Farberware Soft Grips Safety Can Opener, Black with Red Accents

Works just fine, once you learn how to use it (which takes only a few minutes). Love that it's a safety can-opener (no jagged edges on the can or the lid after opening). It's a much-less-expensive option than another no-longer-in-production safety can-opener that we always used to buy approximately every three years after the blade wore out. Glad to have found this alternative!

Threw the instructions away, took maybe 6 or 7 seconds and 2 tries to figure out how it works. Purposefully tried to cut myself with a can and lid after opening it since Technology Connections on YouTube said it wouldn't be sharp, no harm done (I would've sued if I was cut). No sharp edges makes it more convenient to clean out the can. Better than the classic can openers since I won't accidentally break it by squeezing the handles too hard. Doesn't need to be cleaned unless you decide to dunk it into the can you just opened. Only downsides are not seeing the area you just cut since you won't realize you're already done sometimes, and it seems slightly slower. Once you get used to the barely noticeable drawbacks, you'll like this better than a normal can opener.

I wished I had purchased one of these years ago. No more half cut tops. Metal to cut u. Fighting bent cans. Once u get this figured out. Its easy fast smooth. Lid comes off. No sharp edges. No squeezing handles that end up bent out of shape trying to catch bent up cans edges.

It pens can easier than any one I have ever tried except maybe an electric one. Just remember to tilt it slightly after going all the way around to lit the opened lid with ease

I tried to follow the directions. Repeatedly. I'm sure it works, but I couldn't do it. I gave it away eith the instructions and bought an electric can opener and traditional, manual can opener as a backup when the power goes out.

I loved it at the time of purchase. It is similar to the more expensive models, but stopped working within a month. I went back to the old style and it still works after a year.

Its a pretty can opener that doesn't work. If I were locked in a room full of cans and this can opener, I would die a slow death. Sometimes it would work, sometimes the gears would slip, and sometimes it would just skim across the lead leaving a trail of metal slivers to contaminate the contents. It may be operator error, but should a can opener be so complicated? I read the directions and was successful on a few attempts, but failed on most. I'm giving a 2 out of 5 star rating, because it might open 2 out of 5 cans.

I had a "Safe-T-can" that I bought in the late 90s, which worked great all these years but finally gave out. This one was all I could get as a quick replacement. It does not grip the can well and I have to fight with it for a while to get it to work.

SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DON'T. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND A CAN 4 AND 5 TIMES AND IT STILL DOESN'T CUT THROUGH

stops cutting randomly around the can. did it from the first use. don't waste your money.