Aibu:To want to buy a tin opener that works

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I appreciate there are many more worrying issues at the moment, but having had our cheap old tin opener for over a decade during which it successfully did it's job of opening tins, AIBU to be fed up that after buying three replacements not one of them can actually do the job of opening a tin, without some extra effort or wiggling or just not do it. Have tried expensive, have tried cheap but neither have actually been any good at opening tins!

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The manual tin opener is £1 in Asda. Have you tried that?

Oxo good grips one has been great.

Yanbu. I've had the same tin opener since I got married nineteen years ago. Culinare MagiCan Tin Opener.

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Oxo good grips here too - only got it recently and it has been life changing! (Too long in lockdown I think)

I tried an Oxo one at some point as have liked other oxo things and it broke quite quickly. Have tried a cheap as chips supermarket one that looked like our old one but just doesn't work, not tried an asda one but will look into that!

I have this. It's amazing
amazon.co.uk/dp/B07464F5WN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_6ZHC1P0AKYEZY044SFRG]]

Ffs. Link didnt work. Lantana safety tin opener. Makes lovely rounded edge.

I struggle massively with our regular tin opener. A, because I'm left handed but mostly B, because due to reasons my right hand doesn't work properly. I had two electric ones, but they don't seem to last.

Will take a look at that too, in lock down everything takes on a new focus!

I solved this problem by only buying tins with ring pull things on them.

I agree with the culinare magican.
Think we got it off amazon. Superb.

No, they are rubbish now. Mine used to last me years and years. Now I'm lucky if I get a year out of one, some of them barely work at all. Even the Cullinare magican - used to last ten years or more, last one lasted just over a year. Technically I could return it for a refund, but I haven't been in a shop since last March, so I just had to order another online. Which is already not as efficient as it should be.

I have this OXO one and so far it's been going strong for 5 years.

oops, forgot the link: www.amazon.co.uk/OXO-Good-Grips-Handled-Opener/dp/B00004OCJW?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Oxo good grips is the best one I have ever used.

Magican all the way. Available in most supermarkets

I got this one on Amazon a year ago after going through loads of fancier ones. It’s not failed yet.

I had the same problem -bought an Oxi Good Grips - solved.

Glad it is not just me!

@whydoyouhateclocks

I solved this problem by only buying tins with ring pull things on them.

That sounds like a sensible solution!

Magican!!
Used to have about 5-6 random tin openers that never worked properly and now I only use magican!

I have the Nogent Super Kim and I can’t recommend it enough. It takes up practically no space in a drawer and once you’ve used one suddenly the usual style of can opener makes no sense. Why do they even have handles? What is the point? The Super Kim just locks itself onto the tin as you turn the handle.

We bought an expensive bottle opener from Amazon after being fed up of cheap ones breaking , fecking thing takes a chip out of the glass rim when you use it

As a kid we had one that was fixed to the wall and it was brilliant. Nothing has ever matched up.