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Portland t1_j02o3sc wrote

Reply to comment by PDXMouth in Guess which can opener still works? L to R- 30 + years old, 3 years old, 6 months old … planned obsolescence or crappy design (of course they increase in price tag from L-R) by Torvabrocoli

All of those can openers puncture the steel top, and they’re effectively obsolete.

A much better (and more durable) can opener design exists.

I’ve had my side-cutting can opener for 10+ years, and it’s a generic one that picked up from a thrift store. These “new” style openers last forever because there’s fewer moving parts, and less force is used in the opening process.

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MadIllWOLF t1_j02xcxx wrote

07:26 is the important part.

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Novanious90675 t1_j03659u wrote

But the entire video is good (as is the rest of the channel), and people aren't fish with 5 seconds attention spans, so they can (and should) watch the entire video.

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Shavfiacajfvak t1_j06izpn wrote

I’m not watching a 20 minute video about can openers 15 minutes before work.

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ConscientiousDissntr t1_j02r5ft wrote

I have one of those. It's harder to turn than a regular can opener, and more slow going, too. My husband hates it. I use it, but even on small cans I debate whether to pull out the big, bulky electric can opener instead. On the plus side, it's easier to re-use the cans for other purposes with the lip gone.

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Portland t1_j034ldb wrote

Harder to turn? That doesn’t match my experience at all. Instead of stabbing and cutting through the top sheet of metal, it slices the extruded bent edge and feels like it takes less force to advance the opener. 🤷‍♂️

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ConscientiousDissntr t1_j0357vb wrote

The guy in the video you posted also mentioned that it's harder to turn.

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haydesigner t1_j039dcs wrote

Didn’t he say it takes slightly longer… not turn?

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Portland t1_j03da5n wrote

Yeah, it does take a bit longer, but in my experience the effort to turn the crank is lower.

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sprashoo t1_j03iwbh wrote

My Zyliss one is not appreciably harder to turn, FWIW

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qOJOb t1_j04y0hq wrote

Don't care for the little shards of metal on the rim of the can around 11 minutes into that video, was definitely considering it before that

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MrDioji t1_j05fn2k wrote

But a normal can opener is tearing the metal right above the food. I'm guessing the chance of consuming trace metal is comparable

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