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Waste of money
Great idea, but poor product. My parents have a B&D spacemaker from years ago and it still is in perfect condition and runs like a champ. I got this one and it died within the 1st month. It sounded like it was going to die everytime and after awhile it wouldn't even hold the can up long enough to open it. A lot of times once it was done opening the can (if it ever got that far), it would drop the can....made a mess most times. I am going on ebay to see if I can find the version that my parents have. Otherwise it's back to old style. Very disappointed in this can opener.
[Thursday, August 21, 2008]
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Spacemaker Can Opener Review
This is the third or fourth under the cabinet Black & Decker can opener we have purchased and installed and is probably the best of all. It is easy for my wife to operate, the cutter attachment removes easily for cleaning and reinstalls easily. We hope they continue to make this model.
[Wednesday, March 19, 2008]
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Caution: Poor Mounting Design Won't Work on Some Cabinets
We had a 10-year-old Spacemaker Can Opener that we liked. It died recently, and we purchased this model at the large superstore near our home. I am a handyman (we built our own home) and this new model will NOT mount properly on European-style kitchen cabinets (with a full-overlay door)! I could make a shim to mount it perhaps 3" below the cabinet, but that would be ridiculous. The mounting for this uses four screws through the base of the cabinet, but there are two front screws within 1/2" of the front of the unit. And the lever swings up 1" ABOVE the top of the unit to insert a can. So the front two mounting screws would need to be mounted into the bottom edge of the cabinet door, or the can opener cannot be used! The printed installation instructions do point out to be sure that the can opener is mounted close enough to the front of the cabinet so that the lever will clear the front of the door. But in doing this, the front two screws cannot be used. So it is going back to the store. What is wrong with B&D Engineering?
[Saturday, November 10, 2007]
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