Can Opener, White

Reliable, durable, proven effective, made in USA
I bought this can opener along with several others, when looking for a can opener that our daughter, who has a disability and coordination problems, could use to open her favorite soups.The EZ-DUZ-IT is a brand that came into being when the SwingAway company sent their manufacturing business to China (like many other companies) and China proceeded (as they usually do) to make the once-excellent can opener as cheaply as possible with near slave labor and compromise it with poor quality materials.Comparing it to the old original SwingAway:The EZ-DUZ-IT has a slightly longer crank handle than my old original SwingAway, but has less and more slick plastic padding on the handles. My original SwingAway has a rough surface on the plastic. It has the same sharp steel cutting blade and gears.The EZ-DUZ-IT is the best small manual can opener you can buy in the USA that is made in the USA. Take care of it (hand wash it with soap and water and dry it right away) and it will last for a long, long time.The EZ-DUZ-IT is reliable, proven, and built to last. It is the can opener you should keep in your drawer for when the fancy or foreign-made one, manual, electric or battery, balks or quits.I also bought several others for our daughter to try: The OXO and the Zyliss manual can openers, as well as the Hands Free Can Opener, a new-fangled automatic battery-operated can openers that her Occupational Therapist thought she might like to try. (http://www.amazon.com/Hands-free-Can-Opener-by-EasyComforts/dp/B008B7V8O6/)Review of the others:We discarded the Hands Free opener because, though it worked well, it removed the entire lid cutting below the seam and the can itself was left with a very sharp edge all around. We were concerned that with her coordination deficits, the sharp edge would be very dangerous. People who use power wheelchairs full-time have generally poor circulation and wounds, even to the upper body heal very slowly. We try to avoid every possible source of injury.The OXO has soft cushioning on the longer than usual (good leverage) handles and a wide soft crank handle that should be easy on our daughter’s hands, but does not have the hardened carbon steel cutting blade that the EZ-DUZ-IT has. It has a stainless cutting wheel, which I doubt will cut as well over the long-run as the carbon steel blade.The Zyliss has a slightly smaller soft turn crank handle than the OXO and a locking mechanism, so she can open the can without having to hold the can opener tight to cut around the can. It has a magnet to hold onto the lid and a release handle to drop the lid into the trash can. I’m not sure whether our daughter will be able to operate all these functions.We haven’t heard from her whether she has tried or likes the OXO or Zyliss better than her old SwingAway.We have kept the EZ-DUZ-IT as a replacement back-up when her older SwingAway becomes dull.

Excellent
Very well built and operates very smoothly. This thing will probably hold up for many, many years.

Made in the USA
Not only is this made right here in the USA, which is important to me, but it works like a charm and seems to be very durable. This replaces what was a highly rated OXO can opener which was just purchased a few months ago to replace a cheap grocery store opener. The OXO opener is now at Goodwill and I couldn’t be happier with the EZ-DUZ-IT – highly recommend.

Finally a can opener that opens cans!
Update. I still like this can opener, but one of the plastic covers for the handles will not stay on! It’s very frustrating to use now. It does open cans though.