Features:

  • Touchless lid removal with side cutting mechanism automatically locks onto top of can
  • Hygienic – Opener never touches contents of the can
  • Comfortable, easy to use turn knob with stainless steel cutting mechanism
  • Instructions for use:
  • 1. Place on top of the can with two half circles lined up with can rim, twist knob clockwise. Opener will automatically grip lid and begin to cut. After a full circle, you will feel less resistance. Stop – can is open.
  • 2. Turn knob counter-clockwise to release and use Mini-Pliers push button to lift lid cleanly and easily!
  • 3. Church key: The classic bottle opener metal crown tops
  • 4. Screw top: place ”eye“ over plastic top and twist counterclockwise to open screw tops.
  • 5. Ring-pull: slip ”beak“ into loop; rock back & pull open to open pull tabs.
  • 6. Soda tabs: slide end of opener under tab and lift upwards to open.
Works very well on all the cans I've tried it on

This opener works very well, and leaves a smooth edged can, and lid, but only if you don't continue cutting after you've gone around the whole can. If you do a double pass, even for a short distance, it will leave a sharp burr either on the can, or on the lid. I always look at the label on the can when I start turning the handle, and make sure I stop when I reach that point again. Don't, I repeat, DON'T keep turning the handle once you've gone all the way around the can. Other than that caveat, the opener works perfectly on every can I've tried it on. The little pincher that plucks the finished lid off of the can is very handy, and also works very well. I haven't tried the bottle opener, or the bottle screw lid opener, and I haven't used the pry bar on the end that opens pop top cans. They look like they would work well, but I just haven't had the need to use them. I would recommend this opener for anyone who wants smooth edged cans that can be re-closed if you need to.

Great functionaly and quality!

I have wanted this the first time I saw it! I waited a few years and had to throw my supposed "Good Quality" manual can opener away because.it came apart! I use my electric can.opener but don't love the lid being so sharp and causes cuts if thrown in the garbage outside the can. You see I smash down the trash and the lid can cut! So I really loved the idea of a lid on a can not be sharp. This can opener is manual by the way. I am so glad I purchased it! Its made very well! You can take off a can lid, use one of the ends to pull up the tab on a can or soda/beat can and keep your nails pretty. There's an bottle opener as well. I've been using mine for several months and am very pleased with the quality and functionality! I dont have anything I didn't like. I gave it 5 stars! I recommend this product.

From a leftie...... very satistied with can opener!

When it came, I had no cans that needed opening that afternoon, but wanted to try it right away. I save the few metal coffee cans I get for DIY projects, and have some with a pull up tab, so there is about a half inch flange around the rim. I tried that as my first try, without even reading the directions, had success with opening, and now have a can without that edge that impedes pouring, whether it be paint or bird seed. I had a model when the side openers just came out, and I could get that to work about one of three times. This one is good. PS I am a leftie, and although you have to turn in a clockwise manner, it is easy to adapt.. as we lefties constantly adapt. Can openers and scissors are probably the worst, but they have leftie scissors... but I have yet to see a leftie can opener, but I approve this one.

Incredible can opener

I bought this to replace the latest manual opener that decided to break at the most inconvenient time, as usual. I expected a simple, cheaply made item that would last a few months until it goes and joins that great utensil graveyard known as the bin, but I was very surprised. It is much heavier and sturdier than I expected and performs its can opening tasks with a definite purpose. It grips the can and holds it firmly, and when it's parted the seal to open it, it even has a grip built into the handle that grabs the lid at the press of a button. This, along with the other combined tools - bottle opener, jar opener, bottle-cap unscrewer, to name just 3 - Has made it one of the most useful utensils in my kitchen. UPDATE: After a few weeks of use, the opener is as sturdy, strong and useful as when it first arrived in my kitchen. This has to be one of the best tools in my kitchen plus during the bad snow during Feb 2019 here in the PNW, a neighbor used it as the power was off so she couldn't use her electric opener.

The best Can opener!

My favorite can opener ever! Cannot say enough about how easy this is to use. It never gets dirty with this type of design. My old can openers were disgusting after opening a few cans and difficult on your hands. If you have arthritis or joint issues and you need an easy to work can opener ...this is it. It is worth every penny. You can open ring top soup cans, dog food cans, any type of can, as well as bottles and never have to stress whether it is on the can right. Just put it on the can and start turning. You can grab the lid off with the little tweezers using the white lever and place in garbage. No sharp edges that can cut or harm you. Great for kids to use too. The only thing it does not open as well is tuna fish cans, only that I like to use the opened top to release and squeeze out the water in the tuna fish. This one you cannot do that with. You have to strain the water a different way. Other than that it is amazing! I buy them as gifts for friends and family.

Great little tool!

I've been wanting a safety can opener for awhile. I finally jumped at this one when I saw all the features!! This has a lot of handy perks that make it great for every household! I did a youtube search just to see exactly how to use it before it arrived. You don't hold it sideways like a traditional opener, it goes on the top. I find the strength needed to open the can is the same as a regular opener. And probably my favorite part, it doesn't get yucky!! The opener doesn't touch the food inside, so there's nothing to rinse or wash after use! I'd recommend this opener to anyone! Just try it!

Probably the Best Can Opener Ever Made

I never thought I'd be writing a review of a can opener, but here I go. I'd gone through a fair number of the more traditional can openers (the ones with exposed gears and the turning blade) and didn't want to waste money on another one. In addition, my wife's wrists bother and the traditional style can openers are torturous for her. I was considering an electric can opener, but couldn't find any in my price range that I trusted, not to mention that my kitchen counters are a bit crowded already. Then I came across this little guy. At $20, it's probably more than you want to spend on a can opener, but I've been using it for six months now, and I don't want to ever be without it again. It does take a little getting used to, but I think that's mainly because you expect it to be more complicated that it is. You place it on the can and twist the handle until it make one full rotation on the can (you can feel when it's gone all the way around). At this point, the can looks no different and you're standing in your kitchen thinking you've just wasted $20 (at least, I did the first time). At this point, you turn the Rikon to the side and grab the top edge of the can with the little metal jaws and pull up. Like magic, the top of the can comes off easily and cleanly, leaving no sharp edges. The first time I used it, I knew I was never going back.

Unique, multipurpose, Good quality and a little tricky ;-)

When I received this, it was bigger than I expected, but it has a good clean finish, and doesn't look cheap. Right away I tried it on a can , and kept turning and turning, and nothing was happening. I had read some reviews before and some users have complained that it is too complicated or doesn't work, and I was getting worried that it is really a difficult tool to use. I rarely read the instructions, but this time read the few lines, and followed them. The can still didn't open. I tried it on the other side of the can. After one full turn, I did feel a subtle change in resistance, and stopped. I used the clipper/gripper, and pulled with a little force the the lid came off very nicely and cleanly. I went back to the other side of the can, and pulled on it, and that came off perfectly as well. Since then, I have not had any issues, as I know how it feels.The problem I had, was really not from this tool, but the many years that I was conditioned with other can openers. With this one, once it goes around the rim 1 full turn, it is done. It was too smooth and too easy, so I thought it was not cutting at all, while it already cut the rim on the first turn. All it took was a pull with the clippers. So you really have to reset how you use a can opener when trying this, and you don't need to fight it. It works very well, and since then I have many cans that I have cut on both sides, and use them (or hope to use them) as molds [for stacking food]. {My wife is not very happy with me collecting empty cans} Amazing product!!! Just be gentle with it and it will do the job. Only pull with some force using the clippers.

versatile, safe, easy to use

had one before that i bought from QVC, used it on a regular basis for over a year until the can opener part started to not work as well as it did when i first got it. despite that, i decided to purchase another one from amazon where it’s priced cheaper than the first one i got. this can opener is safe specially when you open cans around kids because it does not leave sharp edges and you can be assured that there are no can particles that get into your food. it is very useful and versatile around the kitchen since it also has 2 different kinds of bottle openers, a jar opener, and an easy open/flip top can opener! i highly recommend this specially to people with dexterity problem.

I love this thing! It is so Weird! Who would have thought one could revolutionize a silly can opener...

Ohmygah I love this thing. It is so Weird! Takes some getting used to, and I confess - my youngest had to figure out how it works (instructions on the placard aren't the best) then teach me. It's so strange how this can opener operates. It doesn't cut into the top of the can - it squeezes the side, just under the lip of the can lid, then the whole lid just pops right off. If it get's stuck (one of mine did), there is a little pincer on the side that grabs the lip of the lid and you just pry it right up. I'm not trying to be cheeky - this is the strangest can opener I have ever owner - but I love it! It's much bigger than I expected it to be. But I don't care. I am so glad we bought this! The way it's designed, I do not think that it will ever go bad like so many other can openers do. But if it does I will surely let you know! Very Happy! Great purchase!

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