Have you bought a One Touch Can Opener??
Advertised as “NO Sharp Edges.” Appears to be battery operated.
**Is this a ‘Real Deal’ or a come-on scam as I suspect? **
I have a “Krups” line powered opener which cuts, or rather did cut, the middle of the crimped seal at the top of the can
Either the cans are being made from thinner steel or the cutter is worn it no longer works reliably.
According to this site, it works as it is supposed to.
There’s a lot of neat stuff on that site, and I was able to get my question answered about Auto Cool, the car-cooling fan device…apparently, a piece of shite.
It must work wonderfully— otherwise why would they limit sales to six per customer?
I’m reminded of the “plunger salesman” sketch from “The Kids in the Hall.”
(Oh, and sorry for contributing nothing useful toward your question.)
You know, since they invented the cutting wheel can opener it hasn’t been too dificult to do, and very few people manage to cut themselves on a can.
(OK Arthritis and other limitations might make an electric one worth well, but they’ve been around a long time too)
Nice change of pace. Thanks.
My parents have a manual version of this, with the NO SHARP EDGES, and it appears to work by crimping that seam at the top to where it just lifts off. There’s nothing sharp on the blade, so I think somehow the pressure makes that seal at the top just roll over and give up.
There is a drawback to using this type of can opener. When opening a can of tuna, I like to use the lid to press down and squeeze the juice out. With that type of can opener, this is impossible, so you might want to keep your old-timey can opener for that.
Ham On The Street, a food network show had a contest to see what can opener worked best. They had a standard electric one, a handheld one and either the one or an identical one that you indicated. The standard electric won by a long shot, the handheld had the obvious camping benefit, and the one touch took forever. His conclusion was unless you have time to burn (and worry about fresh batteries) or hand physical limitations, he wouldn’t bother with it.
Yes, I’ve recently discovered the lid limitation stated in the previous post. With the “no sharp edges” type of opener, it did not drain the tuna very well at all. Even say draining the liquid from green beans, it is lacking. Then again, you don’t have to worry about the nasty, dusty, disease infested lid falling into your can (as stated in the informercial.
**I have a “Krups” line powered opener which cuts, or rather did cut, the middle of the crimped seal at the top of the can.
Either the cans are being made from thinner steel or the cutter is worn it no longer works reliably.
Not explicitly asked was: Does the “One Touch” leave a portion of the crimped edge on the top of the can or a sharp edge as intimated in the advertising?
Well, I was flipping through channels the other day and a show with several loud women, including Rosie O’Donnel, on it (I can’t think of the name) was testing gadgets. A thin blond loud woman ran screaming onto the set during the testing of this thing, complaining (loudly) about how it doesn’t work if the can isn’t perfectly round (like the top is dented or something). This is the extent of my knowledge. I’ve never been able to understand what’s so hard about just using a manual can opener.