slo’s TUESDAY 8/29 poll - Can Opener

[slo]

With my recent death of my electric can opener I was wondering…..

What type of can opener(s) do you have?
(multiple choice)


For Me….I now have just an old fashion manual can opener. The one that died sat in a charger and i would put it on the can and it would cut the lid off without me holding it. I was tired of it sitting on my counter, so I’m not replacing it. For as often as I use a can opener, which is not often, I’ll just use my manual one.

 

[design_mom]

Manual can-opener here, too. We don't eat that much canned food -- not nearly as much as we ate when I was a kid. I do not use it often enough to warrant the counter space an electric one would take up.

 

[HeatherC]

Same here! I used to have an electric one that just took up space. Now I use a good old fashioned manual one. I love kitchen appliances, but this was one I didn’t need or miss at all.

 

[Kitty 34]

I prefer and use a manual one..

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I had an electric one for years loved it it died and I couldn’t find a new one that I liked as well so I went back to the old fashion hand one and I like it I got me a real nice one and it works really well and it’s like others have said I don’t open that many cans Not like I used to and like others have said I don’t want it on my counters - how much further have it shoved in a drawer that I have trouble getting open

 

[fla4fun]

I use a manual one. About 50% of the cans I buy have the pop top lids and don’t require an opener at all. We used to have an electric one, but the cans kept falling off and spilling on the counter.

 

[mumto3girls]

Also a manual—I have a decent one—smooth edge and easy to turn and I don’t need anything else on my counters.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Manual- I had an electric but got rid of it. I never felt like I could keep it clean enough to suit me.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I like a manual opener.

 

[goofyernmost]

I currently have the manual. In the past I have had the Electric free standing and under the cabinet. I like the electric ones and they were handy for waking up the cat so that made them multi-taskers.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Manual. Same reasons as above. Not so many cans anymore, and what few cans, most have pull tops. An unnecessary counter clutter today.

 

[fly girl]

Manual for the same reasons stated above.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I use the electric free standing, and DH uses the manual.
The cans I have to open most frequently have pumpkin for my dog, Gus. Also, the tuna cans I have don’t have a pull, also tomato paste. Oh canned peaches…I guess we have a lot more cans than many of you!

 

[ronandannette]

I have both a conventional electric can opener that sits on the counter (one of the very few things that does) and one of those hands-free ones like the pink one in @slo ‘s picture. I call that one “the little monster” and only use it to gnaw through gallon-sized cans that are too big for the free-standing one.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Like others above, we used to have an electric can opener but when it bit the dust we never replaced it. Now we use a manual one for the 3 or 4 cans we open every month.

 

[TippyThomas]

I have both a manual and electric. I use the manual mostly when I'm camping and the electric at home. I really don't open a lot of cans with one these days because it seems many manufacturers use the pull top lids on most of the canned goods I use. I always have the manual one with me just in case though.

 

[Meriweather]

I have 3 manual ones (Swing-Away)
Because my hands don't work as well as they used to, I got a battery powdered hands free one. LOVE IT!! No sharp edges.

 

[georgina]

I have an electric free standing (plug-in), but I keep it in a cupboard for when I need it (a few times a month). Works well, no sharp edges.

 

[jo-jo]

I have 3 manual ones (Swing-Away)
Because my hands don't work as well as they used to, I got a battery powdered hands free one. LOVE IT!! No sharp edges.

We have a manual, same as you.

But we have a still new in the box electrical one found at my sister's house. I thought I may need it at some point in my life. So far so good. Maybe in a few more years, I can sell it as an antique.

 

[easyas123]

Manual- I had an electric but got rid of it. I never felt like I could keep it clean enough to suit me.

This exactly. I never could get the electric one clean (enough). It grossed me out, so we went back to a manual one.