A good tin opener?

raspberry_collins

Another vote here for the Brabantia ...

daska

Another vote here for the culinaire, it's brilliant. My mum loved it as well and promptly bought 2 cheap copies that fell apart within a few weeks.

kayl

Another vote for cheapies - mine is from Ikea, and cost, I think 79p!

kittendothroar

I am so glad to find this! I recently moved home and inherited an awful one so needing to replace it asap! When I lived with the ex should of taken the tin opener as worked a treat but can't remember where it was from.

My friends have gone through lots of them too seems to be a popular topic!

PixieDust

Ohhh we thought it was just us!!! We are constantly complaining about it in this house. It seems such s tiny thing in the scheme of things, but it's a really annoying niggle!

dogcat_2

I've got an electric can opener....it opens ANYTHING....wouldn't be without it...I inherited from my mum along with her teasmade.

mrsmadmand

I'd like a recommendation too - but for different reasons. I'm left-handed and I cant use the normal metal ones....I get all cack-handed and in a muddle cos its back to front!! I've got a top-opening one but its on its last legs....

Can anyone recommend a good one for southpaws?

anguk

mrsmadmand wrote: »

I'd like a recommendation too - but for different reasons. I'm left-handed and I cant use the normal metal ones....I get all cack-handed and in a muddle cos its back to front!! I've got a top-opening one but its on its last legs....

Can anyone recommend a good one for southpaws?

The Culinare One Touch, you just stick it on the top and press a button. It doesn't matter which hand you use, you could use a toe if you wanted to.

My OH has one hand and my DD is left-handed, both manage to open tins with the Culinare with no problems.

sunflower76

Don't know about one for a lefty MrsMadMand but I have a really old cheapy one that has lasted around a billion years. I've never had this conversation with anyone lol, so I didn't realise it would be an issue for anyone.

lapis_lazuli

I use a good grips one. Very nice to use, especially when your hands aren't functioning as well as usual. I remember an electric tin opener a friend of my grandmother's had, when I was a child. The lid of a can sits inside the can, and this opening took the whole lid off cleanly, leaving no sharp edges anywhere. I still don't understand how it did that.