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Decent Can Opener - So Far ...
We've only used it a few times, but it seems to work well and does look nice. Only hitch so far is it took a few tries to get a larger can to hook in to open, but once it did action was smooth and thorough.
[Tuesday, November 18, 2008]
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An elegant one-trick pony!
This West Bend Electric Can Opener can-opener is absolutely gorgeous (I got it in metallic)! It's elegant and stylish and easy to use. Without even a glance at the directions, I managed to open a rather large, unweildy can with no problems at all. The cut edges of the can were not overly sharp (nor was the lid sharp).
I was impressed by the ease and speed of the process--even for a klutz like me! I also like the fact that the cutting mechanism can be removed and cleaned. It's a great can-opener!
Having accomplished my first and primary purpose, I then read the user manual because I wasn't quite as sure of myself with the knife sharpener because I couldn't figure out how to turn it on. That's because you don't turn it on: the knife sharpener isn't electric at all; it consists of a slot in the back with what seems to be 2 emory-boards (!) and the knife slides between these two sharpening agents, and little is accomplished! In brief, my knives were not appreciably sharper (one even seemed a bit duller).
Finally, there is a "bottle opener" on the back as well. If soft-drink makers ever return to bottling their products, this might come in handy; however, until then... I forsee little or no use for the bottle opener in my house.
This, then is a 3-feature product, but only one of the features (happily, it's the most important one--opening cans) is useful. It is still a lovely object in the kitchen and I'm still giving it 4 stars because its performs its primary function so well!
[Thursday, November 13, 2008]
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RED Can Opener
We purchased this particular can opener because: It has a replacable blade and it is RED. The old can opener worked except the blade needed to be replaced, the company did not sell replacements, West Bend does.
[Sunday, November 02, 2008]
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