Suggest a very reliable and durable can opener? (vanity)

[Mount Athos]

Friend put away my can opener where I didn't expect it. Made me realize I need a backup. Must be hand operated not electric

[algore]

At least you can find cans still

[Mount Athos]

i ordered a swing away portable. $11.99 on ebay.
I have a whole lot of cans

[smokingfrog]

[laplata]

“In before the P-38”.

I still have the P-38 I had in Nam.

[jonrick46]

This is the one I use:

Kuhn Rikon Auto Safety LidLifter/Can Opener with Ring-Pull:

[Trillian]

I had about ten or so break on me until I found this. I won a giftcard to williams sonoma and that is where I originally bought it. I use it for small, medium and those extra large bulk cans. Ten years and still works great.

[ResponseAbility]

Good choice, never underestimate the value of a good can opener.

[mass55th]

A decent hand-held can opener made by OXO works well for me. I've got two. The oldest I've had for at least 20 years. Amazon sells them, and they also have a website:

OXO

[JennysCool]

Got a great can opener with rubber handles you can squeeze to make opening opening tight jar lids a breeze. A twofer!

[jy8z]

I use the big brother of the P-38.

P-51

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We have one that cuts on the side of the can, too. It took me a long time to really get the hang of it, but I now like it a lot. Ours is probably about 8 years old, too.

Using the built-in gripper to get the lid off takes a bit of work, too.

[Big Red Badger]

Yup,
Saw it on YouTube.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Yup! Swing-Away! Still AMERICAN MADE.

Monkey copies from China cannot compare.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My wife bought the "Pampered Chef" Smooth-Edge Can Opener which I mentioned in an earlier post. It's a great tool, but YIKES is it expensive now! $44! It's very easy to operate.

[Freedom56v2]

Not to Hi-Jack your thread, but I am in need of a reliable JAR LID OPENER...if anyone has a suggestion, please FREEPmail me :)

[Gaffer]

They also make a little larger version called a P-51. Better for old hands and fingers...

[skr]

I just hit the jar lid with the handle of a knife in a minimum of 4-6 places and it breaks the vacuum seal.

[LibWhacker]

EZ-DUZ-IT. Paid $9 eight years ago. Still going strong.

[T-Bird45]

“Every Swiss army knife has a can opener.”

That was my solution in the US Army where they never shipped the same amount of P-38 openers as the number of C-rations in the case. I always had an opener that way.

[Wingy]

As you see, there are a lot if good choices that fit your bill. I have one made by Cutco that my Wife and I like a bunch.