short time. Well worth getting especially if you love Fray Bentos pies as i do 🙂
There is a fad now for tin openers that cut around the side and take the whole top rim off. Some say this is better because “there are no sharp edges”. Really? We had one of these. It never worked very well, the wheel didn’t grip the tin very well so it slipped, and when tins are very full, it is inevitable that you end up spilling some of the contents. And the resulting topless tin seemed pretty sharp to me.
So I was very pleased to see this opener is from the traditional old school of just cutting around the inside of the top, not the sides. It does it very easily and smoothly too. Yes, the edges are sharp, what do you expect? But you can stop just before you completely cut the lid off, bend it open, pour the contents out, and then bend the top inside. No separate sharp lid in the recycling bin, no nasty exposed sharp top on the tin.
Solidly made, big chunky handles which don’t fill with water when you wash it, and it works. That’ll do for me.
UPDATE: I think I understand now why a few people think this is so bad. When I bought it, I ordered direct from Amazon, and it arrived in proper retail packaging. My wife has just bought another of these (we needed another one, nothing wrong with the first one!) and she bought from a seller – Bargain Hut in this case. The opener arrived with no retail packaging whatsoever, wrapped in a bit of grubby bubble wrap, and is clearly not a genuine Kitchen Craft product. The handles and winder are different shapes to the picture, and the construction is clearly a cheap clone rip-off of the genuine item. It just feels cheap and loose and flimsy when compared to the real thing. But if you have nothing to compare it with, how could you know? You wouldn’t think there was much money to be made in counterfeit tin openers, but it seems someone thinks otherwise.
For someone who is dumb like me, put the opener parallel to the lid. The opener will cut the rim of the lid from outside and when finish the whole lid with rim will come off with the opener 😀 Remember to give some weight on the lid while you turn the knob. If you do it right the tin will keep turning.