# Recommend a can opener

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-can-opener/585779>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 17, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-can-opener/585779 "2011-06-17T01:56:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-can-opener/585779/21 "2011-06-19T06:55:47Z")

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Pffft a P-38 is old and busted. [P-51s](http://www.countycomm.com/opener.htm) are the new shit oooh yea.

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**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-can-opener/585779/22 "2011-06-19T20:15:28Z")

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I’d go for the Oxo – but my old cheap one with the rubber sleevelets on the handles works fine, and I eat a lot of beans from cans (not as good as from dry, but a man’s gotta make a living sometime). Yeah, I know, I think I’ve had about enough beans.

When I was living in a transient hotel before grad school up in Seattle, I used to smash cans of chili open against the wall. I was pleased to see Bukowski made mention of this last resort method somewhere (probably _Factotum_). Don’t do that, get a real one, and not those little tiny ones nobody can figure out how to use.

ETA I don’t like the Oxo ones – I cooked a Father’s Day with my sister on Friday and she had one of those – we didn’t use it, but I was playing around in her kitchen trying to find out where she hid my wine and I didn’t like the handles – too ostentatious.

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**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-can-opener/585779/23 "2011-06-19T21:42:23Z")

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I was looking for the OXO because of the great reviews on Amazon. But, I ended up getting [this](http://www.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=472340&cm_mmc=Google_Feed-_-6-_-77-_-MP677) KitchenAid one. The OXO felt awkward and the knob sticks up too much to fit in my drawer.  
If I had known they made handhelds this great, I would have stopped using my old electric one years ago.

BTW, if you’re looking for an electric with longevity, get a Black & Decker. I had it for 23 years and kept waiting for it to die, (so i could reclaim the counter space). it was still working when I donated it.

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